About Michelle, the Author of The Repurposed & Upcycled Life
Be assured from day one I have not stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds & spirits attuned to his will and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. I pray that you live well for the Master, making Him proud of you as you work hard in His orchard. As you learn how God works you will learn how to do your work.
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It is a song. It is the song “Times” By Tenth Avenue North. This song alone gives me chills, especially the end. But the version linked above was one that I had never heard and was played by KLOVE. I was listening in my car and had to pull over as I was listening…it touched me so. It is words of love from the very best Valentine…the God of this Universe. I just had to share it with all of you.
Happy Valentine’s Day from me to you!
Hello Lovelies,
It is a January snow day today and you 3 are just thrilled! It is 11:30 and we are all still in our jammies. You are all having fun on your iPods & I’m just sitting here thinking about what it is I want to tell you.
I will keep it short and simple.
The snow is beautiful outside, everything covered in white. I think of just yesterday when I stepped in mud on our walkway, tracking it all the way up our stairs, spreading the mess. Everything was brown, grass dead.
It seems like I just blinked, and woke up to all the mess now covered in pure white. It is so beautiful. I know when it melts the mud and gunk will be washed away, and the dead grass will be nourished to spring green again, come spring.
And it reminds me.
This is what Jesus does for us. He takes our mess, washes it clean on the cross, makes us pure white and new. Gives us life.
It is so easy to get stuck in our mess and forget that we have been washed clean. HE SEES US CLEAN. Our mess is removed “as far as the east is from the west.”
God sees us, covered in white by His Son. Pure.
Next time you are down on yourself, feeling funky & a mess, remember how your Creator sees you!
All sparkly white and made NEW!
I Love You More’n,
MOM
I’ve been keeping my eyes and ears open for the perfect word for 2013. I found this beautiful image on Pinterest and immediately knew I had stumbled upon my word. Couldn’t you just spend an afternoon (or 5!) curled up on that couch with a book and some chai?
This is the opposite of worry, fear, anxiety & fretting. It is only accomplished in me through the power of Him. It will remind me of the deep trust I have in God and His goodness, that nothing passes through His hands to me that He is not aware of. It will remind me that “Life is NOT an emergency”-Ann Vosamp. It will remind me to be serene enough to be present in each moment, continuing to remember to life this life NEW! Cancer did not take my life, and I see that as an opportunity to live intentionally. Submitted to my Creator. Calm.
