I am thankful for a lot of things---today, I'm going make a list of ten little things for which I am so thankful!!!
I am thankful for:
1. Crafts---I love to be crafty and creative! It makes me happy to work on something and see something initially formed in my head come to life by the work of my own hands!
2. Music---I love music and I love to sing! I'm not the type of person that has ever enjoyed competing, but I love singing for enjoyment and to praise my Father! It's my favorite way to worship!
3. Books---Reading is the best. Everyone should do it. Seriously :)
4. Scarves---They are one of the best fashion accessories. Plus, they keep your neck warm!
5. Coffee cups---cute ones that are fun shapes.
6. Coffee---preferably Starbucks, despite the fact that they are NOT healthy in any way, shape, or form. They are, however, delightfully delicious. Carmel Frap, all the way!!! :)
7. Decorations---I love to decorate! Whether just generally decorating a room or decorating for a holiday, I love it and I enjoy coming up with inexpensive, adorable ways to make our home festive!
8. Strawberries and Avocados---they are YUMMY.
9. Flowers---I really want to have my own garden someday. It would be filled with beautiful flowers and would be a peaceful place to go and read a book or spend time in prayer.
10. Cameras---I love taking pictures and I love having pictures!!!
Lots of Love,
LEW
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
I am thankful.
Throughout the month of November, I am going to blog about the things for which I am most thankful! The first two things I would like to blog about are my two most important relationships: my relationship with Jesus Christ, my Savior and King, and my relationship with Ryder, my wonderful husband.
I am so thankful for Jesus. As I learn and grow, I realize more and more how blessed I am to have a Heavenly Father; He forgives me, loves me, guides me, carries me, and never leaves me. So often, we turn to things other than Christ when things are great and when times are hard. When everything is going well in life, we might remember to thank God for His blessings but sometimes we just enjoy the ride without glorifying the One who created it. When everything is hard, we turn to things such as social media, food, anything that distracts us from reality instead of turning to our Heavenly Father who promises to be our light when times are dark. Lately, God has been teaching me that turning to Him, in good times and bad, makes life so much more beautiful. I see things more clearly, I find more appreciation for every day life, I have peace in my soul, and I feel all the love He has placed around me. I do not deserve to be called His child, but He calls me by name, as His daughter, regardless of my faults. He teaches me and never gives up on me. Thank You for Your love and mercy, Yahweh.
I am also so thankful for Ryder. I am thankful for Ryder because he loves the Lord more than he loves me; because of his love for our Heavenly Father, God uses him to encourage and support my faith walk. God uses him to teach me and lead me as the spiritual leader he is Biblically called to be. I am also thankful for Ryder because I know that he loves me with all of his heart. Every ounce of love that God designed for a wife to hold in her husband's heart is mine and I am so thankful to know that. Ryder constantly shows me the love of Christ by his service and leadership in our home. I appreciate that he constantly strives to learn more about me and communicate with me. He does sweet little things like telling me how beautiful I am, how I steal his heart each and every day, how he appreciates my work in our home and the support I give him, and how thankful he is for me. But those words would not mean what they do if I did not know there was truth in his words based on his actions towards me. He loves his Lord and he loves me; he shows his love in all the things he does. {Along with all these wonderful things, he is also the most handsome, cute, funny, intelligent, sweet, awesome man ever created ;)}
I've blogged twice today. It feels good to write things down! :) And now you know the two things of which I am most thankful...there are more to come!
Lots of Love,
LEW
I am so thankful for Jesus. As I learn and grow, I realize more and more how blessed I am to have a Heavenly Father; He forgives me, loves me, guides me, carries me, and never leaves me. So often, we turn to things other than Christ when things are great and when times are hard. When everything is going well in life, we might remember to thank God for His blessings but sometimes we just enjoy the ride without glorifying the One who created it. When everything is hard, we turn to things such as social media, food, anything that distracts us from reality instead of turning to our Heavenly Father who promises to be our light when times are dark. Lately, God has been teaching me that turning to Him, in good times and bad, makes life so much more beautiful. I see things more clearly, I find more appreciation for every day life, I have peace in my soul, and I feel all the love He has placed around me. I do not deserve to be called His child, but He calls me by name, as His daughter, regardless of my faults. He teaches me and never gives up on me. Thank You for Your love and mercy, Yahweh.
I am also so thankful for Ryder. I am thankful for Ryder because he loves the Lord more than he loves me; because of his love for our Heavenly Father, God uses him to encourage and support my faith walk. God uses him to teach me and lead me as the spiritual leader he is Biblically called to be. I am also thankful for Ryder because I know that he loves me with all of his heart. Every ounce of love that God designed for a wife to hold in her husband's heart is mine and I am so thankful to know that. Ryder constantly shows me the love of Christ by his service and leadership in our home. I appreciate that he constantly strives to learn more about me and communicate with me. He does sweet little things like telling me how beautiful I am, how I steal his heart each and every day, how he appreciates my work in our home and the support I give him, and how thankful he is for me. But those words would not mean what they do if I did not know there was truth in his words based on his actions towards me. He loves his Lord and he loves me; he shows his love in all the things he does. {Along with all these wonderful things, he is also the most handsome, cute, funny, intelligent, sweet, awesome man ever created ;)}
I've blogged twice today. It feels good to write things down! :) And now you know the two things of which I am most thankful...there are more to come!
Lots of Love,
LEW
We've been married 3 months!!! :)
We've been married three months today and this is my second blog post...obviously, I haven't done a very good job being faithful to my blogging endeavors as the Walton Wife. BUT we have been fairly busy for the last three months.
School: Ryder and I have really been enjoying our classes this semester! I have a few classes, such as General Physical Science, that don't exactly float my boat but that is to be expected. I absolutely love my education classes though! I've been able to participate in my practicum at Ralph Downs Elementary School this semester. I work with first graders and I love it...but I think I might be geared toward younger children, such as Kindergarten or Pre-K. I just love learning about early childhood development and how to teach children of that age range to the best of my ability. God definitely placed me where I belong when He placed me in this major! :)
Church: We've been so blessed by the opportunity to work at First Christian Church of Hinton this semester! Lord willing, we'll be able to continue working there for many more semesters to come. The youth group has doubled in size on average; some nights the size is three times bigger than it was when we first began working there! Relationships are really starting to form within the youth group and we are all becoming really close to one another. I've been able to teach the young ladies on Wednesday nights because we found it was best to separate the girls and boys for more successful study time. We've been able to share openly as sisters in Christ and talk about things that strictly pertain to becoming a woman of God. It has been such a blessing for me and hopefully for them as well!
I, with Ryder as my helper, have also been teaching Children's Church for the older children (3rd, 4th, 5th grade). I have really enjoyed that! It seems we have more children each Sunday and we both really feel blessed by that! We have a lot of fun and we get a little loud, but we leave with hugs each Sunday! There are some great kids at FCC Hinton :)
Work: I'm really thankful for being able to work at Gunn Henderson. It allows a lot of study time! It's not a hard job, but I really enjoy helping out the freshmen girls and keeping an eye on everything! :)
Home: We've enjoyed having our own home and I have really enjoyed being able to decorate for the holidays! Being that we have limited room (and money), I've only really decorated our kitchen table! For Halloween (thanks to my mother-in-law), we decorated with cute plate holders, pot holders and some cute figurines Mommy sent me last year! Now, we have Thanksgiving placemats, pinecones, my Indian figurine, and felt leaves on the table. It's pretty cute for design on a budget! :) Ryder was extremely impressed with my ingenuity! And as soon as Thanksgiving is over...CHRISTMAS!!!! :) I'm excited.
Well, I suppose that is all for now :) Life is good and we're alive. Please keep praying that God will shine light on what is going on with Ryder and that he will be healed quickly.
Lots of Love,
Lindsay Elizabeth Walton
School: Ryder and I have really been enjoying our classes this semester! I have a few classes, such as General Physical Science, that don't exactly float my boat but that is to be expected. I absolutely love my education classes though! I've been able to participate in my practicum at Ralph Downs Elementary School this semester. I work with first graders and I love it...but I think I might be geared toward younger children, such as Kindergarten or Pre-K. I just love learning about early childhood development and how to teach children of that age range to the best of my ability. God definitely placed me where I belong when He placed me in this major! :)
Church: We've been so blessed by the opportunity to work at First Christian Church of Hinton this semester! Lord willing, we'll be able to continue working there for many more semesters to come. The youth group has doubled in size on average; some nights the size is three times bigger than it was when we first began working there! Relationships are really starting to form within the youth group and we are all becoming really close to one another. I've been able to teach the young ladies on Wednesday nights because we found it was best to separate the girls and boys for more successful study time. We've been able to share openly as sisters in Christ and talk about things that strictly pertain to becoming a woman of God. It has been such a blessing for me and hopefully for them as well!
I, with Ryder as my helper, have also been teaching Children's Church for the older children (3rd, 4th, 5th grade). I have really enjoyed that! It seems we have more children each Sunday and we both really feel blessed by that! We have a lot of fun and we get a little loud, but we leave with hugs each Sunday! There are some great kids at FCC Hinton :)
Work: I'm really thankful for being able to work at Gunn Henderson. It allows a lot of study time! It's not a hard job, but I really enjoy helping out the freshmen girls and keeping an eye on everything! :)
Home: We've enjoyed having our own home and I have really enjoyed being able to decorate for the holidays! Being that we have limited room (and money), I've only really decorated our kitchen table! For Halloween (thanks to my mother-in-law), we decorated with cute plate holders, pot holders and some cute figurines Mommy sent me last year! Now, we have Thanksgiving placemats, pinecones, my Indian figurine, and felt leaves on the table. It's pretty cute for design on a budget! :) Ryder was extremely impressed with my ingenuity! And as soon as Thanksgiving is over...CHRISTMAS!!!! :) I'm excited.
Well, I suppose that is all for now :) Life is good and we're alive. Please keep praying that God will shine light on what is going on with Ryder and that he will be healed quickly.
Lots of Love,
Lindsay Elizabeth Walton
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