tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70497806472294843492024-03-13T19:30:47.369-07:00There Is BeautyLeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-64425743034630780432011-02-09T19:56:00.000-08:002011-02-09T20:10:08.585-08:00give us grace to love rightly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3xhLr6c26OM/TVNi3zNf7YI/AAAAAAAAAFg/HSh0jrUGBaA/s1600/IMG_1678.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3xhLr6c26OM/TVNi3zNf7YI/AAAAAAAAAFg/HSh0jrUGBaA/s320/IMG_1678.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905874766589314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3Q9uzJL_cY/TVNi3SdHuQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/GE-z9TJk0Aw/s1600/IMG_1655-Edit.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3Q9uzJL_cY/TVNi3SdHuQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/GE-z9TJk0Aw/s1600/IMG_1655-Edit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3Q9uzJL_cY/TVNi3SdHuQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/GE-z9TJk0Aw/s320/IMG_1655-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905865973741826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4oZKiVe6eA/TVNi2x8gtII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/p0WBkKmwEFE/s1600/IMG_1599-Edit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4oZKiVe6eA/TVNi2x8gtII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/p0WBkKmwEFE/s320/IMG_1599-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905857247032450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vmY07OIE6WU/TVNi2o4CXvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/9kddxxmrlAc/s1600/IMG_1664-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vmY07OIE6WU/TVNi2o4CXvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/9kddxxmrlAc/s320/IMG_1664-Edit-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905854812348146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R-L6ACPjOuc/TVNi2Oig9VI/AAAAAAAAAFA/u9PBnb_iP_M/s1600/IMG_1672-Edit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R-L6ACPjOuc/TVNi2Oig9VI/AAAAAAAAAFA/u9PBnb_iP_M/s320/IMG_1672-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905847742756178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">These are some thumbnails of images that I've been working on and that are inspiring me to explore the beauty of detail through my camera unfocused. </span><br /><span style=";font-family:webdings;font-size:85%;" ><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29231"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">1</span></sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, </span><sup style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29232">2</sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. </span><sup style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29233">3</sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh</span><sup style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="footnote" value="" href="%22#fen-NIV-29233a%22" title=""See">a]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A1-5&version=NIV#fen-NIV-29233a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. </span><sup style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29234">4</sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, </span><sup style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29235">5</sup><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.<br /><br />-<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:webdings;">Eph 2:1-5-</span></span></span><br /></span></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-82477337593911224882011-01-17T00:34:00.001-08:002011-01-17T01:50:19.127-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1x-XtlI/AAAAAAAAAE0/6YfEoDdzq50/s1600/IMG_0534-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1x-XtlI/AAAAAAAAAE0/6YfEoDdzq50/s320/IMG_0534-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563072363657410130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1ic-AiI/AAAAAAAAAEs/SfgE39OTK_8/s1600/IMG_0529-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 280px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1ic-AiI/AAAAAAAAAEs/SfgE39OTK_8/s320/IMG_0529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563072359490781730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1o7vBdI/AAAAAAAAAEk/MEVFXCi4VWg/s1600/IMG_0535-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TTQA1o7vBdI/AAAAAAAAAEk/MEVFXCi4VWg/s320/IMG_0535-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563072361230435794" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:78%;" >Leah McEachern Photography</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Lately, my imagination has gotten the best of me. I can't help but wonder what it will be like in a place outside of my little nook in Waco. However, I am assured that there is a perfect purpose for me so well knit when I see how delicately the earth is put together. Thank you Lord that You put every detail where it belongs.</span><br /></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-50665073070619942682010-10-07T23:56:00.000-07:002010-10-08T00:03:16.020-07:00There the treasure is found, on your knees.<sup style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-14707">15</sup><span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"> O Lord, open my lips, </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"> and my mouth will declare your praise. </span><p style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-14708">16</sup> You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;<br /> you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. </p><p style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-14709">17</sup> The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;<br /> a broken and contrite heart,<br /> O God, you will not despise.</p><p style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Psalm 51</p><p><br /></p>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-41212343237018099032010-09-12T21:01:00.000-07:002010-09-12T21:17:43.850-07:00my little prayers, Your huge love<p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TI2lDkPe6GI/AAAAAAAAADw/cJT9uhZsk2s/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TI2lDkPe6GI/AAAAAAAAADw/cJT9uhZsk2s/s320/IMG_9127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516246599285532770" border="0" /></a></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TI2lDkPe6GI/AAAAAAAAADw/cJT9uhZsk2s/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16302"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">What a complete embrace the Lord gives. Seeking all of You I shall want nothing else. You see me, you see my corner, you see my desires. I want nothing but your sweet intimacy. You have surely won my heart.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:85%;" >8</span></sup><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:85%;" > Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,<br /> for I have put my trust in you.<br /> Show me the way I should go,<br /> for to you I lift up my soul. </span></div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16303">9</sup> Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,<br /> for I hide myself in you. </span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16304">10</sup> Teach me to do your will,<br /> for you are my God;<br /> may your good Spirit<br /> lead me on level ground.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:85%;" >Psalm 143</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TI2lDkPe6GI/AAAAAAAAADw/cJT9uhZsk2s/s1600/IMG_9127.jpg"><br /></a></p>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-96684103450371992010-09-07T20:51:00.000-07:002010-09-07T21:09:33.055-07:00full, little eyes.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TIcKAg4Nb1I/AAAAAAAAADo/Ike7OycBbnk/s1600/IMG_5049.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TIcKAg4Nb1I/AAAAAAAAADo/Ike7OycBbnk/s320/IMG_5049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514387272680435538" border="0" /></a>The heavens declare the glory of God;<br /></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TIcJ1qnOATI/AAAAAAAAADg/i99owsL5aOU/s1600/Leah_McEachern-Leah_McEachern091025_MG_6968-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/TIcJ1qnOATI/AAAAAAAAADg/i99owsL5aOU/s320/Leah_McEachern-Leah_McEachern091025_MG_6968-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514387086314963250" border="0" /></a>the skies proclaim the work of his hands.<br />Psalm 19:1<br /></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-71455811496452947312010-05-03T21:32:00.000-07:002010-05-03T21:47:20.308-07:00In love<div style="text-align: center;">He. Is. A. Faithful. God.<br />If there is anything that has been consistent in my life it has been that Lord answers prayer. Ask for a soft heart. Repent of the things hindering us from hearing the Spirit's voice. Pray for obedience. And act in it. What an overwhelming, uncircumstantial joy in how faithful He is to us :))<br /></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-4941428417458079962010-04-24T22:44:00.000-07:002010-04-24T22:57:54.314-07:00give it up.<div style="text-align: center;">Sitting on the balcony tonight. I cannot see a single day into the future but that it is so silent and calm that only great things are being prepared. I know nothing about this world, the seas below me, and the never ending heavens. So, I give all my worries to the One who made it all.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25474">22</sup>Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25475">23</sup>Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25476">24</sup>Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25477">25</sup>Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life<sup class="footnote" value="" href="%22#fen-NIV-25477b%22" title=""See">b]"></sup>? <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25478">26</sup>Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25479">27</sup>"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25480">28</sup>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25481">29</sup>And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25482">30</sup>For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-25483">31</sup>But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Rest rest rest.</span><br /></span></p>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-16502884438385782232010-03-21T12:16:00.000-07:002010-03-21T13:32:59.013-07:00We Are Being Held<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/S6aCbBn2UrI/AAAAAAAAADQ/8Dn5ql_RxEE/s1600-h/Leah_McEachern-24196_1254799125896_1107090101_30683996_1393034_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/S6aCbBn2UrI/AAAAAAAAADQ/8Dn5ql_RxEE/s320/Leah_McEachern-24196_1254799125896_1107090101_30683996_1393034_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451187799782216370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Every season in our lives are preparing us for another. <span style="font-style: italic;">I have never believed this more strongly.</span> And i have never been happier that I know nothing. What an encouraging thing to know EXACTLY where I am is where I am supposed to be. He is preparing us for greater things not only outwardly but within our hearts.<br /><br /><sup style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" class="versenum" id="en-NIV-18749">8</sup><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> neither are your ways my ways," </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> declares the LORD. </span></div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-18750">9</sup> "As the heavens are higher than the earth,<br /> so are my ways higher than your ways<br /> and my thoughts than your thoughts. </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-18751">10</sup> As the rain and the snow<br /> come down from heaven,<br /> and do not return to it<br /> without watering the earth<br /> and making it bud and flourish,<br /> so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-18752">11</sup> so is my word that goes out from my mouth:<br /> It will not return to me empty,<br /> but will accomplish what I desire<br /> and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-18753">12</sup> You will go out in joy<br /> and be led forth in peace;<br /> the mountains and hills<br /> will burst into song before you,<br /> and all the trees of the field<br /> will clap their hands."</p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Isaiah 55:8-12</p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">-</span></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); text-align: center;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17361">1</sup> "There is a time for everything,<br /> and a season for every activity under heaven: </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17362">2</sup> a time to be born and a time to die,<br /> a time to plant and a time to uproot, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17363">3</sup> a time to kill and a time to heal,<br /> a time to tear down and a time to build, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17364">4</sup> a time to weep and a time to laugh,<br /> a time to mourn and a time to dance, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17365">5</sup> a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,<br /> a time to embrace and a time to refrain, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17366">6</sup> a time to search and a time to give up,<br /> a time to keep and a time to throw away, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17367">7</sup> a time to tear and a time to mend,<br /> a time to be silent and a time to speak, </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17368">8</sup> a time to love and a time to hate,<br /> a time for war and a time for peace. </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17369">9</sup> What does the worker gain from his toil? <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17370">10</sup> I have seen the burden God has laid on men. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17371">11</sup> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17372">12</sup> I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17373">13</sup> That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-17374">14</sup> I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him"<br /></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Ecclesiastes 3:1-14</p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></p>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-79550004808403915462010-03-14T18:32:00.000-07:002010-03-14T18:35:22.267-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let the songs I sing bring joy to you. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let the words I say confess my love. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let the notes I choose be your favorite tune. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Father let my heart be after you.</span></span></div></span>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-5987690528957317982010-03-04T14:35:00.001-08:002010-03-04T14:44:08.751-08:00Captured<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;">Today is perfect. Beautiful. And every breeze is reminding me of how great You are. How I am so little, and so safe in You. You never fail me Father. There is absolutely nothing that compares to knowing God and letting Him be our hope. Let everything lead us back to you. Let everything lead us back to Your unfailing unconditional love. We are walking on holy ground, it is Yours Lord. The earth and everything in it. In light of an eternity with You, nothing here can tie me, nothing can capture my heart like You have. You are an overflowing spring of joy.</span></span></span></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-11620486409684275132010-01-27T11:53:00.000-08:002010-01-27T11:58:14.705-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">To be great in Your eyes is my dream. To be the one who makes you smile. For YOU have saved me You have rescued my soul.<br /></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-45646826848832398302009-12-30T17:10:00.000-08:002010-01-02T18:13:16.899-08:002009 in short.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/Szv6Qb2Db4I/AAAAAAAAACw/1z4JmwvmaR0/s1600-h/Leah_McEachern-IMG_8363.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/Szv6Qb2Db4I/AAAAAAAAACw/1z4JmwvmaR0/s320/Leah_McEachern-IMG_8363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421201736729849730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16233"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">All I am is truly thankful for His faithfulness this year. I look back and wow. He answered my prayers in His divine way. When I was lost He lead me, when I was broken He healed me, when I was blind He comforted me, when I doubted but for a moment He prevailed and left me in awe. When I saw battles that were too big He took me through them and built me up. In the moments there were no answers but faith, He opened my eyes to hope at the exact time I called for help. When I felt incapable, unprepared, and unworthy He lifted me in His Spirit and used me for His great Kingdom. Last year I encountered a God too big to contain, and this year He is calling us to see that He is even greater than we think in the present. The Lord is worthy of our lives, He is so so worthy.<br /></span><br /></span><br />1</sup> I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> before the "gods" I will sing your praise. </span></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16234">2</sup> I will bow down toward your holy temple<br /> and will praise your name<br /> for your love and your faithfulness,<br /> for you have exalted above all things<br /> your name and your word. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16235">3</sup> When I called, you answered me;<br /> you made me bold and stouthearted. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16236">4</sup> May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD,<br /> when they hear the words of your mouth. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16237">5</sup> May they sing of the ways of the LORD,<br /> for the glory of the LORD is great. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16238">6</sup> Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly,<br /> but the proud he knows from afar. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16239">7</sup> Though I walk in the midst of trouble,<br /> you preserve my life;<br /> you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes,<br /> with your right hand you save me. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-16240">8</sup> The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;<br /> your love, O LORD, endures forever—<br /> do not abandon the works of your hands.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Psalm 138</span><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It is a joy to live for your Kingdom. To have the honor of being a part of Your family. To have you care for my every need. When I saw darkness and you filled every corner with Your light. Thank you for your faithfulness.<br /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-blessed</span></span></p>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-60750200123694379512009-12-22T16:29:00.000-08:002009-12-22T16:43:45.390-08:00Strength<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"> I found this a while back and thought it was a cool view and also just a kind of reminder that God has different eyes than the world does on the definition of beauty and strength are. </div><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><br />A strong woman works out everyday to keep her body in shape…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >But a woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A strong woman isn't afraid of anything…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >But a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A strong woman won't let anyone get the better of her…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >But a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be unexpected blessings, and capitalizes on them</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A strong woman wears a look of confidence on her face…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >But a woman of strength wears grace.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey…</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >But a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong.</span><br /><br />{one of my favorite verses}<br />"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-30413">4</sup>Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." 1 Peter 3:3-4<br /><br />Be encouraged<br /></div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-67324771246880495942009-12-15T00:43:00.000-08:002009-12-15T01:16:38.941-08:00Today is YoursLately I've had the thought of how fragile our bodies are. By God's grace I get to live another day. Life is a precious gift and then we are gone. And that may be heavyhearted but because I am aware of this I am able to rejoice in the present. My prayers and soul have been moved incredibly through the many suicides that have happened this weekend. I cannot imagine a more horrible evil. In this world there is such evil and without the LORD it consumes. Destruction is the way of the earth. I LOOK UPWARD to the heaven and my heart cries out to be with Him. We are lost and beaten. but WITH the Lord, the power of death is conquered. Our battles are WON. When we wake up and as we are sleeping our every battle has been won. Power and strength are found in the living God. We are weak but He is so so strong. My heart aches for the people that have not found life yet!! How can I keep this to myself. How. Lord you have risen from the very grave of death. Won't you raise your people!!!<div> I cannot see I cannot understand but I have the power of the Holy Spirit and with Him I overcome. </div><div><br /></div><div>"You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises into His wonderful light." 1 Peter 2:9</div><div><br /></div><div>We need you Father</div>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-58066879708941240462009-12-06T23:39:00.001-08:002009-12-07T00:01:15.427-08:00Love is born<span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas is coming and I have never been more excited. As I've grown I've gotten less excited for the things I did as a little girl. Yet I am as joyful as I was when I was 6 on Christmas eve looking at the lit tree and all the unopened presents. And if it was the traditions that I looked forward to so much I wouldn't even say it is that that excites me as much as just simply being with family. Point being that my surroundings, conditions, and expectations of what Christmas looks like has evolved these past years being away from home. </span>There is an unchanging grace remaining in Christmas that wants to flood our hearts.<br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> This month is the most perfect month. The most hopeful. I wonder why everyone wants another to experience this time with all holiday events and decorations and family- people just want somebody to hold and to love and i would say the feeling and longing for love stirs in everyone's hearts right about now. But could it be because this IS the month of love?! It truly is. This is the month Jesus was born into the world for us. This is when we have meaning to live for. This is when we have eternal life. When we become free from everything we were born into. SO free. This is the sweetest time because there is hope and love and new life.</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span>The night before Christmas this world was so lost. <span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unto us a SAVIOR is born!!</span></span><br />Thank you thank you thank you.<br /><br />Lets make it a point to love people like we have been so unconditionally loved.LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-49396497785341506392009-12-02T23:16:00.000-08:002009-12-05T23:08:56.536-08:00MORE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/SxtYbGnL3vI/AAAAAAAAACA/x2QxwmCyJZ0/s1600-h/16552_1160733214307_1107090101_30473534_1564493_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/SxtYbGnL3vI/AAAAAAAAACA/x2QxwmCyJZ0/s400/16552_1160733214307_1107090101_30473534_1564493_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412016599870463730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have never felt so compelled to pray. For any and everything. The Lord loves us so so intimately. The Lord has been with me in my rock bottom moments. He knows everything my soul lives through. Because of His presence He has made my weakest moments the sweetest one's I will remember. To think about how He has rescued me tugs at my heart as if there is a flood of joy ready to spill out. There is so so much more going on than our eyes can see! There is just so much more to have faith in. So much more to persevere for. So much more to excite us. So much more to learn. So much more to share. So much more to give to. So much more than what we can expect. Be encouraged that we live for a DEEP and RICH love!!LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-18155235561434888592009-11-26T21:15:00.000-08:002009-11-26T22:08:15.589-08:00Comforter<blockquote><br />Okay, so loneliness is good. and it's good to admit one is lonely. But if that is recognized, I have learned to seek out where this feeling comes from. I do believe there is a right to feel such a thing but I also think it is a feeling that should be examined. If we have eyes that see and can see our desires, what a sweet thing that the Lord would show us exactly where is it that He can heal us. I wonder sometimes if any person will really have the patience to get to know my heart truly, or if I will have the oppertunity to get to know someone's heart so closely and genuinely. To simply truly know someone and to mirror the way God has unconditionally loved me. It's good to be blind and to not make plans in my heart that God has already set out Himself. I gladly entrust myself to His mighty hands. This is the kind of loneliness I believe is the kind God uses to check us and remind us that He is the ultimate Comforter and that there is fullness of joy in HIS presence.<br /><br />John 15:14-16: <blockquote>"<b>You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants</b> (slaves); <b>for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you FRIENDS; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you. You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.</b>"<br /><br />God chose us completely and so He wants EVERY part of us. He is not satisfied with just having a little bit of our heart. Not content with sharing a little bit of my life with me. He has no limits on His time with me. He wants all of us, He wants to know, listen, speak, celebrate, walk, comfort, share Himself with ALL of us. What an incredible thing that the God of the universe isn't satisfied with just part of me, THANK YOU LORD!<br /> In return, I seek ALL of Him. I will not be satisfied with just part of Him, I will run fully after everything You are. I will not be content with giving You a little bit of my life, a little bit of my heart, but I will give it all to You because you love me enough to want it and die for it. I want to know ALL of You.<br /><br /> With these thoughts, I would just say that if you are feeling lonely, to seek out what it is you are lonely for. Because the Lord loves and wants ALL of you so lets run after all of Him and let that satisfy us fully. This is the prayer of my heart.<br /><br /><br /></blockquote><br /></blockquote>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-19056451237534418572009-11-16T08:21:00.001-08:002009-11-16T08:23:11.180-08:00A mysterious simplicity.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/SwF8SSxfIvI/AAAAAAAAAAg/oHckg_YHyME/s1600/IMG_5070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/SwF8SSxfIvI/AAAAAAAAAAg/oHckg_YHyME/s320/IMG_5070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404737681540195058" border="0" /></a><br />This is simple, but I know sometimes what I need is simplicity. To be still and know that He is LORD. To have faith like a child is a command of simplicity. How then, is this impossible to grasp His love for me in my human knowledge? It is. Praise the LORD it is.<br /> I am in awe of His wholeness in a broken people. Not in the slightest deserving but in everything seen through the eyes of a perfect love.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> I did not know how dead i really was before Jesus Christ gave me a way to live.</span> Now I can live in a grace that covers more than I am even aware of. To be able to approach the throne of the holy God in confidence, I will never understand. Praisepraisepraise from the overflow of my heart.<br /> "He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.<br /><span class="verse-num" id="v60002023-1">23 </span>When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. <span class="verse-num" id="v60002024-1">24 </span>He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. <span class="verse-num" id="v60002025-1">25 </span>For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049780647229484349.post-18062147415031273602009-10-02T23:22:00.000-07:002009-12-15T01:25:56.112-08:00Whisper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/Ssb5O82q1kI/AAAAAAAAAAU/655B4WcPW7w/s1600-h/Leah_McEachern-_MG_6064-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XisqEWg3r0/Ssb5O82q1kI/AAAAAAAAAAU/655B4WcPW7w/s320/Leah_McEachern-_MG_6064-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388268039444289090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Okay. Today was beautiful. The smell of the fall/winter air is one of my favorite things in the world. It's the divine things like the beauty surrounding me that keeps me. I've wondered many times what I would be doing if I had not met Christ, and there is no answer that brings peace. Why would I keep living each day?</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">What is there that is even worth strivin</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">g t</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">owards that has any lasting reward? I put myself in that place often enough to know that I continue on with Him each day and I could not do anything without the Lord. I am capable of nothing on my own.</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I can keep myself busy, no problem, but in the times I truly listen are the times I truly hear.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> 'Allow Him to develop the plans of your heart and mind, and let Him accomplish them. Therefore if you desire to hear God's voice, never consider the final outcome or the possible results.' -Streams in the Desert.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> So lately I've been walking out in darkness but it's then I am stilled to hear His voice. I rejoice in HIS power and HIS strength in my weakness.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I can't see, so I must hear.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"After the earthquake came a fire... And after the fire came a gentle whisper." 1Kings 19:12</span>LeahMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210864880604848810noreply@blogger.com1