Who Fufills His Purpose for Me...

My dear friend and big brother, Justin Ryder, along with Libby, wrote me a very sweet note for Christmas. They had bought me a journal (which I loved!!) and had written in the front. It was by far the sweetest note I have ever received. They talked about  alot of things, but the one part that I will treasure was the end of Justin's contribution. He said that he has been praying that my time in God's Word would be electric. Consuming.  Exciting.

And friends, God is answering that prayer! I am so excited to dive into the Word every morning. To think, that I have the very Word of God in my hands. The word of God!!! I get to learn more about Him each and every day, and the supply of things to learn will never ever ever run out! How exciting!

So that being said, with my renewed excitement for reading and studying the Word has come a new and renewed excitement of writing. I told my mom this morning that I literally am always thinking about writing. It just excites me beyond anything I could ever imagine. I feel so full of the Holy Spirit and I just feel I have to share it with the world!

So today I just wanted to share what I read this morning.

"I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me."

Psalm 57:2

ful·fill also ful·fil (fl-fl)

tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils

1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2. To carry out (an order, for example).

3. To measure up to; satisfy.

4. To bring to an end; complete.

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This simple cry of David brought me so much comfort this morning. In the midst of great distress, turmoil, and anxiousness, David leans on the Lord. He openly declares what he knows to be true in his heart of hearts about the Lord, and that is that no matter what the circumstances may be, God is going to fulfill HIS purpose and calling on David's life!! What peace this must have brought the king! To know that he doesn't ever have to worry about anything. He can rest in His Savior to protect Him and sustain Him through it all.

The same can apply to all of us, dear friends!

We can have peace in the truth that God will fulfill, and is already fulfilling His purposes for us! We don't need to worry about making the wrong decisions. We don't have to worry about "messing up" God's plan. We don't have to worry about somehow going the wrong way, or trying to fulfill God's plan for Him.

No. He is fulfilling His perfect, amazing, and completely mind-blowing plan in each of us today.

What an amazing truth! I don't need to ever worry! He will be faithful to me and will bring everything to light in His perfect will and timing.

"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."

Psalm 27:13-14



My 2nd Blog!

Check it out! No worries, Lifting My Eyes is still going to be my main blogging priority. ;)
As you will see, this 2nd one has more of a different purpose, but I still wanted to share it with ya'll.
Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas!

-Hannah

http://allthings-withyou.blogspot.com/

nothing compares.

"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ . Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord!
For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith- that I may know him and the power of his resurrection..." Philippians 3: 7-10

Praying that you will look to Jesus, dear friends! He is worth everything you have!! Give it all to Him! Surrender your lives to the One who loves you...and know that He is with you through it all! Nothing else matters...all of this. Our lives here on earth. Our relationships. Our jobs. Our appointments. Our plans.

None of it compares or even comes close to the wonder of knowing Jesus! I hope and pray each and every one of you comes to know this Savior.

He loves you!

Where's the line to see Jesus?

Oh, that we would all remember what Christmas is truly about!!

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great JOY for all the people!! Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord! This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,

and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests!”

And tonight....I will praise the Lord!

Tonight is my last Christmas concert at Great Bridge High school! A bitter-sweet time for sure. So many happy memories have been made with my orchestra. Orchestra is actually one of the main reasons I went into public school sophomore year, after being home-schooled my entire life. I cannot even express the joy I feel when I am up on stage playing!! I literally just close my eyes, move with the music, and imagine I am playing for my One true love...my Savior and my King.
To HIM be all the praise forever and ever!
Praise Him with me dear friends! He is worthy! Praise Him in all things...all circumstances...all situations. He has always been faithful to you, and will never ever ever stop! He is so good! What a loving God we serve!

"Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise him with tambourine and dancing,

praise him with the strings and flute,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!"

Psalm 150: 1-6

 

hope.

today was difficult for some reason. i woke up excited it was friday, yet as the day progressed, that excitement dimmed. i guess im just burned out. i have really been pushing myself hard with school. i am so motivated to crush it. i want to get an A in nursing, and i certainly am not getting it handed to me. but on the other hand, i have been getting more excited about being a nurse. i can't wait to just help people....

which leads to the hardest part of the day.

 

i saw my sweet libby tonight. i haven't seen her in so long because it is really really hard to see her with her being home trying to rest, and me being a full time high school senior and nursing student. but the lord has all of that figured out too.

but yeah. i was with my daddy, and he went with me to take libby and justin their dinner. Vietnamese noodles for justin and chick-fil-a soup for lib. when she opened the door, i wanted to cry. she looked exhausted. and sick. and utterly worn down. and all i wanted to do was scream, "Oh, God why!!!!!!" I wish i could have cancer instead of her. i wish i could help her. i wish i could actually do something to help her pain go away. but all i can do is stand back...i am utterly helpless. there isn't anything i can do.

but... my Father can do something.

so friends, please.... please pray for a miracle with me. pray that this awful cancer will flee from libby's body in the mighty Name of Jesus. pray that she will be completely healed. pray for justin....it's killing him to see his sweet wife battling this. and pray for hope. we all need hope.

i know and believe God can and will heal Libby. i believe that with all my heart. it's just really hard sometimes. but He knows. thank God i don't have to have all things figured out! and thank you for all your prayers and encouragement. means the world to me.

 

now off to watch a christmas movie and drink some hot peppermint tea! love ya'll.

 

And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Romans 5:2-5

Sweet Libby and her little dollie girl, Ava

www.libbyryder.blogspot.com

could there really be a place for me?

i think God is unbelievable. he allows my favorite story, the Chronicles of Narnia, to be made into amazing movies, the third of which is coming out this friday... and then my favorite musical artist end up doing a soundtrack for it!! AND i haven't related with a song so much in my life. wow. God...you are so good.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do, friends! :)

at peace.

so it's 10:02 pm on a monday night....and i'm exhausted beyond description. i think i'm running on 3 hours of sleep since friday. i have a huge nutrition test tomorrow and about a zillion other things i should be doing. oh, and don't even get me started on all my other school work. and yes, i am asking myself the same question: why am i blogging again???
i don't know. it just hit me.

i feel really happy right now.
strangely content.
peaceful.

praise be to God! if i weren't so tired, i would heave a giant sigh of relief. hehe however, like i said, it was a long weekend. i was at a young life camp doing work crew with about 50 other kids. we literally cleaned and worked from 10:30pm friday night to 2:30pm sunday afternoon...and i mean non stop. it was the most exhausting, rewarding, and amazing experience. i got to serve kids that they might know the Savior's love! i cannot express my joy.

and i just wanted to let ya'll know, if any of you have been praying for me...i think it's working. i am peaceful and trusting God. and it has been a long time since i have trusted Him completely, dear friends. in everything. the stress about college. the constant awareness of my own shortcomings. my worries of never being loved or never having someone want to cherish me. these things all just sap my joy and steal my enjoyment of God away from me. i don't want to live that way anymore.

so thank you. whoever you may be.thank you for your unseen support through these difficult seasons. thank you, if you are praying. it means more to me than i can even say. i don't even know who reads this blog and if it's even encouraging.but i want you to know that i pray for you daily!! i pray that the Lord speaks through me-a simple girl who needs her Savior day after day- and that you hear his "well done" and feel His love. He gives me these words. they aren't mine. i honestly wouldn't be able to just sit down and write like this if it weren't for Him.

so yes. i am thankful. thankful for you. thankful for Christmas. thankful for violin and piano and voice. thankful for the Word of God. thankful for hot cups of tea. thankful for running shoes and an ipod.thankful for country music. thankful for my parents and sisters. thankful for my Young Life family and friends.thankful for hope.....
and thankful for my flannel covered pillow that is calling my name.

love you guys.

you are my refuge...

Yes, my soul, find rest in God;

my hope comes from Him.

Truly He is my rock and my salvation;

he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

My salvation and my honor depend on God;

He is my mighty rock, my refuge!

Trust in Him at all times, you people;

pour out your hearts to him,

for God is our refuge!

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!

Welcome to the Hulme Family's favorite Christmas tradition...watching Charlie Brown's Christmas, dancing like crazy to the song "Linus and Lucy", and finally, putting up our very own, homemade, Charlie Brown Christmas characters! We have added quite a few characters since last year!! Excuse the picture quality...I took these in my pajamas, in the middle of the street, Sunday morning, with my cellphone! I'm silly I know. :)
Anyways, hope you enjoy them!

Snoopy

Schroder (my favorite!!)

Lucy and Charlie Brown

Pig Pen

Peppermint Patty and Linus

Sally

The Whole Gang!

Then Sings My Soul!!

It Shall Be Well With Him...

"Say to the righteous, that is shall be well with him." Isaiah 3:10

It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, "Tell the righteous that it is well with him in his prosperity", we must have been thankful for so great a gift, for prosperity is an hour of peril, and it is a gift from heaven to be secured from its snares: or if it was written, "It is well with him when under persecution", we must have been thankful for so sustaining an assurance, for persecution is hard to bear; but when no time is mentioned, all time is included! God's "shalls" must be understood always in their largest sense.

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the first gathering of evening shadows until the day-star shines, all all conditions and under all circumstances, it shall be well with the righteous! It is so well with him that we could not imagine it to be better...

For he is well fed--he feeds upon the flesh and blood of Jesus.  He is well clothed--he wears the imputed righteousness of Christ. He is well housed--he dwells in God. He is well married--his soul is knit in bonds of marriage union to Christ. He is well provided for-- for the Lord is his Shepherd. He is well endowed--for heaven is his inheritance.

It is well with the righteous....well upon divine authority! The mouth of God speaks this comforting assurance!

O beloved, if God declares that all is well, ten thousand devils may declare things to be ill, but we laugh them all to scorn! Blessed be God for a faith which enables us to believe God when the creatures contradict Him!

It says in the Word, at all times things are well with the righteous--so beloved, if you cannot see it, let God's Word stand for you instead of sight! Yes, believe it on divine authority more confidently than if your eyes and your feelings told it to you. Whom God blesses is blessed indeed, and what His lips declare is truth most sure and steadfast! Praise be to God!

Morning And Evening-Charles Spurgeon

Beautifully and Wonderfully....

I wanted to share this with ya'll... and please hear my heart in this. I don't want this to feel like a self- pity party. I want you as my readers to see that we all face times where we question the way God designed us...espicially us ladies ;) And I too struggle as you will soon see!
I hope you can hear a tiny bit of my life and then be encouraged to remember that YOU are beautifully and wondrously created by God and that you are

 PERFECT

just the way He made you.







Dear Jesus,

How was tonight? Tonight was terrible...I was so excited about going with the girls and getting crazy and having fun and just enjoying life as a teenager for once!

I am sitting here truly at a loss for words. I don't even know what to think. I mean geesh! I'm a senior! I'm an 18-year old girl who wants to have fun! I like dressing up and getting all pretty! So why oh why did I hate the dance tonight?!

What made me stop in the middle of that crowded dance floor, in a dark and flashing whirl of blaring music, dancing teenagers and the thrill of the night? What arrested my mind in that moment paralyzed me where I stood, and made me want to throw up? Why is it that all I could think in that moment was, "I'm not supposed to be here!" Why Jesus? I don't understand.

As I discretely slipped out of the chaos and into the hallway, I began to breathe in the fresh, cold air. I looked out of that floor-length window out to the breathtaking Town Center two flights below. What an enchanted place. You and I both know how much I hate the city, but I don't know. There's something special about this place. Down the street, I saw the fountain that I have always wanted to jump in. I saw the pizza place that Daddy took me on a date once. I saw the place where I want to go on my first date during Christmas time. And I saw the Sandler Center....oh that majestic concert hall! I can hear the music in my very being, even though the doors are locked and the building is silent. The hall might be still and closed for the night, but in my heart and mind, the music never sleeps. I can always hear it.

God, why am I crying? Why am I standing here going crazy with confusion? Why can't I bring myself to go back into that crazy room and dance like a normal person?

What's wrong with me?! Why does my heart break to watch the kids around me? Why do I feel so unbelievably out of place here? Why can I not think of anything else but lying beside a creek in the summer, or swinging on a tire swing in my favorite white summer dress? Why do I think about swing dancing with my sisters in the middle of the kitchen, or baking Christmas cookies in the kitchen while singing Christmas carols at the top of my lungs? Why do I like boots instead of high heels? Why do I hate every single song on 100.5? Why do I prefer staying home in front of the fire with a good book, to going out and shopping for clothes? Why do I enjoy deep conversations instead of just light chit chat? Why am I so quiet, and not outgoing and crazy-wild like my friends? Why do I dislike high school so much? Why do I take everything so seriously?

Why can't I just be like other people?

Father, I want to believe you made me special and that you made me to be me!! I want to know in my heart that I do not merely exist, but that you made me the way I am for a reason. Jesus, I feel so alone right now. I feel like I don't belong here. I don't feel like anyone understands. But I know You do. Even though it’s so hard for me to see, Jesus, I ask you would help me to love the way you made me.

Thank you for making me feel so out of place tonight at the dance. Thank you for moving on my heart. Thank you for being there with me. I wouldn't have been able to make it without you.

Jesus, please give me the desires of my heart. Give me what my heart longs for.....you know everything. Yet your will be done Jesus.

Thank you for making me who I am. Nights like tonight remind me that I am not just a normal girl. I am not an 18- year old high school senior that happened to be a Christian…no. I am a Christian that happens to be an 18-year old high school senior. I’m I am a daughter of the King of Kings. I am a Princess, and my Father is the most High God! Help me to walk in a way that is worthy of You. I love you.

With all my heart,

Hannah Leilani

Greater Love

Hello my dear friends! I hope and pray this finds you all doing wonderful! Enjoying this fall weather? I certainly am! Today was our last day of school before a long weekend. I am so excited!!
Being so busy with nursing, it is really hard for me to make time to blog...so this is a special treat for me today!

This post is going to be a thank you.

A thank you to our Heros....our past, present, and future Veterans. We are thinking of you and thanking God for you this Veteran's Day!
I had originally typed up there in the first paragraph, "Thank you Veterans for a day off of school!!"
Now, I could kick myself for even thinking such a thing. Is that all I see ya'll as? As faceless men without names, stories, feelings, hopes or dreams of your own? Have I sunk so low as to say the only thing good you do for me, an 18-year-old senior at Great Bridge Highschool, is to get me a breather in my hectic fall school schedule by giving us a day off school? God forgive me.

United States Veterans: There are no words to express the depth of our gratitude for your faithful, self-less, daily service you give to the people of this country. You are the reason we can sleep safely in our homes. You are the reason we can carry on the unbelievablyfree lifestyles we do. You are the reason we can walk up and down the streets of our towns and cities without fear of being shot in broad daylight. And so many other things.
I cannot imagine the sacrifice of leaving my loved ones to go overseas and fight. I cannot imagine what it feels like to see your best friend die infront of you. I cannot imagine what real fear is. Yet this i do know:

You show us what real courage is.

You show us what real endurance is.

And you show us what real love is.

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

You are a breathtaking reflection of God's love for us...and forthat, we will be eternally greatful.

Trying to hold on to that hope...i WILL see you again!

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”

Believe

Hello friends!
I am still here! forgive me for taking so long to update! It has been a craaaazy long week....nursing is getting tough. I have really had to take a look at how I'm managing my time because life just fills up so fast and before I know it, I'm stressed out, panicking and a freaking grump.

And I wonder why?! I think the answer is pretty straightforward.

I'm not trusting in the Lord.

Now I know that sounds cliche, but think about it. Why do we get stressed? Because we become painfully aware of the fact that we are failing on our own strength. I hate failing. I hate feeling weak. I hate not accomplishing things for myself. But the Lord is opening my eyes I think. He is showing me that I don't have to be weak. I can be strong, successful and peaceful:

If I surrender everything (not just the huge things!!) to Him. My next test. My evening workouts. My attitude towards my sisters. The way I love kids at Young Life. My devotion times. My conversations at church. My future....oh yes..my future especially.
Ever feel like so lonely that you wanna cry? I have been having those moments frequently for some reason. I told Jesus the other night while driving around town on Friday night, by myself, listening to my Country music...

Jesus, I just want to be loved. I just want someone to see me, to tell me I'm the most beautiful girl in the world. To tell me they love me and really mean it. I just want to be loved by that one you have waiting for me Jesus. Why is it taking so long?!

I asked Him to take away my loneliness.

"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'

Therefore I, (Hannah Leilani Hulme!) will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Oh friends, the beauty and comfort of resting in the Lord! What can be more glorious? I can't think of too many things!
He is so faithful to us. He sees us as we are trying to make it in this crazy life. He cares about our longings, our desires, our hopes and our dreams. He is here to help us and carry us through the trials that bombard us and the good times that make our hearts just soar.
He has always, is always, and will always be here for us. So call on Him. Be at peace in your spirit. Wait on Him....He will meet you.

"I am still confident of this:

I will see the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living.

Wait for the Lord;

be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord."

Psalm 27: 13-14



Standing By The Cross....

Sweet the moments, rich in blessing

Which before the cross I spend

Life and health and peace possessing

From the sinners only Friend

Here I'll rest forever viewing

Mercy poured in streams of blood

Precious drops my soul bedewing

Plead and claim my peace with God

Standing by the cross

The cross of Calvary

Looking up to my sweet Jesus

Mercy given full and free

Truly blessed is the station

Low before His cross to lie

While I see divine compassion

Beaming in his gracious eye

Here I feel my sins forgiven

While upon the Lamb I gaze

And my thoughts are all of heaven

And my lips overflow with praise

Standing by the cross

The Cross of Calvary

Looking up to my sweet Jesus

Mercy given full and free

© 2004 Brandon Heath

Sounds of Joy...

Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither men nor animals, there will be heard once more the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying,

"Give thanks to the LordAlmighty,

for the Lord is good;

his love endures forever."

For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:10-11

 

Moments that take your breath away...

Listen to the song while looking at the pctures! :)

 

Life's not the breaths you take....

but the moments that take your breath away.



Love Walked Amoung Us...

If we help some one, but do not take time to look and feel what they are feeling, our love is cold. And if we look and feel but do not help, our love is cheap.

- Love Walked Amoung Us-

Reach out to this hurting world around you, dear friends. Feel what these lost and sesperate souls feel. Cry when they cry. Laugh when they laugh. Look at them with the same compassion Jesus looks at you each and every moment of the day. Look at them through the lense of His love....

You will never look at them the same way again!

How He Loves...

So yeah...you know you are a true writer when you wake up to a beautiful, peaceful morning  and you think to yourself "I should write about this!!" Haha I got it bad.

But I really couldn't help but give a little happy sigh as i opened my eyes this morning. The sun is shining, the sky is a beautiful clear blue, the chill of  fall is in the air, and i can hear my sweet family downstairs, already on the go. My favorite things about Saturday mornings are having a long luxurious cup of coffee with my Dad and Mama, enjoying my screened-in porch swing, and making my 3 younger sisters breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes are my favorite to make them :)

So as I lay here with a contented smile on my face, I just close my eyes once more and imagine how my Jesus reacts when I wake up. i KNOW He sees me stir each morning and just gets excited! He probably goes and grabs a couple angels and gets them to share in His pure excitement and joy to see that His little girl is up. and He does the same over you! We will never be able to imagine or comprehend the love our Savior has for us, dear friends.

We might be able to just scratch the surface but will never be able to wrap our minds around it. But His love just surrounds us, protects us, and comforts us. He is so good.

So here's to another day! Another opportunity to trust our great God. Another chance to glorify Him with our lives. And another day to live in the great love He has for us!