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!

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James

Can it be? Is fall really here? I am so excited!

I do love summer, don't get me wrong. No school, driving with the top down to the beach, lazy afternoons in the AC, and of course, Young Life Camp :D (BEST part by far!!!!!)

Yet oh, that first morning you wake up and shiver because you left the window open. Or the wonderful morning that is dark and still...almost like it's just you and God. Waking up to hot cider, Cinnamon rolls and just...that smell of fall. Anyone know what I mean?

I am blown away! Blown away by the awesome power of our God! He didn't have to make four separate seasons. He didn't have to bless us with a change of scenery. He didn't have to grant us reprieve from stifling summers or bitter winters...but He does. What a God! What a Creator!

As seasons change, I am reminded how my own life's seasons change. I grow up. I move on. I make new friends, see new places, and form new habits.

I am so thankful that my life changes...I know I would be so bored and it would make life seem rather dull. Yet how kind of God to allow us to walk through different seasons!

But how about this wonder of wonders?

He will never change.

Seasons may change, circumstances may change, relationships may change. But our Father's love and nearness are as constant as the rising sun. Think of it! The sun is always rising and setting....even if it's hidden by storm clouds, masked by the pouring rain, or is invisible to us because of the cover of darkness. But it'still there isn't it?! I certainly hope it is! :)

I don't know about you dear friends, but I find such peace in knowing my Father is always with me. Remember that today! No matter what season you are in...

He is never changing.

Lift Your Eyes to Him!

-Han

why am i here again?

"The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him."

-C.S. Lewis

We were created to be united to our sweet Savior! How amazing! Simple reminders like this are so encouraging! Today I have a purpose. Today I am doing what I was made for. Today, I'm gonna just love Jesus.