"Home is where the heart is."

if home is where the heart is, where is your home? 

what do you most love?

*sports-football, basketball

*hobbies-photography, music

*people/relationships

*Jesus Christ
*travel

*school/work

*politics

*clothing-how we look on the outside

*other

now we know we should say Jesus Christ, but if we were really honest, if we really looked at how we use our time, what would you have to say? to be completely and openly honest.

where to we spend out free time? where do we invest our energy and love? where are we placing our heart?

do we spend a majority of our time on something mentioned above? besides Jesus Christ?

or.

are we using our time to dig into the Scriptures? swimming ever deeper into the heart of a loving, all-knowing God? the One God that really matters.

are we reaching out to others, placing them and their needs before ours? serving God through how we live our everyday lives? is God our number one priority? or are we more focused on our family and work? have the other 'things' come before God? would we rather spend our time and energy on our hobbies? or on our relationship with our heavenly Father? do you have a relationship with Him?

our human nature would much rather sit on our duffs watching a movie or playing computer games than sharing Gods love story with others.

where are our priorities?

reaching out? --or reaching in?

where are we most comfortable? talking with others about football or the latest movie, or encouraging them with their walk with the Saviour?

now don't get me wrong, many of the 'things' in our life are important, and should be -- family, work, etc, but are they more important to us than our relationship with Jesus Christ? are we taking time out of out schedules for what will really last forever?

would/are we willing to give up everything for God? do you think you would be able to live with nothing but God? relying wholly on Him, and Him alone?

is your home {heart} in God's loving hands?

in need of a home

Orphaned soon after birth and hand-fed by humans, they are uber friendly!! Any takers? Pwese?! We actually are only needing to give two away.. Jacques and Jasmine. Zero and Gracie have a home. :)

Zero!! Moi favourite!

Jasmine..peeking through the flower stems.

Zero again.. I think he was trying to figure out what the camera was.

Gracie. Stretching after a lovely nap in the summer shade.

Jacques playing with the flowers.. guess it's a good thing Mom wasn't there! ;)

Little blue eyes.

Did I mention that they are almost eight weeks old? So stop by and pick em up anytime!

Julian is training them in well!

Fluffy fur and constant purr? [notice the rhyme] Who can deny them?

Jacques and Zero resting after tumbling in the dirt.

Gracie is lame.. so she just has to sit and watch the others play. It's rather sad since she seems to be more extroverted.

Jasmine basking in the sunshine.

Food anyone?

She looks so smug.

What a lazy cat....

...but that's just what they do!

If anyone is seriously interested let me know!! I'm sure they will love you!

two powerful words...

When we fail…
When we faulter…
When we quit…
When we feel like we’re not enough…
When life is falling apart…
When we break down…
When we can’t fight another day…
When we utterly and completely fail…

…there are two words which provide the ability to go on: But God.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved..     —Ephesians 2:4-5

one day

if you knew you only had one day left to live...what one thing would you want most to do? why? what if you don't even have an hour to live? why not start living life to your fullest right now? --there may never be a tomorrow..

 "Life isn't about living forever...

It's about making the journey really count."

becoming reality.

once upon a time a girl had a really cool older brother [and still does! ;)]. this older brother had a canon powershot S2. and that camera was amazing. in her eyes anyways. that's when the dream began..the dream to become a photographer. but then my really cool older brother sold the camera! i was devastated! how in the world was i supposed to further my *ahem* skills without a camera?! but God already knew.. soon after the horrid event my dad bought a canon 5D for the business..freeing the canon rebel to stay at home. happily in the hands of, you guessed it..me. :) fast forward a few years and a lot of learning.. people are now pushing me to make the dream come true. i personally don't think i'm that great. i worry that people won't like my pictures. that they won't turn out. i'll order the wrong thing. maybe someday i'll be amazing. people come to me anyways, asking me to take their pictures. i smile and gladly agree. i get all jittery and excited about the upcoming event. then it arrives and my mind freezes..why, oh why can't i think of a creative pose? or something to say that would make them laugh? if it weren't for God, no photo i take would turn out. i don't know how it happens, but somehow He uses me to capture the moment, hopefully bringing joy to a soul. if only for a bit. but it made them smile and i thank my Father. maybe someday i'll be able to use this budding talent to bring souls to Him. only He knows and only He can advance my skill.

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and because no blog post is complete without a picture.. here is one i took with my new 50mm lens. :) i'm loving it! i now own equipment! :D 

happy day all! xoxo

-as St. Patrick once said-

 "Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ on my right, Christ on my left,

Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,

Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks to me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.

Salvation is of the Lord.

Salvation is of the Christ.

May your salvation, Lord, be ever with us."

a forgotten favorite

Here is one last photo of Tanya! [It is a favorite of hers] but I forgot to publish it with my last post. :) Oops!