Documentation

Well here I go, my first real attempt at blogging.  There are so many times that I think of something that I want to blog about.  Not so I can have followers and tons of people reading my thoughts, but so I can look back 10 years from now and remember what the Lord was doing in my life.  So here I am-engaged, about to graduate, get a job, start a family...what better time than now to start blogging?  I also hope it will be a way for me to keep up with my friends once we have graduated and each go our own way.  SO bittersweet.

I think it would be appropriate to explain why I chose the address and title of my blog.  Rest and Abide.  Two words I fail at every single day.  "Abide in Me," a phrase I know the Lord speaks to me everyday.  Matthew 11:28 says, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."  I am heavy laden every day.  Every time I think I can do it on my own or work for approval of man, I am spiritually heavy laden.  When I forget that I am clothed in righteousness (Is. 61:10), I am spiritually heavy laden.  I think this verse is often times looked at when we're physically tired or worn out, but I think it refers more to our spiritual state. 

And the word abide-John 15:5, "I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."  I think abide means to remain, which would also mean that salvation has already taken place.  So he's talking to believers telling them to remain in Him.  If I believe in the Lord, then I am abiding in Him....seeking his presence by reading and studying the Word, praying, and fellowship with other believers.    

So that's a little explanation of why I chose the address and title of the blog.  Next post, I'm going to talk about some of my successes and failures of some of my Pinterest creations.  Let's be honest...most of them have been failures.  Thanks for reading :)