Fear vs Faith

"If you aren't living in harmony, you aren't doing something right."

Lately, I have been reading and learning a lot about fear vs faith. You really can't have both. It is either one or the other. Fear does not allow harmony in your life and if you are constantly living in fear than you will not achieve anything. 

Faith is the belief and trust in loyalty to God. It is an absolute belief that He is constantly working behind the scenes in every area of our lives, even when there is no tangible evidence to support that fact. And consequently, fear is a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. 

Everyday we make a decision, will I live in faith, or will I live in fear? Before, I wasn't aware that I was consciously making that decision... I went about my day being selfish. Thinking and questioning all sorts of different things and half of the time I wasn't aware I was doing it. My poor husband was the one who I would go to with all of this "fearful" garbage! Poor thing :)   

But now, now I am aware and I am choosing faith. Romans 14:23 says, "Whatsoever is not of faith, is sin..." Fear only steals God's peace from my heart and I don't want any of that!  

Whenever those little fearful worries start to seep through, I will come back to these:

{I will counsel you with my eye upon you. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.}  Psalm 32:8 
and
{The very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid.} Matthew 10:30-31 

Seriously, how can I be fearful of anything when God knows exactly how many little hairs are on my entire head? Sheesh!

Here's to trusting God and choosing faith. 

7 years w/ my love!

Today, February 22nd, marks the 7th year that I have been with my sweet Andrew. I can't even begin to explain how incredibly fast the time has gone. I was 16 and he was 17, I agreed to a school lunch date at Wendy's and the rest is history. Nothing screams "marriage material" like a good ol' frosty and french fries, right!? Oh boy. Thankfully, that 17 year old boy grew into one very handsome 24 year old man and has come a long ways since that little Wendy's venture :) 

He works so hard for our family and I am so grateful for him.
 What a gracious, hardworking, awesome husband. 

Each day I adore him even more! When he gets home we are off to our favorite little coffee shop down the street for a little late night date, our fav! We'll order something warm, sit outside by the heaters, under the stars and sip away...w/ the pooch of course, can't forget Clover. :) 

One day...

We will have some cute babies... 

It's Valentines day week!

This means I get to bake Valentines day cookies with the little munchkins I nanny for, make Valentines day crafts with them and eat Valentines day candy with them, hooray! 

Friday... and some randomness

I could listen to this song over and over again--and I do. I love it so much. When it comes on, I blast the radio. Even when I am nannying I blast the radio. And sweet Noah sings along, although he doesn't know the words. At all. But it is the cutest thing. 

:)

I love this print. And I would love it in a baby girls room. Whenever our time for a baby girl comes, this will be the first thing I purchase, well, maybe. 

Oh Giada. I wish I enjoyed cooking as much as you, and I wish I could make it look half as easy as you do.  Andrew and I had Giada's penne w/ spinach sauce for dinner last night. It was goooood. 

The family comes tonight! And Andrew is bbq-ing for everyone, (his excitement is somewhere between a 9.9 and 10) we feel like real adults now. We haven't ever bbq-ed for anyone before. 

Oh, I am so ready to see them. 

And...

My mom, sister and I are going to the Funky Junk sisters. We have had this planned for, uhhm, about 9 months. I was so sad that I had missed them the last time they visited Portland so I highlighted and starred Feb. 4th so we wouldn't miss them again. On the list: wedding decor/craft-y ideas/maybe a new dresser? Thoughts, Drew? ;

Hallelujah for the weekend!