January 7, 2013

• [Personal]: Something about 2013…

   

  

  It’s a NEW Year!!
  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. 

  Once again, another 365 days have gone past and another 365 days have begun.
  It is a week into 2013 and already, I’ve been so much more aware of my need for Jesus. More, more, more and more of Jesus. 

  Looking back on exactly a year ago, I am never ceased to be amazed at how much has changed and how much as not. 

  If someone would have told me in January of 2012 that in a year’s time I would be…

  • Getting not just my first stamp on my passport but actually a whole BUNCH of stamps! 
  • Going to South America twice and leaving my heart with the people and children there. 
  • Using Photography on the mission field and capturing dark-chocolate-eyed-kiddos. 
  • An International Wedding Photographer and spending a whole week in England. 
  • Learning grace and strength made perfect in weakness through continued health issues. 
  • Really ok with turning closer-to-thirty-than-twenty.
  • Through almost an entire year of counseling and growing immensely. 
  • Learning to use photography in more intentional ways like Photo essays.
  • Still wondering about the future… job, finances, vision, goals, etc. 

  If someone would have told me… I really would have laughed. 

  Have you ever thought about God laughing? I do. I wonder how often He smiles at me and laughs: “Oh, dearest… if you would only trust Me more.”
  Things that I worry, fear or attempt to control… and He is just so graciously waiting for me to embrace Him. 
  Embrace truth, embrace faith, embrace all the good that He has in store for me. 

  2012 has been a good year. The year of adventures. 
  2012 has also been a hard year. The year of realizations. 
  2012 has been a wonderful year. The year of exploring. 
  2012 has also been a painful year. The year of growth. 

  Somehow… I wouldn’t have it any other way. 
  Here’s to 2013 and all the “new” things to come…

  Cheers!
  -KM

  Five Favorite Adventures:
  Colombia: The School and the Orphanage.
  Three full weeks in Ecuador.
  Exploring life in England. 
  Serving at CEF Headquarters.
  Random weekend road trips.   
    

  Five Favorite Moments:
  Walking onto the plane to South America for the first time. 
  Spending a whole week in England with my Great-Gram. 
   Celebrating my grandparents 50th Anniversary. 
  Finding the perfect lip color [yes, small but significant]. 
  Hearing the news of a Soul long prayed for, receiving Salvation. 

  Five Favorite Books:
  

  The Valley of Vision – Arthur Bennett

  Hinds’ Feet on High Places – Hannah Hurnard
  The Chronicles of Narnia [yes, for like the 50th time]
  [and let's just say much didn't get read this year outside of God's Word. *ahem*]

   

  Five Favorite Movies:

  That Darn Cat
  Captain America
  Persuasion. 

  The Avengers
  The Hobbit

   

  Five Favorite Things:
  Lord Rillian
  Corrie
  My 24-70 2.8/f wide angle lens.
  My Passport. 
  My two scarves from South America. 

   

  Five Favorite Quotes:
  “The difficulties in your life are not in the way of God’s plan, they are a tool of it. They’re crafted to advance his work of grace.” [Paul David Tripp]

  “The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.” [G.K. Chesterton]

  “If only the will to walk is there… He is pleased even with their stumbles.” [C.S. Lewis]

  “I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” [C.H. Spurgeon]

  “I love doing preposterous things, why, I don’t know anything more exhilarating and delightful than turning weakness into strength, and fear into faith, and that which has been marred into perfection.” [The Shepherd, Hinds' Feet on High Places]

  

   

   

   

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