http://www.blakeyblog.com Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:21:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I really enjoy food. I'm the kind of person who likes to have 5 small meals a day plus snacks.  Some days if I am really busy I forget to eat and I start to feel it--gradually the headache and lethargy setting in!  Slowly but surely my effectiveness fades, I begin ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2009/10/27/zeal/ This is an awesome song called "Lord of Lords" by Brooke Fraser for Hillsong. Definitely worth the a purchase on iTunes, or you can listen to it below from a YouTube live video. Beholding Your beauty Is all that I long for To worship You Jesus Is my sole desire For this very heart You ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2009/08/29/playing-on-repeat-in-my-itunes/ I've just come back from a 2-week vacation and quickly I snapped into housecleaning/laundry/calendar mode.  September is just around the corner and I'm feeling ready to go!  I enjoy it when we are busy working but it was great to have some time to rejuvenate too.  My husband and I ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2009/08/28/it/ Maybe you've bought into the lie that you'll never be pretty enough, tall enough, smart enough, unique enough, or important enough...here's some good news:  The God who slung the stars across the heavens...whose very breath gives life...that God, the King, has always been taken with you.  He ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2009/08/22/beautiful/ Last week I got a text message from a friend saying she had finished reading Martha Peace's The Excellent Wife, which reminded me that last time I started reading the book myself, I had not finished.  So, today I picked it back up where I left off in chapter 12--"Submission".  ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2009/04/29/excellent-wife-wisdom-joy-in-obeying/ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 A few weeks ago my pastor's wife, Carlynn, challenged me and my fellow ministry sisters to memorize this verse.  Before I left that dinner ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2008/11/17/living-without-fear/ This weekend my husband (who is a high school pastor) preached part two of a series called, “God Calls It Love.” It is four part series to train our students to think and re-think guy-girl relationships and if they are living them out according to God's Word. "All Scripture is God-breathed ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2008/09/01/god-calls-it-love/ This week I have been on vacation to a cabin in Lake Arrowhead.  Before we came here I had noticed that I was having a heart issue, but was not sure how to diagnose it accurately.  It's not news to you that I haven't been excited about blogging the last ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2008/08/29/renewed-by-gods-love/ This week I've really been enjoying Psalm 40!  It's a wonderful song about how God is to be exalted for how great He is and the amazing things He has done. 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2008/08/15/the-lord-be-exalted/ "There is no comfort in anything apart from enjoying thee and being engaged in thy service." The Valley of Vision, p. 4 This line is from a sixteenth century Puritan's prayer. The book Valley of Vision is full of some incredible prayers to and devotional reflections on God. This one stood ... http://www.blakeyblog.com/2008/05/29/reporting-for-service/