Peatie

My little roommate Kathryn Elise is such a cutie that I just had to share some pictures. She started out as "Peanut," but she's now my little "Peatie" ;-) The light was just gorgeous tonight and I ended up with a lot of pictures......

More of the Pixlers Love

A few of my favorites from their wedding =) I'm so glad I was able to be part of this beautiful celebration. God Bless you guys! To see the rest of the images head over to their gallery

Mr. and Mrs. Karl Pixler <3

Baseball and Life

When I get stressed I start to pity myself. Start to say and think things like, "Nobody I know has all this on their plate." "Look at me, I have to juggle this much." "So-and-so, all they have to do is this." Boo-hoo. Oh really Kelley? Well just suck it up and keep on going, because you'll never catch up sitting there complaining that you have too much to do to catch up.

Suck it up and give it everything you've got.

Last night I was watching my brother's baseball game against last year's state champs. The first game was pathetic. One error that person was out of it for the rest of the game. One player at a time it happened to almost the whole team, and they just fell apart because their mental state went down the drain. I wanted to go over there and yell at them to stop acting like babies and get out there and play their hardest.

And then it occurred to me that I've been doing the same thing, but in life. And life is a little more important that a baseball game. I remember when I used to play, and my dad would talk about winning the battle, and how baseball is mostly mental. You can have the best skills in the world, and do amazing in practice, but if your not mentally tough you'll never make it. And that's the way I've been in life. It was easier to overcome my thoughts when I was at the plate, or when I was playing defense, but right now in life I'm losing the battle.

Losing the battle in my head. And that's just where it starts.

If I can't take over my thoughts and my attitude {'cause that's where your attitude starts} I'm losing the battle for the Lord pretty much before I've stepped out onto the battle ground. So....

Maybe I should take my own advice. Stop acting like a five-year old that's messed up, or having a rough time and wants you to pity him. Toughen up and do what needs to be done. Win the battle.

Pouring Rain

"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound // Amazing love, now pouring down // From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree // His grace flows down and covers me. "

~Grace Flows Down 

Grace = unmerited divine assistance

We fall. We mess up. We make mistakes.

But even though we do, His grace pours over us. Over it all. And not only does it pour on us, it covers us. 

Completely.

It's like a flood, like a downpour, like a cozy blanket, all unmerited, undeserved. But yet He still pours it out. It's one of the most amazing things I've experienced in my walk with God, His unconditional grace. It's almost beyond my understanding, it's more something I just have to accept. 

So I stand under the downpour, let the water run over my tears, curling up in the blanket, because His grace covers me. 

It covers my shame. It  covers my guilt, my sin, my mistakes. It fills me up, it washes me clean, heals my wounds. The awesome grace of Jesus does this for me. 

"The people asked.... and He opened the rock and water gushed out; it ran into all the dry places." ~Psalm 105:40-41
 

Ask for His grace, let Him pour it out, let it gush into all the dry places. Let it cover you. Let it cover your shame, your guilt your sin. Let it fill you, wash you, heal you.

Pixler-Barstad Wedding!

I think this one is one of my favorite! :-) just sooo cute!

I *really* like this one....

like this one, too!