Him: crushed and pierced. us: healed

♥my sin weighed upon Your shoulders♥

It just blows my mind of what Christ did for us. He loved us SO much that He DIED for us to save us from our 

sins. He endured great pain and agony for us. A crown of thorns on His head and nails in His hands. That should of

been my thorns and nails. But He loved us so much He took carried the cross for us. To redeem us. 

To make us new creations in Him. He gives us eternal life when we confess that we are sinners and that He is the 

King of Kings and He is the only way to way, truth and life. He endured great pain and agony for us. A crown of

thorns on His head and nails in His hands. All for us. Another thing that blows my mind is that He wants a

relationship with us. with YOU and ME. Sinners, dirty and unholy. Christ desires to be the Lord of our lives. 

We are called to live and strive to become more like Him even through the hard trials of this world. He will never 

leave us or forsake us.  Jesus Christ has overcome the world. I pray that everyday I would continue to give 

my life to Christ  and let Him mold me into the person HE wants me to be. His hope brings me joy. He showers me 

with  grace and mercy and loves me unconditionally.  that is amazing.  

I pray that I will never ever take for granted what Christ did for me. 

[This song is my absolute FAVORITE worship song and a top favorite of all songs]

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours

 The Stand by Hillsong United 

 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 

Have a wonderful Easter thanking and praising Christ for the ultimate sacrifice He made. 

Much love,

Samarah♥

Kinsey's bday, gluten free girl and other fab things ;]

oh I almost forgot!! [slaps self] today my lovely friend Kinsey is celebrating her birthday! So go over to go to this post and wish her a happy one! I met Kinsey through blogging a while ago and we've been getting to know each other also through twitter [love that site! ;]. We have our differences and own opinions about things but she has been so encouraging and sweet to me. Even though we haven't met in person I consider her a dear friend :) Happy Birthday Kinsey! ♥♥

*not my photo. property of Kinsey at http://soulbacon.blogspot.com*

Okay so sunday night I spent an hour writing a blog post and it was kinda important and really good. and then my worst nightmare came alive. Mozilla crashed and it was gone. all gone. except for a little bit. like 1/3 of what I had written. I tried writing it again but it didn't come so I went to bed. I'm not going to try to rewrite what I had written, I'm just gonna do a fresh new post. *sometimes i could just chuck this computer out the window*

My life has been busy. I have things I have to get done like *ahem* school if I wanna graduate and other things too which you will read about below. I'm not trying to use "i've been busy" as an excuse but its the truth. I've missed blogging and I'm sure you've missed me! ;] just kidding.... well here's what I've been up to and what's new in my life [a few very random happenings ;)

My allergies flared up a few days ago, of course when the rest of the family's were fine! ;P But now its turned into more :/ I woke up this morning feeling really bad. sore throat, headache, ear pains and a whole lot of gunk in my sinuses! I'm trying my best to workout every other day and I was supposed to do it last night but I didn't feel up to it. So I did it this morning hoping it would make me feel better but it didn't :( It was a really good workout though! :)

I'm completely gluten free. 

and it feels great. I'm really enjoying it. Its hard to no to those cookies or the mac n cheese but I have to remind myself its not worth it. And it takes a lot of time and energy to make meals but its worth it. I've enjoyed searching blogs and sites for new gluten free meals and snacks. My mom has been very encouraging and keeps me in check, like saying "don't eat that!' when i'm reaching for the cookie jar ;) It's so nice when I get a headache or whatever that I can almost always rule out food as the cause of the headache.


I've started to babysitting for friends. some regularly and other here and there. And I love it. I feel very blessed to have parents trust me with their kids and want me to babysit/spend time with them :)

I bought The Voyage of the Dawn Treader! and it arrived in the mail on tuesday. yayyy!! :] I got the Blu-Ray-DVD-Digital Copy Deal for $20. I'm happy I found what I wanted! I think there's a movie booklet things in the package too but I haven't opened yet so I'm really excited to! I've really been wanting to get a good amount of school [its my idea not my parent's or anything. just wanna try to discipline myself ;] done before I break into it :) I haven't seen it since December so like I said I'm pumped ;) plus my mom hasn't seen it so pray I get tons of school done so I can watch it ;) its hard not to open it!

I'm so thankful for my family and friends. I'm beyond blessed. They show love, support and encourage me. They make me a stronger and more faithful person. I've been reminded of that many times over the past few weeks. ♥♥♥



I'm making THIS yummy looking gluten free stew. its in the crock pot now and the wonderful smell is starting to waft through the house. And its raining/storming outside. And its friday. and i get my whole family for the weekend. AND its Easter. perfect.


Alrighty, well that's all for now. Look for an Easter post sometime this weekend :)

much love♥,
Samarah

P.S. I freshened up my playlist. I switched to MixPod and there's some new music! a while ago I turned off the-automatically-playing-when-you-come-to-my-blog option and it seems like more people have visited this lil' blog ;) But don't forget its down there! take a listen and lemme know what you think :)

He is not here.... He has RISEN

I look around in the world and its so sad to see that people have "covered up" the real reason for Easter with the ( in my opinion scary) easter bunny, colored eggs, candy etc. purposely ignoring the real reason for the day. I'm not saying that those things are bad and you should not do them but just don't let those distract you from the real reason. I know, its hard but God didn't promise that this life would be easy, He promised that He would be there for us when it gets hard to keep focused on Him. Well I would call Easter a hard time to keep our hearts and minds on Jesus Christ! Let this Easter be one filled with thoughts about the real reason for Easter and joy because God loved us SO much that He sent His Son to die for us! I read this post on Lexi's blog Choosing to Wait and loved it.

So lets celebrate the Risen Lord that is very alive and real in the world today!
He is the light in this dark world and we need to have faith in HIM and be a light for HIM.

( I do not own this image)

I hope you all have a very blessed Easter!

Love,
Samarah