Happy Independence Day!

Happy 4th of July!

We give God all the glory and thanks for all of our blessings in this country.

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and have a great day! :)

God Bless America! :)

much love♥
Samarah

Happy Memorial Day!

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thank you to all those who have, are and will sacrifice their lives and so much for this country. for our freedom. And the lets not forget those people's families.they sacrifice a lot also.You all are loved, respected and appreciated. so much. Your service to God and us is often taken for granted. and sometimes only thought of on Memorial Day and so my prayer is that I will never take for granted what many amazing men and women are doing for this country. for the people. for God. for me.
thank you from the bottom of our hearts.



I'm off to watch an episode of Lark Rise to Candleford and do laundry :) Then I'm gonna workout and then {hopefully}work on some school. Then hang out for the rest of the day and spend time with my family and eat some yummy food! :)

Happy Memorial day! 

I hope you have a great day!

much love♥♥

seriously this is CRAZY!!

I'm loving life right now. why?? well one reason is that....  

THE PACKERS WON THE SUPERBOWL!!

It was a great game! The Steelers did well.... but the Packs were on fire! whoop whoop!(Matthews was on his game!)   If you follow me on twitter, i apologize for filing up your twitter box! I couldn't yell and cheer because there was a babe sleeping so I had to do it on twitter ;P
Here was my Packers attire for the night :)

Aaron Rogers through some pretty sweet passes and they were caught beautifully! (most of them ;) and interception!! How sweet was that?! :) but some parts were nail biting. I'm glad that the Steelers did get a few touchdowns, I wanted them to leave with some dignity ;) But the Packers held them for the rest of the game and that lead to victory!! I was sad to see 2 players get injured :( hope they heal soon!  We had a great time with our friends. The parents talked, the kids played and I was basically the only one watching game. but dad did come and ask for updates ;) I'll post some pictures asap.go here to watch highlights from the game :]

 also, I won another giveaway!! I think I'm still in shock. I've never won any giveaways but in the past 4 weeks or so I've won 5 giveaways! but I'm definitely not complaining ;)

I won The Freedom CD from Charity Anne's January Ending Giveaway.

thank you so much Charity Anne! and thank you for making a stand on Human Slavery and Trafficking.
& I won this beautiful picture by BK!

thank you girls!! so much :)

ok on to, Day 7: Five things you couldn't possibly live without- 
I'm gonna exclude God, family, friends, house, food etc. because its obvious I couldn't live without them ;) 

1. music 
2. little kids 
3. braids 
4. blankets
5. mountains 

 What can't you live without??

so, im liking life right now :) Packers winning the SB and winning all these giveaways! its crazyly wonderful ;)
oh yeah and just FYI, I will be celebrating the Packers win all week :D

with love,

Samarah

blessings and thankfulnes

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I probably won't be posting tomorrow so I'm doing my Thanksgiving post now :)
I've been blessed by God with SO much. I have a lot to be thankful for.
Here are just a few things I'm thankful for,

My Savior Jesus Christ. He saved me from myself and in Him I have Hope. I don't know how I would keep going without Him. In the past year, I feel like I've grown closer to Him through all my health issues. Some days I feel like my life is just falling apart then I read a verse, talk to friend, or listen to a song that reminds that I can go on with His strength and love. That I am more than my problems or mistakes. I am His and I am a new creation in Him.

My amazing family. Seriously I have the best family ever. They love and care for me even when I'm in my worst mood ;) Our favorite things to do together is snuggling up on the couch and watching The Andy Griffith Show or taking a hike or just hanging out :) my little sister will make me sweet cards saying "I love you" for no reason and my little brother will give me a hug or say something like "you're the best big sister ever". My dad never ceases to make me laugh and he would do anything for me if I need it. My mom is the best. She teaches me, laughs with me,. cries with me, helps me, and has incredible patience and forgiveness towards me! Those things and more are priceless and I'll be honest... sometimes I'm not very fun at all to live with but my family puts up with it and does a very good job ;) I don't know what I'd do without them!

My fabulous friends. One of God's greatest blessings! good friends are hard to find nowadays but I've got a great bunch of 'em. My friends will listen to me talk about the bad day I had or what I'm struggling with. And they will encourage me or just tell me to suck it up ;) just kidding!! :) We can laugh and talk about random girl things ;)  I don't feel like I have to put on a fake face for them, I want them to see me just as I am- a beautiful mess. We can help each other grow spiritually, emotionally and physically. I love talking to a friend about how I feel and they say " i feel like that too!" knowing that I'm not alone. in the good times and bad. I love my friends and am SO thankful for them!

YOU! yes I'm thankful for you, the readers of my blog. You reading, commenting, and following is a blessing to me. When I started this blog I had no idea that a year later I would have almost 70 followers and meeting new people who are like me-striving to love and serve Christ and reach out to other people. and the encouragement and joy I get out of this blog is great! Thank you so very much :)

Awesome music. Music is a big part of me. I'm so thankful for the artists who write about things that God has put on their heart and create some really awesome and uplifting songs!  Songs are the words of my heart when I'm speechless. ♥

Some random things that I'm thankful for :)

• my warm house
• itouch ;) 
• being able to get an education 
• photography
• my church 
• clothes 
• having clean food and water 
• entertainment 
• clothes 

Don't just think of all the things you are thankful for on Thanksgiving but all year round. When you think you've come to the end of your rope or just can't go any longer count your blessings. one by one.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I'll leave you with this Thanksgiving prayer from the episode "A Time to Heal" of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. It sums up my post and I think its beautiful.

Dear Lord,
Le us give thanks to God our Father for all of his gifts so freely bestowed upon us. For all the beauty and wonder of your creation and earth, sky and sea. For our daily food and drink, homes and family and friends, for minds to think and hearts to love and hands to serve, for health and strength to work and leisure to rest and play, for brave and courageous , for a patient in suffering and faithful in adversity and for all valiant seekers after truth,liberty and justice, we thank you dear Lord. Amen. 

Love in Christ,
Samarah

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Happy 4th of July!!


I hope you all are having a great day with your family and friends :)

We have reasons to thank God and celebrate, not only for the freedom in this country but the freedom that Jesus Christ gave us when he died on the cross!! Freedom from our sins! :)

So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.

~ John 8:36, NLT

Thank you also to all the men and women who served, are serving and will serve this country! Thank you!! :)

This is a song we sang in church this morning. There's nothing we can say except "thank you" for all that God has done for us!



I come before You today, and there's just one thing that I want to say
Thank You, Lord, thank You, Lord For all You've given to me, for all the blessings that I cannot see
Thank You, Lord, thank You, Lord
With a grateful heart, with a song of praise, With an outstretched arm I'll bless Your Name and

Thank You, Lord, I just want to thank You, Lord


For all You've done in my life, You took my darkness and gave me Your light
Thank You, Lord, thank You, Lord
You took my sin and my shame, You took my sickness and healed all my pain
With a grateful heart, with a song of praise With an outstretched arm I'll bless Your Name and
Thank You, Lord, thank You, Lord


With a grateful heart, with a song of praise
With an outstretched arm I'll bless Your Name and


Thank You, Lord, I just want to thank You, Lord

~ Thank You Lord by Paul Baloche

Have a great rest of the day!!