In German, Liebe means love. The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming blogs who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.
What to do after you receive the award: 1. Thank the person who gave it to you. (You're the best sis!) 2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog. 3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
Here are to the Liebster blogs in my life (man, that was a hard choice!)....
For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the Lord, and there is no other."
Isaiah 45:18
Carl Boberg, a 26-year-old Swedish minister, wrote a poem in 1885 which he called "O Store Gud"--"O Mighty God." The words, literally translated to English, said:
When I the world consider/ Which Thou hast made by Thine almighty Word
And how the webb of life Thou wisdom guideth/ And all creation feedeth at Thy board.
Then doth my soul burst forth in song of praise/ Oh, great God, Oh, great God!
His poem was published and "forgotten"--or so he thought. Several years later, Carl was surprised to hear it being sung to the tune of an old Swedish melody; but the poem and hymn did not achieve widespread fame.
Hearing this hymn in Russia, English missionary, Stuart Hine, was so moved he modified and expanded the words and made his own arrangement of the Swedish melody. He later said his first three verses were inspired, line upon line, by Russia's rugged Carpathian Mountains. The first verse was composed when he was caught in a thunderstorm in a Carpathian village, the second as he heard the birds sing near the Romanian border, and the third as he witnessed many of the Carpathian mountain-dwellers coming to Christ. The final verse was written after Dr. Hine returned to Great Britain.
Some time later, Dr. J. Edwin Orr heard "How Great Thou Art" being sung by Naga Tribespeople in Assam, in India, and decided to bring it back to America for use in his own meetings. When he introduced it at a conference in California, it came to the attention of music publisher, Tim Spencer, who contracted Mr. Hine and had the song copyrighted. It was published and recorded.
During the 1954 Billy Graham Crusade in Harringay Arena, George Beverly Shea was given a leaflet containing this hymn. He sand it to himself and shared it with other members of the Graham team. Though not used in London, it was introduced the following year to audiences in Toronto.
In the New York Crusade of 1957, it was sung by Bev Shea ninety-nine times, with the chorus joining with majestic refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee.
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Taken from the book: Then Sings My Soul
P.S. You might want to scroll down and pause the background music to the blog before starting the clip. :)
The daddy, mom, sis, and I all loaded up bright and early Saturday morning and headed to the stadium to arrive 4 hours before the game.
We were there to help.
Our mission wasn't to watch the game played against Georgia Southern.
It was to help in a concession stand.
One of the many concession stands.
After having tons of fun serving thousands of hot dogs and nachos, fixing hundreds of coke's in $6.00 souvenir cups, and dipping gigantic pretzels in water and salt, we were able to watch the last 10 minutes of the game.
It was one of the best days in this girls life. :)
Me and the sis.
Sleepy and ...scared?....
We are pumped...ready to work.
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! It's the boys! The Alabama boys!!!
(I was so excited. I had never seen them in person...just on t.v. This was big stuff for me ;)
This was after working...sweaty and everything. :D We were so happy to be able to see the last part of the game.
Roll Tide Roll!
Can you point out Coach Nick? He is kind of to the left of the picture, hunched over, walking away from me.
Mem, Morgan, Kelsey, and Me...watching the players walk out of the locker room to see their families.
They were right behind that gate behind us....we were no more than ten feet away from them! Exciting stuff!!
One of the best days...ever....
ROLLLL TIDE! =)
May the best team win today! Will it be Auburn...or will it be Alabama?....Hmmmm.....
Hey y'all! Today is a pretty big day in my blessed life and my sis wrote about it here. She has such a gift with words and this particular post (like many of her posts) made me boo-hoo my eyes out...
Also, I was able to guest post over here on Taylor's blog. She has one of the cutest blogs, so go check her out and give her some blog lovin'. ;)
For the past two years, a group of people from our church has put together meal bags for families who need them during the Thanksgiving season. After we put them together, we go and deliver them....
The name: Operation Gobble Gobble. Better known as: O.G.G. =)
This year was so much fun! The Sunday we put the bags together, was the Sunday before my birthday. My sneaky mom had an email sent out to the whole church asking (whoever wanted to) people to secretly bring a card for me and put it in a basket that was in the fellowship hall.
They presented it to me after lunch and before the O.G.G. festivities began...
You knew about this Lur?!?!
It was kinda awkward having people staring at me and singing "Happy Birthday."
Awww! Thanks, mom!
These little guys were put together by my grandmother and mom. :)
Isn't he the cutest ever?!? He was created by mom. He was a HUGE hit!
Then it was time to decorate the bags that the groceries would go in...
Whoever wanted to could make something out of construction paper....
A few weeks ago, I was able to take a few shots of this cute foursome. =) One of my best friends, Lurlynn, her brother, Rodge, along with their two cousins, Grayson and Gavin. They were so much fun! (Well, they are fun anyways, just especially fun during this shoot. ;)
Well, there you have it! One of the funnest photo shoots I have ever done! =P
it's that time of year. the time of year to gather with family and friends that you haven't seen in months. the time of ye...
PINTEREST
God's Plan of Salvation
hear the gospel (rom. 10:17)
believe the gospel (mark 16:16)
repent of sins (acts 17:30)
confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God
(matt. 10:32,33)
be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins (acts 2:38)
live faithfully (rev. 2:10)
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