Grace & Unconditional Love

God's grace.  It has been on my mind for days. His Grace and His love..  leave me speechless. He cares that much and wants me to draw nearer to Him more and more each day so that my faith can grow even more in Him, and so that I can grasp a better understanding of the undeniable truth of my Father's love. Without a doubt, I serve a mighty God.  A God who loves me through the good and bad times. He is always there for me.  When I have no words, He knows my heart.  When I fall, He picks me up.  When I am weak, He is strong.  My God is all I ever need.  Yet, I find myself failing and trying to find fulfillment in things of this world... but it is all fleeting and will never fill my heart like Him and His word does... so why do I search?! Why do any of us search??  There is nothing in this world that can fulfill me like He does, so why do I continually look to earthly things to fill me up?!  I then have to remind myself that God knew my nature would be to search, and to fall and to make the wrong choices.  But even through all of that, He still loves me when I fall on my face before His thrown and cry out to Him.  So I must wait.  I must give my undivided attention to my heavenly father, so that in the weak moments I can feel His amazing presence carrying me through the storm, and in the strong moments I can know without a shadow of doubt that He is there walking step for step with me. Through every season of life, my God loves me the same and is always waiting for me with open arms.  Seriously, that gives me the chills.  So tonight, my heart is filled with love and praise for my God.  I feel grateful to be able to serve Him so freely and to be able to come to Him with even the littlest of things.  God's grace is something I may never fully understand, but I am so grateful that He pours it out to me daily and that His love is never ending.. what a gracious and loving God I serve... and for that my heart can only be happy and sing praises to my sweet Lord who is coming back one day.  So for now, I will shout praises to my heavenly Father and patiently wait here for Him.

Oh and this amazing song has been on my heart for days... absolutely love it. Just press the link and listen... it is just what I have needed for days on end! Just sit and let the words wash over you... absolutely beautiful and brings me to tears each time. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3OEGnH5x8g

Ephesians 2:8-9 --"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast."

Love,

The Little Things

We love...

our little pup and all the cuddles she gives.
being able to make breakfast together while singing slightly off- key.
getting to worship God together as a body of Christ.
cuddling with one another... the trips seem to be happening more and more... this is what happens with new jobs... I must remind myself- this is just for a season.
good books.
movies that make you think.
good laughs.
good food.
wonderful friendships.
a place to call our own.
serving a God who loves us thru all the imperfections.

TOday I am just happy to be alive and apart of God's story.  Life really is a beautiful thing.

I sure do miss all of you and promise to be back soon to document all the happenings in the Farish household!

Hoping you all had a wonderful weekend -- filled with rest, laughter and lots of friends.

Love to all,

Happy 2013!

Another year is here.  Wow... where has the time gone?!  2012 seemed like such a blur it went by so fast!  For us, 2012 was a year filled with: struggles, triumphs, tears, laughter, accomplishments, love and lots of family and friends. Looking back over the year I am grateful for all that has happened and all that we have learned.  Though, I am looking forward to 2013 and all that God has in store for us!

Here is a little recap of our year:

I completed my first year working for a school district.

Reagan's spark and passion for his job in the oil field doing sales continues to grow more each day.  It is so great to see my man so happy and loving the people he is working with!

I was accepted into a practicum program at Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital working with sick children and learning about child life therapy.  Definitely a summer that changed my perspective and brought to focus my true passions.

Reagan and I bought a house.  We love our home and all the memories that have already been made in our sweet space!

Reagan and I got our sweet pup... Lyla girl.  Our family would not be the same without her.

We met two wonderful couples who are becoming some of our very best friends... Love all the laughter they have brought us!

We spent a lot of time learning how to love each other this year.  With all our family being back in San Antonio, we are learning how to not only spend one on one time with each other but how to also give our love to all our family that is now close by.

As I read back over my post, I know this is not all that happened in 2012, but just some sweet highlights of this last year that stick out to me when I think back over the year! I am very blessed with all that God has given us this past year but I cannot wait to see what God has in store for 2013 and all the memories that will be made.

I hope every one has had a wonderful start to their New Year! Cheers to 2013 and all that is to come!!

Love,

Merry Christmas!

So this post is just a couple days late.. OOPS! We have been quite busy with family festivities.  Christmas for us this year started a little early so that we could spend time with the people we love the most.   We had lots of people to see and it just could not be done in one day!

So the Sunday before Christmas, we had lunch with Reagan's Nana.  She made delicious food and we had a great family afternoon watching the Cowboys game and opening presents. After time with family was over, we rushed to the grocery store to grab and appetizer (which took almost 45 minutes since Christmas Eve was the next day and the lines were crazy) to take to our friends Christmas party that was that same night! Good food, friends, and a fire pit... what could be a better way to celebrate the holiday's?!

Monday morning, we both got to sleep in and be lazy since it was Christmas Eve and Reagan did not have to be at the office.  We made breakfast together... waffles.. mmm so good. We watched movies and stayed in our pj's all day and wrapped presents.  It was such a nice and lazy time together and I loved every minute of it.  We hardly ever get that much time to just slow down and do nothing but be with each other.  Though, once the presents had been wrapped we were off to get dressed and head to Reagan's dad's house to celebrate Christmas with them on Christmas Eve Night.  We had a yummy Italian dinner.. (my favorite) and opened gifts and just hung out.  It was nice and chill... just what I needed to end my day.
Oh, and that night we found out some EXCITING news!!! One of our sweet couple friends are expecting their first baby! We are so excited for them and cannot wait to meet their precious bundle of joy.  Love you bunches Teri and Nate!!!

On Christmas Morning as soon as we woke up I felt like the day was going to be a blur.  We got dressed quickly to head over to Reagan's mom's house to celebrate Christmas with them.. which included brunch and opening presents.  I honestly forget sometimes what it is like to be a kid on Christmas morning.  Reagan's little sisters were so excited when we got to their house they could hardly sit still.  It was fun to be a part of their excitement and remember the magic of Christmas for a child!  For brunch, it was eggs benedict and homemade cinnamon rolls (a tradition that is oh so good).  Then we opened gifts and listened to the girls squeal with excitement after every present they opened, and we finished the morning with them by doing the annual Christmas scavenger hunt.  The one thing I love about Christmas with Reagan's mom... there are a lot of traditions they do each year and I love hearing the meaning behind each one.  After our time with their family we headed home to grab gifts for my parents and headed over to their house.  Every year my parents do a big Christmas dinner and we open presents and play games with The Roy Family once they come over.  I love this part of the day... good food, great company, and lots of memories.  The food was delicious as always, the games were crazier than ever, and the laughter and friendship filled the house.  It was a wonderful day and I was grateful that we were able to celebrate with everyone!

To say the least, we had many wonderful Christmas celebrations.  Yes it was so busy going from house to house and here, there and everywhere!! But... as I reflect on those couple of days that is what makes it the best...  Being able to spend the Holiday's with ALL our family because everyone is back in Texas.  That is definitely something to treasure and be grateful for.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is enjoying time with family and friends.

From our Family to Yours... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Love,