Secret Revealed!!!

Check out our new ministry's blog! Silk and Purple is based from Proverbs 31:22.

~ "She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple." ~

Silk and Purple is a ministry for young ladies -- encouraging each other in modesty and Christ-honoring loveliness! Check out the blog, follow it, and pass it on to your friends!! We need your help in spreading

the word!

Visit the blog here!!

A Following of 50

      Well, surprise, surprise. After a year of blogging on La vie est Belle, there is a following of 50, plus more stats of regular visitors who choose not to "officially" follow. It's interesting how a blog changes you. It makes you an observer, yet an actor in the play of life. With a lifestyle blog, you must live life presently and fully while documenting history.


       Is a blog a selfish thing? It very easily plays to our vanity, tricking us to believe that we are "special" in a world of finite people. But I believe as in most things, blogs can be used as a tool to share the hope within us, that is, if you have the majesty of Christ as the King of your life. Blogs also make you think -- I believe it can be used as a training ground for when we flesh out the issues of our culture for the real world (not just the cyber one).


       We live in a world with people yelling opinions and ideas in order to be heard. Blogs can either be used as another clanging cymbal of cluttered information or used as a gentle and thoughtful way to express your sentiments. I think Chris Rice's song sums it up:

So called reality 

Right there on my TV 

If that's how life's suppose to be, well 

Somebody's lying

The camera's on and we can tell 

To keep your fame you have to yell 

Cause tensions build 

And products sell and 

We're all buying 

I hope we're smarter than this

Everybody take a breath 

Why are all your faces red? 

We're missing all the words you said 

You don't have to yell 

Draw your lines

And choose your sides 

Cause many thing are worth the fight 

But louder doesn't make you right 

You don't have to yell, 

Oh, You don't have to

ye-ye-ye-yell 

ye-ye-yeeell

ye-ye-yeeell

You don't have to yell

I turned in to hear the news 

I don't want your point of view 

If that's the best you can do 

Then something's missin' 

And experts on whatever side 

You plug your eyes, 

You scream your lines 

You claim to have an open-mind 

But nobody's listening

But don't you think, 

We're smarter than this?

Everybody take a breath 

Why are all your faces red? 

We're missing all the words you said 

You don't have to yell

If everyone would take a step

Back away and count and count to ten

Clear your mind and start again 

then we won't have to yell

You don't have to yell

          If this blog becomes a clanging noise, then I'm but a fool on a soapbox. I pray that 50 more will follow, but be it 5, 50, or 5,000, this blog is to glorify my Lord, reflect on His goodness and blessings, and gently share the hope of His Kingdom everlasting. 

Proverbs 15:4
"A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit."

1 Peter 3:15
"...in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect"

180

Do you value life?

Papa, Daddy, Father

Call him what you please, but mine is the best!

In my eyes, my daddy is the second best man who ever walked the earth. (Jesus comes first, of course! And C.S. Lewis is third for now--until a future husband fits in somewhere!) I’ve been my daddy’s “pumpkin” since Day One. Though you should never get into an argument with him, he is particularly fun to engage in a battle of the wits. I’m very much like my daddy. We are both laid back with a touch of perfectionism in our vocations. We both laugh at our own jokes (even if no one else does!), and our mutual dream is to refurbish an old car.

Give three cheers to your Dad!

Now your daddy might not have won a prize for the best dad of the year. I understand that fathers aren’t perfect, but let’s not forget we are not perfect, either. God has put your daddy in your life for a special reason. Learning from him is not only beneficial, but is commanded in scripture. The Lord reveals wisdom through your father, however insufficient you think he may be at times. As a polished cornerstone (Psalm 144:12), you can receive the blessings of an honoring spirit. Just as we are born with the capability to sin, so are our dads. Search the scriptures to know how you should love him!

Maybe you have grown up in a strong Christian home with a loving dad, or maybe your dad has not been a major influence in your life. We must put trust in our Heavenly Father that all things are working for our good.

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28

Think about this: maybe your choice to honor, love, and respect your daddy can be an encouragement to him—-giving him the boost to become more honorable. The Lord might be calling you to be the “big girl”!

Big Girl steps can be scary! Try this one. This week find something that makes your dad smile! It might be his favorite dessert or even a big hug from you! Make him smile and choose to honor him!

Happy Daddies Day!!!

To follow...

To follow Christ, all it will cost you is your life. But whoever loses his life shall save it, but whoever holds on to his life shall lose it.

I'm sure you know today is Easter and that Easter is a Christian holiday, but what you may not know is that as Christ lives, His heart longs for you! Long for Him and love Him for He will hold your heart and never let it break! You will never be good enough for perfect love, but He is good enough for you! Email me if you would like to know more! I'll be happy to share of His goodness.

Happy Resurrection Sunday!

偉大で強力な天の父。、日本、快適な人疲れているもので人々の平和を持参し、人が失われるものを保存します。あなたはすべてのものを作成して、私たちは何とかこれはあなたの目的に栄光をもたらすものと知っている。私たちの祈りが聞こえてみようと私たちは祈りに答えするのに役立つ！

イエスキリストアーメンで

(Translation)
Great and powerful heavenly Father. Bring your people peace in Japan, comfort those who are weary, and save those who are lost. You have created all things and we know somehow this shall bring glory to your purpose. Let our prayers be heard and help us be an answer to prayer!

In Jesus Christ Amen

Think About This

Two thoughts from my online writing lessons. Think about it...


“Christians must begin to find their way back to poetry, and to let poetry
play its proper role in the formation of their souls and the elaboration of
their worldviews… We can hope that Christians will begin to discover the
power and promise of poetry; that Christian poets will write more as they
find their audience growing, and that some of them will begin to take aim
at the false worldviews of a society blind to the truth of God. If Christians
can once again take poetry seriously, and if Christian poets can get a vision
of how their work can help in the conflict of worldviews, these might be
just the kind of conditions that can energize a Christian poetry of
subversion in the next generation or two.…” -- T. M. Moore, from an
article published on the blog, BreakPoint http://www.breakpoint.org/
features-columns/breakpoint-columns/entry/2/1674

“Women, we must stop making apologies for God’s creation
order. We should give no quarter to ideas that will slay the
happiness of our daughters and emasculate our sons. Let us
speak the truth in love: It is wonderful to be a woman. It is
glorious to be feminine. It is a privilege to do what no man can
do: bring new life into this world. It is a joy and an honor to
follow a godly man as his helpmeet, as together we serve the
Lord.”
- Mrs. Beall Phillips, Verses of Virtue, p. 93