No longer a little girl, dressed up for a portrait shoot (in the photo
shown here), Our Noelle is becoming a young woman of grace and glory.
I am humbled by what the Lord is doing in her life... at the tender age of fifteen. She exudes wisdom and maturity that many adults never even know exist for them...
and yet she longs to be "not about herself", striving to reach higher than the temporal sphere where she is still, as much a young woman who yet cares what is thought of her.
Any yet, we distinctly see the Lord working that out, and her desire matching His, to where, her flesh is diminishing and her spirit is gaining pre-eminence.
I am honored and as I shared, humbled... and so thankful to the Lord for, despite us, allowing her to grow into who she has ... as well as who her father and I prayed for and so terribly desired for her to be.
Noelle wants to serve in missions... as well as aspiring to pursue excellence in all things concerning her womanly calling and role in marriage... including, but not limited to... serving her family and her man in the kitchen... (one sure route to his heart!) by preparing meals with flair, making poignant memories... learning about gardening, herbs and healthy lifestyle enhancements,honing her skills as she prepares to be a homemaker/nest builder... for gracious hospitality where all manner of folks are ushered in and
welcomed to stay on..sharing their tales of their adventures or their
hearts travail ~~whatever it may be...
We are so excited to see how this
all plays out in the Lord's overall plan for the life that awaits her in
the near future, no matter how soon or how far....
Above all, Noelle is set on continuing to develop a servant's heart and is
preparing to be a missionary on the home-front as well as listening for the Lord's call to her to serve abroad... and yet, eventually desiring to
raise up children who are nurtured and marinated in love... yet with discipline, a firm and loving consistency, with a passionate heart for Jesus as well...
I wish I would have had a mind and a heart at
such a tender age to be about the Father's business as she has been over
the years.
It is most certainly true that the fear of God is the
Beginning of Wisdom.. (fear as in reverence)... for she is wise.
I foresee her as a true blessing to her husband to be...
shown here), Our Noelle is becoming a young woman of grace and glory.
I am humbled by what the Lord is doing in her life... at the tender age of fifteen. She exudes wisdom and maturity that many adults never even know exist for them...
and yet she longs to be "not about herself", striving to reach higher than the temporal sphere where she is still, as much a young woman who yet cares what is thought of her.
Any yet, we distinctly see the Lord working that out, and her desire matching His, to where, her flesh is diminishing and her spirit is gaining pre-eminence.
I am honored and as I shared, humbled... and so thankful to the Lord for, despite us, allowing her to grow into who she has ... as well as who her father and I prayed for and so terribly desired for her to be.
Noelle wants to serve in missions... as well as aspiring to pursue excellence in all things concerning her womanly calling and role in marriage... including, but not limited to... serving her family and her man in the kitchen... (one sure route to his heart!) by preparing meals with flair, making poignant memories... learning about gardening, herbs and healthy lifestyle enhancements,honing her skills as she prepares to be a homemaker/nest builder... for gracious hospitality where all manner of folks are ushered in and
welcomed to stay on..sharing their tales of their adventures or their
hearts travail ~~whatever it may be...
We are so excited to see how this
all plays out in the Lord's overall plan for the life that awaits her in
the near future, no matter how soon or how far....
Above all, Noelle is set on continuing to develop a servant's heart and is
preparing to be a missionary on the home-front as well as listening for the Lord's call to her to serve abroad... and yet, eventually desiring to
raise up children who are nurtured and marinated in love... yet with discipline, a firm and loving consistency, with a passionate heart for Jesus as well...
I wish I would have had a mind and a heart at
such a tender age to be about the Father's business as she has been over
the years.
It is most certainly true that the fear of God is the
Beginning of Wisdom.. (fear as in reverence)... for she is wise.
I foresee her as a true blessing to her husband to be...
It is certainly exciting to see what the Lord will do... in Noelle's life, as she continues to seek His will.
Her father and I can scarce believe she is ours... (and in reality she is not ours, but only on loan, as a blessing :) -- to help raise, in co-operation with the Lord Jesus-- who has helped us to parent her as He has parented us!
Her father and I can scarce believe she is ours... (and in reality she is not ours, but only on loan, as a blessing :) -- to help raise, in co-operation with the Lord Jesus-- who has helped us to parent her as He has parented us!
It has been quite a journey...and I wouldn't trade a minute of it...
Thank you Dear Lord for giving us a child who, it seems, embodies.... the best of the both of us..
or stated another way...
a picture of who it was that we were to be... had things been different for us!...
She is a gift ... and I give humble thanks for this young woman who was such a short time ago.. just a child...
definitely, always mature beyond her years...
yet still a child.
She is gaining on us here... so fast.. Lord, Please, just keep her in the palm of your hand as she continues to prepare and seek You for her future and what You have for her...
and Lord, please, make certain that she is hearing directly from You in the decisions that will truly change her life.
We want Your best for her as much as we know You do...
Keep her Lord, and Thanks You again..
forever and for always...
Come what May...
