The Quiet Place

Founders Note: (Britney): Today  I am co-hosting the Faith and Fellowship blog hop with Susannah of Simple Moments Stick.  Her blog is about her faith and her everyday life. She is so sweet and it has been fun getting to know her since I found her blog a while ago. Her blog is one that I read often.  So be sure to link up your posts below, I can't wait to read them!  Faith and Fellowship Guidelines 1.  Link up   a post   (not just the link to your blog) from the week that shares what the Lord's been doing in your life or speaking to you. 2.  Put the button on your blog post or blog so that others can hear about this wonderful group of Godly women. 3.   Visit as many blogs as you're able  and get to know your sisters in Christ! 4.  Share this blog hop on social media using #faithandfellowship or pin the button on pinterest. Your Host: Susannah from  Simple Moments Stick If you'd like t...

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.  Matthew 4:4 If you’re looking to dig deeper, you can find the original context of this verse here   Deuteronomy 8 The other night I watched an online church sermon that spoke to my heart in so many ways. Today Matthew 4:4 came to mind and I have to say that I have really been feeling that hunger for Jesus lately. I've been so hungry to understand him more, to seek what he wants from me.  This is one of the passages that was shared in that Sermon... Do you not know? Have you not heard? The  Lord  is the everlasting God,     the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,     and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary     and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and wea...

Nehemiah 8:9-11 New International Version (NIV) 9  Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites  who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the  Lord  your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. 10  Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing  prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy  of the  Lord  is your strength.” 11  The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.” Joy as strength? What an intriguing concept don't you think. Yet, how amazing is it to think about how the Joy of the Lord really is our strength. I have to be honest, a lot of times I find myself using my own strength. I utilize all of the tools in my bucket, sometimes it works pretty well, other times...

These past few weeks, I've been joining in over at She reads truth for the lent devotional. The past week or so it's been focusing on the book of Jonah. At the beginning of the book, God asks Jonah to go to a city and tell people about his word. But Jonah doesn't trust what God is telling him so he runs away to a city called Tarshish and ends up on a boat. The weather starts to get bad and the people on the ship ask him what has brought this on and he says that it is him, so they throw him overboard. In the meantime he is swallowed up by a fish and is in the belly of it for a while. After that he asks God for forgiveness and ultimately ends up doing what God had planned for him all along.  This got me thinking about the times that so many of us (my self included) have been so quick to run because we were scared of what God is telling us to do. We are afraid of going outside of our comfort zone and going into the unknown. I know I felt that way when I was considering whe...