First Day of Spring!

Did everyone have a lovely August? I sure did! 

I'm listening to tiny little fairy wrens whistling outside in our trees, the skies are a crisp sapphire blue and the breeze is fresh and soft; what a gorgeous first day of spring!

Here are the photos that I snapped for the August Instagram Photo Challenge ...

Day one #colour

Day two #comfort

Day three #Bible

Day Four #pet

Day five #books

Day six #smile

Day seven #window

Day eight #home

Day nine #relax

Day ten #sky

Day eleven #food

Day twelve #art

Day thirteen #hobby

Day fourteen #toy

Day fifteen #favourite

Day sixteen #thankful

Day seventeen #garden

Day eighteen #family

Day nineteen #sunlight

Day twenty #breakfast

Day twenty one #hands

Day twenty two #new growth

Day twenty three #kitchen

Day twenty four #husband

Day twenty five #soft

Day twenty six #music

Day twenty seven #furniture

Day twenty eight #funny

Day twenty nine #thankful

Day thirty #me

If you missed out on joining in for the month of August ... then don't worry! I'm hosting another Instagram Challenge this month, starting today! This one is a more relaxed style of challenge and I'm calling it 'Grateful For'. You all know how I love to note the things that I am grateful for in my life and I would like you to join me in taking a photo (or photos) each day of something that you are grateful for! The theme stays the same each day, #gratefulfor. Sound easy?! Yep it is! 

Steps to be involved ...

1. Comment below with your Instagram Account Name and let me know that you're joining in!
2. Follow 'sufficientgraceblog' on Instagram!
3. Take your 'grateful for' photo/s each day and post to Instagram.
4. Use these hashtags so we can all find each other ... #sufficientgraceblog #gratefulfor 
5. Share, share, share!! Spread the challenge on your blogs, facebook pages etc! The more the merrier!

I can't wait to see all your photos and I hope that you end up with a full heart by the end of the month! 

This is my first photo for the first day of spring and the #gratefulfor challenge! ...

#sufficientgraceblog #gratefulfor
I'm so grateful for the love and support of my husband.
A girl couldn't ask for a better man xxxx

What On Earth Am I Here For? - Part Two & Three

I'm a little behind, I know, but here are the lessons that I've learnt in weeks two and three of 'What on Earth Am I Here For?' It's been a great few weeks of learning together as a Church family, as husband and wife and individually. 

Week two we learnt ...

... that we are called to be loved.

• The first purpose of our life is to be loved by God! Jude 1:1
• Our first calling is to enjoy a relationship with God. Rom 1:7
• That relationship is to be His son or daughter. Eph 3:17-19
• His love is wide enough to be everywhere, long enough to last forever, deep enough to handle anything, high enough to overlook our mistakes.

God's love is based on who HE is. His love for us is extravagant and lavish. God wants us to feel His love. He wants a family to love and He wants you and me in it!

What changes happen if we stay aware of God's constant love for us?

• We feel accepted rather than ashamed. Rom 5:1
• We can be bold in bringing our needs to God. Rom 8:14-15, 17. Heb 4:16
• We have peace in pain that we don't understand. Rom 8:28
• We gain courage to take risks. 1 John 4:18

Week three we learnt ...

... we are called to belong.

• The second purpose for our life is that God formed us for His family. Eph 1:5
• God's family is called His Church. 1 Tim 3: 14-15
• We are called to belong to His Church. Eph 2:19

The benefits of belonging ...

(Five Bible metaphors)

• In God's family we learn our identity. Eph 2:19, Heb 2:11
• In God's temple we are supported by others. Eph 2:21-22, Rom 1:12
• In Christ's body we discover our unique value. Rom 12:4-5, 1 Cor 12:15-16
• In God's flock we are protected and cared for. 1 Peter 5:2, Gal 6:2
• In God's garden our lives become productive. John 15:4-5

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Also, a reminder that it's definitely not too late to join in Sufficient Grace's first ever Instagram Photo Challenge for the month of August! To find all the information click here, I'd absolutely love to have you join in and spread the word! 

I'll be posting a week's worth of my Instagram pics on a post soon! 

I hope you're having a beautiful week!

A Fun Instagram Photo Challenge!

With the beginning of a new month starting soon, and with the fact that Sufficient Grace now has an Instagram account (yipeee!), I thought in celebration of these two events, I would begin a photo challenge!

You all know how much I love photography and Instagram, and I know a lot of you do as well. So, I've put together a list of photographs to take over the month of August! I'm very excited about this!

To join in the fun, follow sufficientgraceblog on Instagram, add your amazing images with your descriptions and the hashtag #day_august, and the hashtag for the focus of the day, for example ... #day12august  #art  #sufficientgraceblog or  #day25august  #soft #sufficientgraceblog

August gifts us with 30 days, so I've listed 30 things to capture during this beautiful month ... here they are!

1. Something that's your fav. colour.     (#colour)
2. Things in your home that bring you comfort.     (#comfort)
3. Your fav. Bible verse.     (#Bible)
4. A pet you love.     (#pet)
5. Some of your all time fav. book/s.     (#books)
6. A person you loves smile.     (#smile)
7. A photo taken from out of your window.     (#window)
8. A part of your home you love.     (#home)
9. What you do to relax.     (#relax)
10. The beauty of the sky today.     (#sky)
11. One of your fav. foods.     (#food)
12. An artwork in your home.     (#art)
13. A hobby you love.     (#hobby)
14. A toy belonging to your child/ren.     (#toy)
15. Anything that's a fav. of yours!     (#favourite)
16. What you're thankful for.     (#thankful)
17. Something beautiful in your garden.     (#garden)
18. A family activity you love.     (#family)
19. Sunlight.     (#sunlight)
20. Your yummy breakfast.     (#breakfast)
21. Hands of people/person you love.     (#hands)
22. New growth.     (#growth)
23. In the kitchen.     (#kitchen)
24. Something your husband loves.      (#husband)
25. Something soft.     (#soft)
26. Anything to do with music you love.      (#music)
27. A piece of furniture you love.     (#furniture)
28. Something funny.     (#funny)
29. Another thing you're thankful for.     (#thankful)
30. A part of your face.     (#me)

This is going to be a lot of fun, and I'm very much looking forward to it! 

But, it will only be fun if you are in it! Please join in and make this all worth while! Share it on your blogs and FB pages, anywhere you like so that we can all be ready to start the challenge on the first of August! Get the word around, the more the merrier! It's a great way to get to know little bits about each other and a great excuse to take photos!

Have fun with this, be as creative as you like and have a great time chatting to each other in the comments too!

Happy snapping!

(I was intending on creating a printable sheet for you, 
but I'm still learning how to do that. I hope you still join in!)