Freely Captivated

I  have heard so many people lately talk about their struggles. Seems like they are just waiting on God to move, to step in and make things better. If there's one thing I've learned about God is that He is a very loving Father, who cares about each and every one of us. He cares about what happens to us, and where we are. He also cares about our hearts. It took me the longest time to realize that even though He cares about what happens to me and what I am going through...He loves me too much to let me out of a situation unless I have grown from it in some way. Often times, He will use our struggles to draw us closer to Him. Close to Him is where we find giudance, love, healing, strength, and peace. Most importantly, we get to know Him.  I have talked about a particular life turning event in my life so much, but you won't believe how God has transformed me through it. Nine years ago, close to Mother's Day...I miscarried. I was four months pregnant, and it was my first p...

Sometimes in life, I feel like a dog. Bear with me, I'm going somewhere. You know, when you are walking and you have a certain focus and everything is fine, until...Squirrel! In an instant our focus changes. Sometimes we get so involved in other people, activities, or work, that we forget what our focus originally was that God had laid out before us. I am guilty of this. Sometimes we don't like it, so we try to get involved in doing our own thing and filling our time up with so much other stuff, it's just crazy! It Kind of makes me dizzy a little. Don't get me wrong. Sometimes we are called to do a lot of different things, and other times, we're not.  My husband and I work so much. That's the focal point God has given us right now. I feel guilty sometimes for working a lot. I don't have any children so it's not like I have any other priorities, specifically. However when I am not getting to be at every birthday party or every baseball game between all ...

Here I am, a normal and simple person, embarking upon this new journey of blog writing. Haha...I can't believe I was able to write that with a straight face. Actually, scratch the normal and simple. I am a huge dork, and I wish simplicity was my middle name. I make things more complicated than they have to be. That is the real me. Let me tell you a little about myself. My name is Amanda. I have been married to the sweetest, most loving guy a girl could find, for about 10 years. Here's comes the shocker. We don't have children...yet. Well, it seems to be a shock to most people, anyway. Trust me, being age 30 and childless doesn't exactly seem like the perfect combination, if you ask me. This is why I am glad I serve an all-knowing God. I don't have to know all of the answers.  So don't ask me why, because I am still trying to get an answer to that question myself. All I know is that God is more than able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all I may ask or thi...