Favorites Tag

Thank you Tori (https://susiemaesblog.wordpress.com/) and originally Sara (https://bakeingupstories.wordpress.com/) for doing this!!! So fun!

Rules ~

For each question, you can only pick ONE answer! Not two favorites, just one! 

Make sure you tag the creator of the post (Sara) and tag me (Anaiah) if you are tagging it off of The Ramblings of a Jesus Crazy Girl!

Add one question! 

And…. have funnnn!!!!

Favorite Book

Such a hard question because I have so many!!! But one of my most favorites at the moment is Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin.

Favorite Drink

Weelll again super hard, but right now in summer I’ve really just been loving a nice, full of ice, fruit smoothie. (not trying to purposefully rhyme here haha) I had a really good strawberry one at Dutch Bros the other day so that’s probably my top 😋

Favorite Blog

I’m finding out that picking just one is so hard lol

But one of my really favorites is a blog/weekly devotional: https://annablanc.com/

Favorite device

My phone probably

Favorite photo

This is at the zoo. The cutest little red panda everrrrr

Favorite Time of day

hmmm, probably early in the morning (6-7 am, I find it hard to wake up that early though 🙃 I’m really trying though) and also 9 pm, because it’s like my “quiet time”where I spend time with Jesus 🤍

Favorite work in progress

It depends, I’m not really working on any books right now, I’m pressing flowers though. So that’s cool!!! Can’t wait to show you all!

Favorite Wild Animal

Red Pandas and Foxes !!! They’re both so cute!

Favorite Pet Animal

Dogs for sure!

Favorite name

Girl: Riley, Charlotte, Rose, Grace

Boy: Luke, Jackson, Isaiah, Justice

(I know this was more than one 🙃🙃)

Favorite fruit

Peaches, Grapes, Bananas

Favorite Food

anything Mexican! (specifically Tacos!!!)

Favorite hobby

Watercolor painting!

favorite season

Spring or Summer!!!

Favorite Month of the year

I’m going to say May, because its the perfect mix between warm but still cool.

Favorite color

I know this isn’t one exact color but the sunset! its just the best!!!

favorite kind of weather

Sunny, with a little breeze

favorite book in the bible

The Psalms

Favorite bible verse

Psalm 27:4

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.”

favorite scent

Vanilla

Favorite hairstyle

Just loose hair, kind of like a 90’s blowout look.

favorite bunny breed

I don’t know a whole lot about bunnies lol, but Holland Lops are really cuteeee, so probably those!

favorite Horse Breed

Again don’t know a whole lot about this but probably Gypsy or Paint Horses

Favorite Dog Breed

Golden Doodles!!!

Literally sooooo cuteeee

favorite ice cream flavor

Chocolate and Coconut Mix. Yum!

favorite Nail color

White and Creme color

Anyways this was so so fun! Thanks for doing this Sara!!!

This is free to whoever 🙂

Quote of the Week

Only one life, it will soon be past.

Only what’s done for Christ will last.

-CT. SUDD

Quote of the Week

“It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.”

-Brother Yun

Quote of the Week

“He didn’t promise us ease and comfort – but He did promise joy which we may have in the midst of any weight or heaviness which may be ours to bear.”

-Lillias Trotter

Watercolor and Bible Journaling Art

Lately one of my hobbies has been watercolor painting and Bible journaling, and so I decided to share some of my projects 🙂

Note: I am a beginner and these are far from perfect 🙃

Watercolor Rose

Lavender
(the verse got ruined by water…)

Watercolor Sunflowers
(verse is in Spanish 🙂 )

Wildflowers

Watercolor Blending with Caligraphy

Caligraphy w/ “Smudge” Watercolor Blending

Bible Journaling: Rainbow “Smudge”

Sunset on the Ocean Watercolor (Bible Journaling)

Hope you guys enjoyed seeing these!

Quote of the Week

This is what the Lord says: “Sing with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’

“Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:
‘He who scattered Israel will gather them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’
 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.“

Jeremiah 31:7; 10-11

His Friends

"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”  But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” -Luke 10:38-42


In this story we see Jesus coming to visit His friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Martha is in a flurry of activity, and then; where is her sister Mary? Sitting; apparently doing nothing. 

But when Martha goes ask Jesus about this, he answers, patiently, "Mary has found that one thing that won't be taken away. Sitting at my feet in poured out love and devotion." 

In John 12:1-8 Jesus goes back to Bethany to spend time with His friends and in verse 3-8 it says:

 "Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”... Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

Mary pours out an expensive perfume on Jesus' feet; (300 denarii was normally a year's wages.) Mary gave up everything to be able to buy this perfume. Others saw this and reproached her, saw it as a waste. But Jesus saw great beauty in that. 
He doesn't look at the outside He looks at the inside. And He saw a laid down friend in Mary. And He loved that. 

And this is what Jesus really wants. He wants wholehearted love and devotion. To take a moment of our day and just sit, silence any distractions and just sit and talk with Him, listen to what He has to say. To pour out everything, no matter the cost, because Jesus really matter to us. More than earthly riches, glory and human approval, which will all fade away. 

And it will cost us so much.  But Jesus sees our sacrifices (no matter how small), and He sees great beauty. 

Jesus longs for friends who will stand by Him, who will take time out of their day to sit and tarry with Him, those who are wholeheartedly in love with Him, devoted to Him no matter the cost. 

Are we going to be those friends? 

Quote of the Week

“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,
 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise of the earth.“

-Isaiah 62:1, 6-7

The 5-4-3-2-1 Book Tag

Book Tag!!!

So this is my first time doing a book tag, but it looked fun so I decided to do it 🙂

I don’t know who the original maker of the tag was. but I found this on the A Bit of Everything Blog .

So let’s get going 😁

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5 Books You Love

1. Chasing the Shadows by Lynn Austin
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
4. Anne of Green Gables (the whole series :)) ) by L.M. Montgomery
5. The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall

Its was hard to choose just five… I could go on and on lol

4 Autobuy Authors

1. Jane Austen
2. Jeanne Birdstall
3. Janette Oke
4. Lois Lowry

3 Favorite Genres

1. Historical Fiction
2. Biography
3. Fiction

2 Places You Like to Read In/At

1. My bed at night with rain sounds or soft classical music

2. Outside on a warm/ breezy day on the grass with a tree over head

I love imagining stuff while I read so having music or the breeze in my face really helps lol (iykyk 😉 )

1 Book You Promise to Read

A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot. It’s a biography based on Amy Carmichael’s life. I’ve had the book on my “to read” shelf and I keep postponing reading it…. But I really want to read it!!!!

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This tag is open to anyone who wants to do it! If you decide to do it tag me on your post so I can see when you do it!! 😁

Have a great day!!!

Happy Mother’s Day!!! 🤍

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!”

Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.

-Proverbs 31: 25, 28-29, 30

Happy Mother’s Day to all those moms out there! We are so grateful for all of you!!!!

“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” 

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