chasing natalie


I never know what to say in these things... I love Christ, my daughter, my two cats Jack and Bob, my job: making websites for churches and non-profits. I'm trying to learn how to play the guitar. I live near the beach but I don't have a view. I love the work Compassion International is doing and I try and support their efforts as God allows me. I'd love to be a photojournalist for a relief organization one day and travel the world taking pictures and documenting what's going on for others to see and get involved. James 1:27 says that religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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At this time last year

One of my favorite things about blogs is that if you’re ever curious about what your life looked like a year ago, it’s easy to go back in time and relive it… albeit through posts.

Last year at this time…

My car broke down on my daughter’s first day of school.

This pastor made some phone calls for me and helped me save what little sanity I had left.

We were all deciding who we wanted for the next president of the US.

I was resolving to give-up on ever expanding my horizons professionally.

I didn’t know it at the time, but a few weeks later I was about to make a humongous decision that would affect my life in incredible ways.

My daughter didn’t know it, but she was about to have her most unfavorite school year to date.

I was thousands and thousands of dollars in debt.

I felt lost and hurt with relationships I couldn’t control or didn’t understand why they had to be so difficult.

I abused caffeine and had terrible insomnia.

I also had the flu.

I listened to Joss Stone too much.

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A lot can change in a year. A lot can change for the better in a year.

One thing that didn’t change was Jesus’s love for me and my family. He’s still answering prayers left and right. He’s still here for me.

So I should only have good thoughts about turning 35 tomorrow… right? It’s going to be another year of good things, good changes…

Thank you Jesus!

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