Hello, My Name is...







Hello, Ladies! I'm so excited to be making my Green-Light Revolution-- blogging debut! I want to apologize ahead of time for any incoherent or grammatically-incorrect writing I add to this blog. Let's just say grammar isn't my strong-suit. ;)

So, now you all know my name but maybe I've never had the pleasure of meeting you in person. Just in case, I'll tell you a bit about myself...

As you've already heard, my name is Abby Baker and I'm nearing my 20th birthday. I live in Rochester, New Hampshire. Currently, I do not attend school but I am working full-time as Assistant Manager at a restaurant. Christ the King Church in Dover is my home-church and Christ's Church of Joplin is my "home-church away from home". Last year, I spent 10-months at Christ's Church of Joplin doing a Frontier Year Team. I spent the year serving and growing my relationship with Jesus. It was a fantastic year! God really worked on my heart and as cheesy as it sounds, I returned home a changed woman.

A few random things about me:
- I love the 80's.
- "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey is among my list of favorite songs.
- I have never been on a date.
- I am irrationally afraid of worms.
- I love all things local and organic.
- I am a movie and music enthusiast.
- Cooking is among my favorite hobbies.

Alright, I'm done talking about myself... Okay, maybe that was a lie. At least from here on out, I'll mostly be talking about my life in relation to what Jesus has done.

I've just got to say, I LOVE this blog. I honestly do! When Lynn asked me to write for this blog a few months ago, I was sooo excited and said “yes!” immediately. Last year, I read this blog whenever possible and it was extremely helpful to me, not just because I could look up to these amazing single ladies but because I got see evidence of God’s grace in their lives and that made me examine my life and I was able to see how much grace He’s given me as well! I am a joyful and content single woman… That is NOT a normal thing in the world we live in! How good is our God that He enables me to live a life of purpose, joy and contentment in Him! Gahhh! It's overwhelming! :)
I'm so excited to see what He's going to do in the upcoming year! :D

Going green,
Abby

P.S. Check back tomorrow for my second official post! :)





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Look at me! Look at me!

Sometimes I am guilty of thinking I am too good.

See how nice I am? See what good works I do? Did anyone notice how I ...?

I constantly have to ask God to break this attitude.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

I will sail well with His help, for a while. As long as I'm asking, He is helping. Then, I neglect this area of my life and I fall right back into it. "Did anyone notice how I...?" That's boasting! "See what good works I do?" That's arrogance! These things do not profit me anything!

Be encouraged that God does help you with the things that you ask for help with. (Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds...") Do not be discouraged when you fall back into sin or temptation. As long as we live on the planet earth, we will sin because we are broken and our world is broken. Satan wants us to dwell on what we do wrong. God wants us to take action and move forward! The good news is that our God is bigger than our brokenness. He was broken once and for all, FOR US.

My issue is just one example of what you may struggle with. Control issues. Insecurity. Lust. Worry. Lack of faith. Be encouraged. Share life with people, and press into Him. He is faithful to condescend to us!

Going green!

-Andrea

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Being Known


Here I am sitting in my favorite quaint coffee shop, sipping organic jasmine tea, feeling all euphoric, ready introduce myself to the GRL world and all I have is: Hello my name is Caris Stewart.I live in St. Louis and I’m 22 ☺ …mmm profound. That’s a great way to be known... “To be known,” there it is staring straight back at me, the root of many sins and idols in my life.

Whether striving for a title or fighting against one, there is this deep desire for being known. In my life that desire has taken many forms: a desire to be known by my siblings as more than “little” sister, a desire to be known as smart and dependable, a desire to be known by men and even something as great as a desire to be known as a Godly woman. Why do I desire to be known these ways? I would love to say, “so that God would be glorified and magnified in my life,” but the truth is the majority of the time it’s a desire to feel lifted up myself.

So of course after God revealed this desire to be known, I quickly repented and received His grace with open arms. HA! Nope, I beat myself up for having this desire. I worked to “fix” my heart. I scored the bible looking for condemnation, focusing on “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” and ignoring the next scripture “and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus(Romans 3:23-24ESV).” Self-condemnation then turned into a desire to be known as sinful by others because that’s not wanting to be known (as you can tell fixing myself was going really well). I was still magnifying myself over Jesus’ sacrifice and power.

Then one Sunday Bryan Mowrey shared this truth; true humility is not thinking less of myself; it’s forgetting myself. The truth is God put a desire to be known in my heart, a desire that is only filled by the realization that I am known by God; “even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows (Luke 12:7ESV).”

After hours of tears, repenting and then basking in His grace, God shared with me Colossians 3:1-4ESV-

“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”

God is calling me to daily die to myself and walk in the truth that I am raised with Christ. He then will be known and glorified through my life!

Going Green...for the first time!
Caris

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