Hand in Hand

I just had to share this moment in my life with the world, mark it somewhere to remember this day.
Today was the day God said, "Yes, Ellen, I love you, forgive you and I am showing you it in the flesh."
My mom and I have gone through a tremendous amount of growing together. It's. been. very.very. good. It's. been. very. very. painful.
I know I've already written about how wonderful she is, but she really is such an angel. Do you know Queen Esther from the book "Esther" (haha!)? My whole life, I have looked up to her. 22 years of my life and I didn't know that very woman was my mother. Seriously, you might think I'm crazy, but my mom is Esther. BEAUTIFUL (I'm not just saying that because she's my mom, she really is gorgeous), WISE, ENDEARING, OBEDIENT, HUMBLE, and PRAYERFUL.

Anyway, what I wanted to remember FOREVER was that God loves me and I knew it ever so clearly today. My mom made me come outside with her to look at the stars till I got dizzy. We circled our driveway a million times while she talked to me. You KNOW I was crying the whole time too! =) Hehe

Sweet mercies fall from Heaven <3

Smile big,
E.H.

Je vous aime, Bibliothèque!

Since my last semester at university I've been loving the library.
I've even come to embrace the gross musky smell that my brother thinks smells like "old people".
They say that when you're on the web, that the world is at your fingertips, but I beg to differ.
There's something about holding a book, feeling the leaves of pages flip between your fingertips,
that really tickles me.
When you're at the library, every book is sitting there waiting for you to pick it up.
I went to the library today looking for books for one of my students who is curious about space and I found myself picking up so many random books just to feed my curiosity. Had it not been for Tae Kwon Do practice, I think I would have peacefully spent the rest of my evening there.
(Tae Kwon Do was pretty kick-ass today though! I can officially say that I have fought a man over 6 feet tall...^^)

Anyways, go to the library everyone!

I LOVE BOOKS AND SMILING!
-E.H.

Seeds

Spread them seeds and pray that they will reach people who can both HEAR and UNDERSTAND the Word of God.
























"But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." -Matthew 13:23

When seeds spread, they will scatter to all sorts of places, where will your seeds land?
WHO is scattering your seeds?
WHY are you scattering seeds?
WHAT are your seeds?

Hmm...


Smiling and thinking,
E.H.

Words from the most beautiful woman in the world

From an e-mail my mom sent me:

"Jesus, please be the centre
Be my source, be my light
Be my hope, be my song
Be the fire in my heart
Be the wind in these sails
Be the reason that I live


jesus , jesus, Jesus, please be my vision
Be my path, be my guide
Be my source
Be my help...


엘렌아 너무 힘들지 ?
미안해 도와 주지 못해서 ... 그러나 우리에게
Father God, Son of God, Holy spirit이 함께 하시기에 your life according to God's
desire !!!!!
remenber these.....

엘렌을 너무나 사랑하는 엄마가 ~"


Thanks God for the encouragement you give me through my mom.

Smile big, bigger than you can bear.
E.H.

Hats

Idealist
Humanitarian
Christian
Woman
Girl
Daughter
Sister
Girlfriend
Artist
Singer
Social Butterfly
Extrovert
Writer
Reader
Student
Teacher
Leader
Follower
Initiator
Sinner
Worker
Boss
Colleague
Homemaker
Business woman
Outsider
Insider
Baker
Eater
Ellen.

Smile Big,
E.H.

Currently listening to Tchaikovsky, Op. 72
...I'm not even going to lie, I just like Brahms and that dude popped up in my Pandora. Never heard it before in my life (I don't think) but I like it!

Life goes by so quickly. You wake up one morning feeling as though the events of a last month were just yesterday. But there's another funny thing about the past. Sometimes what happened yesterday seems so far the next and you find yourself saying, "Wow, that was yesterday? I thought it was last week!" ...hehe, just an odd thought, no?
.
There is a lovely bouquet of sunflowers sitting in a vase by me, compliments of the nearby farm to Mama Hwang. It's actually really weird that they are sunflowers...and that they were for free.
Not going to go into details, but for some reason, when I saw them, instead of frustration, I was like, "Whoa...weird." And when I found out how my mama came to bringing them home also made me think, "Whoa, God...what is up..."
Blessed assurance, maybe?

Anyways, I think I've thoroughly confused you with that one.
Moving on!
Today was the second Sunday of the month so I got to teach the youth group girls.
the lesson was on "An Attitude of God-Can". He has been blessing me showing me so much through Matthew 8 & 9. I URGE you all to go ahead and read those two chapters, believe & trust it, learn & grow from it, and simply enjoy the character of God revealed. So awesome.

God, you CAN do ALL things.
You conquered the grave, surely, you can conquer all else. <3

Friends, READ THE WORD and EXPECT it to transform you!


Smile Big,
E.H.