namesake...

i LOVE this photo - it's my grandma Estelle and

my grandpa Jimmie...this is who i was named after,well part of the name - Maria is from my dad's mom but i never got to meet her, she passed before i was born, then of course my grandma Estelle, my mom's mom...

they were married 66 years before grandpa passed away, and just about 10 years later grandma Estelle passed away at 95...

i miss them both but what a great legacy they left behind...

complete...

the theme this weekend from church to home group to my own reading today was on love and salvation and how complete a salvation we have...complete...i think it's easy to apply God's salvation in some areas but mentally think "oh it doesn't include this or that" because our own perception is somehow limited...

in my reading today there was this statement:
"God knows the frailties of our character. The human heart is a fickle thing; it caves in to the voices of this world and the compulsions of our flesh. But it is redeemable, utterly redeemable. 'He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.' Hebrews 7:25
Have we forgotten the call of the holy God? He understands our imperfections, but He calls us above them. The pure in heart - the steadfast, passionate, faithful lovers of the Savior - are a work in progress. But it is a relentless work. Our direction never changes. God will always show more of Him to those blessed enough to crave purity."