Forever Beloved

Three days into the Blogvember Challenge and it’s already been so worth it!  You gals have jumped in full force!  I absolutely loved reading where everyone’s blog names came from yesterday!

For a complete list of The Blogvember Challenge prompts, click HERE!

November 3 – What are your current goals?

November goals:

1. Host the Blogvember Challenge – And here we are, three days in already!
2. Continue healing + listen to my body – I had surgery last month and my body is still healing.  I have a hard time with those days when you FEEL normal remembering my body is still healing.
3. Winterize the coop – cold weather is fast approaching, and there is some work that needs done to get the chicken coop ready.  We don’t like to use heaters in there because of the fire risk, so insulating needs done.  And one more good cleaning before we start the winter deep bedding method.
4. Read a book – when cold weather hits so does my desire to just snuggle up with a good book.  I’d like to get in the habit this winter of reading one book a month.
5. Bible journaling – this is something that I absolutely love doing but I’ve gotten out of the habit of it.  I adore having that creative outlet AND being in Gods Word at the same time!
6. Begin Christmas cleaning – one thing that is a must before I start decorating for Christmas is my house absolutely has to be in order.

I can’t wait to read all your goals!  See y’all here tomorrow!

Welcome back, everyone!  It’s time for Day 2.  I was blown away by the wonderful new friends joining in The Blogvember Challenge. I loved reading your stories, getting a glimpse into your lives and hearts, and I’m just as eager to find out more along the way! Don’t forget to say hello to your neighbors in the link up.

For a complete list of The Blogvember Challenge prompts, click HERE!

November 2 – Tell us about your blog name.  What did it come from?

When I began my blog thirteen years ago, it began as Cutler Family Chronicles. It was a way to share my scrapbook pages and a way to keep in touch with family.  I would share our daily happenings, funny stories and my scrapbook pages.

As the Lord started working on me and changing my heart, my writing changed as well.  I found a post that I wrote during a hard season in our marriage.  There is a paragraph in it that was the pivotal point where my writing style changed:

I know this is probably hard for some of you to understand. All I can ask is that you respect me and trust me enough to know this is what is best for everyone right now. Just support us, pray for us and encourage us. And hopefully in the end everyone can look at us and what we have been through and find one encouraging thing in it to put to use in your own life and marriage.

From that point on, my heart was in helping marriages and encouraging women.  It still remained Cutler Family Chronicles for quite a while.

A few years ago I was reading a book on the Song of Solomon and relating it to intimacy in marriage.  I fell in love with Song of Solomon 6:3 and even got a tiny tattoo of it.

While thinking of the verse one day, I realized I’m not only my husbands beloved but I’m also Gods.  He loved ME enough to send His son to die for me.  And I will forever be His beloved.  Even during the seasons of my life when I didn’t even give Him a second thought, He was still pursuing my heart.

And that is when Forever Beloved came to be.

I can’t wait to read all about your reasons for your blog name!

Oh my lanta, today is the day!  I’m so excited to have y’all here joining me for The Blogvember Challenge!!  Today the challenge kicks off and the train keeps on truckin’ through to the end of the month. I am SO excited that you’re here, and I can’t wait to get to know you all better by the end of this.

For a complete list of The Blogvember Challenge prompts, click HERE!

November 1 – Introduce yourself however you’d like.

Well hello there y’all, I’m Amy.  I’m the girl behind the blog here at Forever Beloved.  I started my blog on July 19, 2006, so thirteen years ago!  It was started as an outlet, a way to share my scrapbook pages and a way to keep in touch with family. But then something happened. As time went on, more and more people started reading.  Forever Beloved is a happy, positive place. A place where you know, even on your worst day, you can leave it with a smile on your face and feel refreshed. A place where the heart of Jesus shines through.  I share my heart on this blog. I write to inspire others and make them smile; to share hope, grace and truth; to share my own mistakes and sins; to share my heart; and to share Jesus and His amazing love with others around the world.

I’m a small-town country girl, born and raised.  I’m a wife of 23 years to the most amazing man ever, my husband Joe.  I’m a Mama to two beautiful adult littles, Joey and Jade.  And this year we gained a precious daughter-in-love, Bekah.  We also have one dog, two cats and too many chickens to count (including one sassy house chicken).

I have a strong desire to live off the land and am blessed with the small homestead we’ve built.  Late summer and fall I can be found in my kitchen, canning everything I can get my hands on.  I love to create meals from scratch and my house usually smells of homemade bread.

As a child I was I am enamored with old photos. So much so that it sparked this insatiable craving to take pictures of people. I spent ten years following my passion and owning a photography business.  To me, pictures are a priceless treasures. They allow you, if only for a second, to travel back in time.  I was so blessed to hold that job, and capture precious memories for so many families.  I retired from my business this past May.

Now for the extra interesting parts: I am a daughter of The King and God has changed me and mended me in ways that words can’t even begin to describe.  I was adopted at three days old by the most amazing parents.  At 20 years old I found my birth-mother and my three little brothers.  I married my husband after only knowing and dating him for four months and it was the craziest, best decision I’ve ever made.  I am a hopeless romantic.  Music is a huge part of my life, and it has been since I was little.  Some of my favorite memories are sitting at my piano, playing an old hymn and harmonizing with my Dad.  Music also played a key part in my love story.  I prefer going barefoot over wearing shoes and I absolutely hate socks.  I wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m a Type-A, listing making, notebook keeping, people pleasing kind of girl.  I have a huge desire to make a good impression, be liked and be accepted.  I want the parties I throw, the relationships and friendships I have and anything I touch to all run perfectly perfect.  I hate spiders and think they are completely unnecessary.  Laughing happens a lot in my life, it’s one of my favorite things!  I speak fluently in movie quotes and song lyrics.

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I cannot wait to meet you all and get to know each of you better through this challenge. Don’t forget to link up below and use the #blogvemberchallenge tag to stay connected. I’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day 2!