NEW BLOG!!!

I now have a new blog! Needed to find one that worked better at displaying my photos. Check it out at www.saraephotography.blog.com

Cara - Bridal

Here are a few of Cara's fun bridal portraits. She was my first bride to want them!

Kara & Jeff

I had the awesome opportunity to photograph Kara and Jeff's wedding last week! It was such a sweet ceremony and I just had a great time with Kara and her bridesmaids! Here are a few of my faves:

Baby Klare

It's been too long since I've updated!! Here's some precious photos of Baby Klare I took when she was just about 2 weeks old.

For Him

It's all about You, Jesus,
And all this is for You, for Your glory and Your fame,
It's not about me as if You should do things my way;
You alone are God and I surrender... To Your will

I can't get these songs out of my head today as I continue to trust He hears me. I trust this is all for Him. And I will surrender to His will...because I know that He is holy...

Holy, You are still holy
Even when the darkness surrounds my life
Sovereign, you are still sovereign
even when confusion has blinded my eyes

Holy, You are still holy
Even though I don't understand Your ways
Sovereign, You will be sovereign
Even when my circumstances don't change

And so I come into Your chamber
And I dance at Your feet, Lord
You are my Saviour and I'm at Your mercy
All that has been in my life up 'til now
It belongs to You
You are still holy

Things seem unclear...

"It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)

Some days trusting God is easy. But today is not one of them. It has been full of moments when I wonder if He really does hear my cries. Does He know my heart is hurting? Does He hear the cries and questions of another? Does He remember what He spoke to my heart? How will this all play out? I'm begging for the goodness of His loving hands to play out quickly...but His reply is this..."be still and know that I am God." I must trust. Trust that if I continue to rest in Him and do what He so clearly spoke to me, that He will let me know if that is not the direction He wants to move in...that He is God and will do everything to reveal His will to me...I just have to go after it.

"He will take possession of our will and work it for us...His suggestions will come to us...as desires springing up within. They will originate in our will; we shall feel as though we wanted to do so and so, not as though we must. And this makes a service of perfect liberty; for it is always easy to do what we desire to do, let the accompanying circumstances be as difficult as they may." -Hannah Whitall Smith

I will trust in the faithfulness of God. That His will for my life will become the desire of my heart.

She sees me...

My precious niece is 2 months old! I can't believe how much she has grown and changed in such a short time. My favorite, though, is that she sees me now! She recognizes my voice and melts my heart everytime she gazes at me with those big eyes. My heart is overjoyed and I just tear up thinking about how much I love this precious baby girl who grunts at me! And I think she actually likes the camera...