About Us

Not too much to say (at least not yet)... no long list of credentials... just a story that's worth sharing. I'm Adam Vaughan. My wife, Kelly, will also be sharing. We have 6 children. Our two sons, Lincoln and Tucker, have gone to be with the Lord. The remaining four with us are Emmiline, Eloise, Elliott and Charli. Charli is a triplet. Her brothers Lincoln and Tucker are identical twins. They're dancing with Jesus right now, and they're not sad about it at all!

Friday, November 30, 2012

number of grace...

5...
Symbolic for GRACE.
What a special marker.
Worthy of BIG celebration.
Thankful that no matter how hard we try...
We can't hide from grace.
Its light...
Forever shining...
Adding power...
Guarding what can never be stolen.
Oh...
The tune of grace...
Hearts are drawn towards the rhythm...
Partnering with the song...
As the music carries on...
Love surrounds...
And the taste of it...
So sweet...
You won't want to miss a lick.
5.
Can't believe my prince is another year older.
In all honesty...
It would surely take all the band-aids in the world...
To patch the ache within...
From how fast it all goes.

Thankful grace is alive and well there too.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

tempted...

Oh...
How I have been tempted...
To walk through life...
Expending every ounce of energy...
To appear perfectly pleasing.
Trying my best....
To be the life of the party...
Happy all the time.
Becoming a "professional hider."
Training the eyes of my soul...
To gloss over what is really stirring within.

I've even been known to...
Use "spiritual activity..."
As a tool of disclosure.

SOOOOOO Thankful...
Those days are mostly in my past.
I am too much hungry...
And have way too little energy...
To keep up with that gig.

Thankful for freedom...
To be messy ole' me.
And for...
Brothers and sisters...
Who love me enough...
To climb...
Right into the  crazy...
Often unattractive...
Beds that I have made for myself.
Reminding me of truth...
I am not alone.

How I have needed...
Will need...
And do need...
The gift of those...
Willing to enter in...
Love me for me.

They draw out my truest beauty...
A daughter at rest.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

ordinary...

Sometime the most ordinary blessings...
Are the ones that stand out MOST in our hearts.

Like sharing a warm beverage...
On a cold morning...
Saying cheers with someone you dearly love...
Who "sees" you...
And dearly loves you in return.
The single act of sharing togetherness...
Makes every sip all the more sweet...
Nourishing something deep in our souls.

Sometimes...
Most times...
It's just the ordinary...
Small things in life...
That make the largest deposits in our love banks.
As I encounter such moments...
I see the kindness of Our King.
Always busy on our behalf...
Creating opportunity for connection.
Providing another way...
For us to feel His heart.

It's right to praise Him in the midst of the ordinary...
For soon enough...
That ordinary will slip through our fingers...
And our hearts will burn for just another glimpse of "remember when."
Oh... that we would be a people that celebrate ALL blessings...
Large and small...
That joy would be our weapon...
Keeping our eyes FOREVER fixed on what HE is doing.
For He is always up to good on our behalf...
Especially in the ordinary.

So thankful!




Tuesday, November 27, 2012

tightrope

Learning to walk in Spirit and in Truth...
Can feel like a tightrope...
For the princesses and princes of the King.
One we are worthy of mastering.
Submitting our thoughts and minds...
To the greater.
Making space for the...
"Still Small Voice..."
Calling from behind.
It can feel tricky to share the space...
So set in our ways...
It feels hard to motion forward into the new...
But as we yield...
The Holy Spirit begins to take over...
Truly becoming our best Helper.

Guiding and showing us...
How to conquer....
Even enjoy the ropes.
For really knowing the Spirit...
Is to really seek the heart of God...
And to really seek the heart of God...
Means being a lover of His word...
AND His presence.

As the two worlds come together...
It no longer feels like a balancing act...
We become truly FREE...
Allowed to fly onward...
Towards greater purpose for His Kingdom.

Oh...
That we would always recognize His voice over our own...
The one that speaks love...
Not guilt...
The one that speaks humility...
Not pride...
The one that offers in risk...
Instead of closing up to fear.
I want to be more like Him...
So I ask today...
That I learn to think more like Him...
As I read in His word...
Would the food I eat...
Change the very DNA in me...
That I might better reflect...
The Christ in me...
THE HOPE OF GLORY.
May it be true for all us sons and daughters...
Amen!


Monday, November 26, 2012

fully rest...

Oh the enemy...
He loves chopping down...
Killing...
Stealing...
Destroying.

Too bad he will NEVER win!

Because of...
Our Good Daddy.
He loves choosing that which has been uprooted...
To pour out His immeasurable blessings...
Causing His heavenly light to shine...
In our darkest "lots" of circumstance.
If we allow...
If we remain open...
He is sure to replenish...
In ways that boggle even the smartest minds.
For He is a lover of the tree...
The fruit...
The vine...
The story...
Of you...
Of me.

He will always take that which is bound...
Mark it for greater purpose...
With a new name...
One that brings the aroma of hope.
Oh...
To remember His story in us is...
Wholly complete.

Wouldn't it be great to fully rest in His presence???
Knowing...
He is ALWAYS BUSY...
Setting our beauty free...
To shine...
Invading ALL dark spaces...
With HIS glorious light.
Reminded...
Every season...
Is a season to be at Rest in Him.

Still learning.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Sabbath...

Sabbath...
A day for ushering in...
Being led...
Hand in hand...
By those we love.
A day for sweet greeters...
And doors held opened by Good Pastors.
For surprises unveiled...
And hearts reconnected...
Sharing smiles with young royals...

Climbing into laps...
And always remembering those...
You long to worship alongside.
May your Sabbath...
Be filled with surprise offerings...
And heart connections.

Sabbath Blessings,
Love,
The Hopefuls.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

daughter of the feast...

Almost every night...
You will find this princess...
At this very spot...
Waiting.
At least a good hour or so before eating time...
She will want her spot...
And demand with passion that she be deposited...
Where the feast will begin.

Her little self...
Just doesn't understand...
Why every moment can't be a feast moment.
So happily...
She waits...
Over and over again in expectation for what is to come.
Covered in her brother's old spidy p.j.'s...
(Which she insists on wearing...)
And Her sister's necklace...
Reminding all at the table...
That she is not a baby...
She is a "big kid."
Wearing "big kid" clothes...
Sitting in a "big kid" seat...
Feasting on "big kid" food.

Oh...
How my soul resonates with this growing super hero.
It can be hard to sit still...
When waiting for the feast to begin.
Always hungry for more...
Always desiring to sit at His table.

Like her momma...
And her two older sisters...
She's a daughter of the feast.
So thankful for supernatural hunger...
For the love it attracts...
The growth it brings...
And the "more please" it stirs in our bellies.

For...
I am a princess just like Charli...
Always wanting to sit at the table in hunger and expectation...
Desiring a feast...
Worthy of Our King.

More Please...
A cry of my heart.

-Most photos...
Compliments of Princess Emmiline.