giving hope away.

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(Comments closed, winner of the giveaway is Jessica from @mommasgonecity, congrats lady and thanks for all of your comments, if you haven’t read through them you really should. Inspiring words.)

With perfect timing, two of my dearest friends sent me this necklace from their etsy shop. The R House Couture.

Be Still Necklace

Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev’ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: The hour is hast’ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Hymn #124 from the LDS Hymnbook

They sent me another one to give away to you.

Hope Necklace

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. From the 13 Articles of Faith originally written by Joseph Smith.

Their shop is full of inspirational necklaces with simple words such as “fear not” “all is well” “courage” “grace” and “faith.” The idea came to help pay for court costs Mrs. R has incurred while fighting to keep her little boy. Each purchase includes cards from couples hoping to add to their families through adoption. The idea was to make gifts for both birth and adoptive mothers. I however think they are perfect gifts for any woman who needs a boost.

Like me.

I’m already a huge fan of buying handmade. I’m an even bigger fan of  buying handmade to help keep a family together. Please look at their shop and keep it in mind as a gift for those women in your life who carry so much. They are more than happy to produce custom orders.

To win the custom “HOPE” necklace from The R House Couture and me simply tell me what quote, scripture, hymn, song or saying that gets you through difficult times. I will pick one random comment Wednesday October 7 at midnight. Open to anyone in the world. Because we all need hope.

228 thoughts on “giving hope away.”

    1. PS- I always love the song we learned in Young Womens “I Walk by Faith” Even though I have been inactive for years, I always have sung the boys to sleep with that song.

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  2. Given all that I’m going through right now, this post has me crying. That Hymn above is beautiful and perfect. As some sort of variation on Let go and let God, mine is : It is What It Is. Some things we just don’t have control over and we have to just give up the idea of control and let a higher power guide us.

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  3. My favorite has always been : “You are not alone. I will come to you.”

    I have the MormonAd with the picture of Jesus on it that has this quote. When I was in a bad car accident in High School my mom hung it up on the wall in my hospital room. When I lived in the Ronald McDonald House waiting for my son’s Heart Transplant, I kept in hung on the wall in our room.

    It’s very special to me.

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  6. Sorry if links aren’t blog friendly, didn’t realize I posted that there.
    I’m off to check those Esty shops!!

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  7. The song “A Child’s Prayer” has seen me through many hard times. Only, I change the words to this – “Heavenly Father, are you really there? And do you hear and answer every mother’s prayer? Some say that heaven is far away, but I feel it close around me as I pray…”

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    1. “Speak…he is there. Speak..he is listening. You are his child. His love, now surrounds you.” I adore that song, it meant so much to me as a primary child.

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  8. My favorite is the hymn “Peace in the Valley”. Every day I pray for peace in my mind and in my heart, and this song reminds me that I will eventually have it, even if it is in the next life.

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  11. I love Psalm 3:5, it helps me get through each day while my husband is deployed.

    I lie down and sleep, I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

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  14. Beautiful post.

    My “fall back” scripture, since high school, is found in Matthew 11:28-30:

    “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

    Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: And ye shall find rest unto your soul.

    For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

    This helps me remember that I am NEVER alone in my struggles; I don’t have to bear my burdens on my own.

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  15. I love supporting talented moms for a good cause on etsy! LOVE this necklace.

    The hymn “In Christ Alone” has always brought me peace. Especially this part:

    “No guilt in life, no fear in death,
    This is the power of Christ in me;
    From life’s first cry to final breath.
    Jesus commands my destiny.
    No power of hell, no scheme of man,
    Can ever pluck me from His hand;
    Till He returns or calls me home,
    Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.”

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    1. @Robin Plemmons,

      Oh my word, that is one of my favorite songs!

      “No power of hell, no scheme of man, can ever pluck me from His hand, til He returns all calls me home, here in the love of Christ I stand…”

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  16. Ooh, I LOVE their jewelry! I got my mom a FAITH necklace from them right after she had her kidney transplant.
    My favorite verse is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” It’s Phil. 4:13. It is always prominently displayed where I work and in several places in my home to remind me that He is on my side.

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  17. My favorite has always been Ecclesiastes 3:1. The reminder that all things balance, that all things have their time gives me so much hope. I know that when there is sadness, it’s okay, because happiness will have its season soon.

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  18. “Never frown, even when sad, because you never know who’s falling in love with your smile.”

    I find it inspirational even though it isn’t faith-based or from the Bible just because it reminds me to always keep my head together and not lose hope. It can be so easy to get depressed and let that take over.

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  19. The Serenity Prayer:
    “God give me strength to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

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  20. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10) has always, always been my favorite verse. It has served me well in every situation of life, both the joyous and the painful. I would love a tangible reminder of these powerful and much-beloved words, and the hope that they give.

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  21. These verses have gotten me through many dark times…

    Lamentations 3:21-26

    Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

    Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

    They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

    I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

    The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

    it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

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  22. Helaman 5:12. It’s carried me through tough times in middle school, high school, college and beyond.

    “And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the arock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”

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  23. How Firm a Foundation, third verse.

    Fear not, I am with thee, oh be not dismayed. For I am thy God and will still give thee aid. I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.

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  26. My all time fav hymn is #134 I Beleive in Christ it was sung at my baptism whioch such great power by my friends that everyone had tears in their eyes. Everytime I hear it I remember that feeling of the spirit and our saviors love. It feels my soul with such great happiness

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  27. similar to “be still” the best advice/encouragement I believe I have ever gotten is: “breathe.” So many times when things get rough, I have a tendency to hold my breath and tense up. Sometimes the thing that grounds me most is just remembering to breathe.

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  28. Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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  29. “Sometimes we have to have Faith enough to take a step out into the darkness, then the light will follow.”
    Those necklaces are BEAUTIFUL!

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  31. Too cool!

    I have two favorite hymns/songs. How Great Thou Art because it was sung at my BFF’s funeral. I can’t get through it at church without crying, especially when they cut the music and sing A-Capella.

    The other is Shout to the Lord. That song gets me pumped up and I can really wail to it!

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  32. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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  34. The 23rd Psalm. It was my Grandpa Hutch’s favorite to quote, and even though is has been gone for 16 months, every time I hear/read it, I remember my Grandpa and all that he did for me,with help and support from Him.

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  35. How thoughtful of them to send you that?! Isn’t it a wondeful feeling knowing there are others around that want to help you?! I love scripture: Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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  36. “It Is Well with My Soul”–we sang it in church today and it never fails to make me tear up. The hymn is so old and yet still so true and beautiful.

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  37. My husband and I are in the middle of a messy interfamily adoption that is very similar to Mrs. R’s adoption. There are several things that have gotten me through the very long days waiting on word from our lawyer.

    “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing can ever die.” – from the movie The Shawshank Redemption got me through a lot of our infertility struggles and the early parts of this adoption. After our most recent setback, my daughter (who is three) has taken to singing the Bob Marley song Three Little Birds, mainly wandering around singing the chorus of “Don’t worry about a thing because every little thing is gonna be alright”

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  41. Either Amazing Grace or the first 2 verses of Psalm 90,

    “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

    Before the mountains were born
    or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”

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  42. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 NIV.

    My husband and I are struggling with infertility. It’s a comfort to know that God has a good and perfect plan for our lives. We are always in his palm and nothing can happen without his knowledge. He gives me hope, and he gives me a future.

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  44. The Serenity Prayer always gotten me through tough times. I was also going to mention Jeremiah 29:11 mentioned above. A dear blog friend sent that to me when my husband lost his job this summer. He’s still looking but I feel very hopeful and this necklace would be such a treasure to have.

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  45. I carry two fortunes in my wallet, of all things. One says “Put all your unhappiness aside, life is beautiful, be happy.” The other, “Enjoy life! It is better to be happy than to be wise.”

    They remind me to be grateful for all that I have, and to try to live more in the moment and stop worrying about things that I can’t change anyway.

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  46. The one that gets me through is “God is my refuge and strength.” I also hold fast to “Thy Will Be Done.” God bless you and your family and hopefully you will move into your house soon!
    ~Meredith

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  47. “And when the night has finally gone/and when we see the new day dawn/we’ll wonder how we wandered for so long, so blind/the wasted world we thought we knew/the light will make it look brand new so let it, let it, let it shine.” -“Light” from the musical Next to Normal

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  48. “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”
    (Isaiah 40:31).

    I really love Isaiah. I think on a plaque in my staircase so I see it often.

    Please pick me 🙂 I love the necklace 🙂

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  50. This is a snippet of a prayer towards the end of our service and it is often what I recite to myself.

    May all who struggle find rest on this day.

    May all who suffer find solace.

    May all who hurt find healing on this day.

    May all who despair find purpose.

    May all who hunger find fulfillment on this day.

    And may this day fulfill its promise.

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