Redeemed & Loved

Hi y'all! i figured since redeemed & loved has been up and running for the past four years, it was about time i wrote a blog introducing/ telling ya just who i am! my name is shelby and i am the "boss" (if you want to call me that) over Redeemed & Loved photography! a little history over this business and a little fun fact, my name hasn't always been R&L. ACTUALLY when i first started up my business, i named it "John 3:16 photography." at the time i chose that name because that verse has more meaning to it than it just being a memory verse, "For God so loved the WORLD that he gave his ONLY SON for us, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Christ knew that we needed him, he knew that sacrificing his son was THE ultimate way of showing his love for us, he KNEW that we would need him. this verse will always be the perfect example of just how much God loves us. now, Redeemed & Loved came from a real life testimony of mine that i have never put into words, but here we are and here i go! Redeemed: Save someone from sin or evil. up until these past two years, before my name change, i felt like there was nothing left in me, as if i had already done everything i could and gave up everything that i had for Christ, until one day he wrecked my life completely and flipped my brain. how could he give up his son for me, and i just think "well God, that's all i can give you today." literally that's what i thought. i was so wrapped up in different people i shouldn't have been wrapped up in, different hobbies took the majority of my attention, and at work all i wanted was to just do great and minister to the kids, but how exactly could i have done that while i had the thoughts that i did? the Lord has called me to be redeemed. he has redeemed me from my old thoughts, my old ways, and my old people i used to be wrapped up in. i'm not a bad person and i wasn't wrapped up in bad people(just throwing that out there), i was just wrapped up in the kind of people the Lord definitely did not have a plan for me to be wrapped up in. i wasn't lost, i knew exactly who my savior was and is. i knew my way and i knew God was and is always in control. but by Gosh, the moment he redeemed me from my old self was the day i felt loved. an overwhelming love that was so deep and wide, it just continues to grow. only that kind of love comes from God himself and nothing will ever take it away. this is how i became redeemed and loved. the Lord can and will use any old soul that he pleases, if he uses you, just run with it. i promise it's the coolest thing ever to be used by GOD!! want to know more? JUST ASK ME!!! :)

stay blessed, YOU are his beloved.