Nancy Brewer

Welcome!

I’m glad you’ve come to visit

I’m Nancy!

You can call me Fancy Nancy

There’s quite a few similarities between the children’s book character Fancy Nancy (by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser) and myself. I love words! I enjoy shoes and bling and ribbons and dressing with all the frills. I believe each day has fun to be found and every moment should be savored. There are times when fun gets me into a bit of trouble and I need to be rescued, just like the children’s book character, Fancy Nancy. I don’t have Fancy Nancy’s famous red curls, but I wish I did!

I believe God created us to enjoy life with all its frills. I believe God’s Word. I believe when Jesus says in John 10:10 that he came so that we could have life “and have it in abundance.” I believe the Psalmist David when he says, “You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand is eternal pleasures.” (Psalm 16:11) And I believe God has asked me to encourage, equip and empower others to live this amazing splendiferous life (that’s fancy for magnificent)!

My prayer is that what I write will encourage you; I pray that you will gain confidence and hope. I desire to supply you with new tools, enabling you to live with love and purpose and peace. I will remind you that Jesus has all authority and that He wants to use you to fulfill His purposes. I long for you to believe you are valuable to God and that He has grace and strength to enable you to do what feels impossible. The Christian life really is splendiferous and God has magnificent plans for you. I hope you come back often!

While we were in Olympia, we revisited the two houses we lived in. Our first house there was picked out for us by the senior Pastor. He and his wife graciously toured homes and found us a place that checked off all the boxes we requested. I’ll be honest. It wasn’t a bad little house, but it probably wasn’t something I would’ve picked out. However, it was where we lived for about four years. Going back to a place you’ve lived before can be such a kick! This past Labor Day, my sweet Pastor husband and I decided to attend a 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration in Olympia, Washington. We returned to where my sweet Pastor husband served as youth pastor for five years. It was a marvelous weekend packed with reminiscing and creating new memories. God reminded me of blessing after blessing that He piled on us while we lived there. God used what I had been reading in Deuteronomy to bring home some simple and yet powerful truth. I’ve hit the age when I can’t always remember someone’s name, or a particular word, or even what I did two days ago! Luckily, I can still recall my own name, my sweet Pastor husband’s name, and the names of my children. I have yet to identify a friend by an incorrect name and I believe that’s a good sign. How did your week go? Did you have a productive week? A fun week? A difficult week? A week filled with sorrow? An exhausting week? A hard but refreshing week? Many times, we arrive to Saturday, and we want to forget the previous five days. Some Saturdays feel like more work than the previous five days combined as we manage household chores, errands, and family activities. Allow me the privilege of reminding you of Truth. Throwback Thursday Photo: Winter Olympics 2002, Salt Lake City Before we moved into our new home, my sweet Pastor husband and I decided we wanted to refinish our dining room table. We’ve had it for a long time, and whereas we love its size, it looked dated. By chance, we discovered a lady who we hired to refinish our table and chairs. I assumed my sweet Pastor husband and I could manage fixing our table, it would just be time-consuming. However, our table was more work than any of us thought it would be and I was very thankful someone else was fixing our table.
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