A Little of My Life
My name is Carri Roman and being a wife to a video producer/evangelist and a mother to 4 boys makes life full, busy and often messy. It is a wonderful life but far from perfect. But hey, perfect is completely overrated, or at least it should be. Besides, I am unorganized, am constantly rearranging to pretend I have it put together, am terrible at paperwork, rarely finish a book all the way through, and dream of traveling only to find myself camping in the backyard. I do, however, love a good adventure (even if it is local), am always up for a DIY project, and would prefer an electric tool over a new piece of jewelry (I am still waiting for a nail gun). I am mostly casual but never leave the house without mascara and earrings, and typically sleep in both. I am animated, enjoy anecdotes, and have a fairly eclectic style. I am not old (though that wouldn’t be bad) but definitely on the other side of young. Recently, since I am a faithful procrastinator, the Ted Talk Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator made me roll with laughter and petrified me at the same time. Life goes by fast and the video was a stark reminder of how far in I am. My next birthday will bring me halfway to 100, more than half a life lived. I guess that makes me old!
So here I am with a new blog. I figure better late than not at all. I owned this domain about 7 years ago but let it go. However, I never really let it go. It lingered in the back of mind. My ideas and experiences would come and go and I longed to write out all that God was accomplishing. I just never made it happen. Procrastination at its best. Then a tragic event in 2018 drastically altered my life and everything came to a stand still. Nothing mattered anymore, nothing but God and life. Everything temporary lost value. After a rough two years I was ready for a fresh start and a new year, especially after 2020. Sheesh, who wasn’t? I decided to take the plunge, since I am staying home anyway, and reclaimed my domain name. I was thrilled to find it was still available.
I love my God and Savior Jesus and I love people. I am grateful He saved me and love all that He has done for me throughout my life, the beauty and the hardship. And I have had plenty of both. Well, maybe not plenty of hardship, but big enough ones to qualify that statement. I want to live for Him, not that I haven’t been but I want to live the rest of my years, however many that might be, well. And if I am anything like my mom I have a good 25 years left, at least. She is still going strong. But I know all too well, life can change in an instant. I am merely a vapor. So, I might as well be a hot one. I want God to work abundantly and beyond in my heart no matter what life brings. I want to love and guide others who are seeking God to do the same. This is the intention of my blog, to be an encouragement to women, whether they are suffering debilitating hardship, enduring the every day trials of life, or living in a season of plenty. I hope you find encouragement and inspiration for your faith and life through the stories of other women and my personal musings. This is my goal. Encouragement. Through God and for God. -Carri
Why “Abundantly Beyond”?
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…. - Ephesians 3:20
By far one of my all time favorite verses! In my darkest times and most discouraging moments in life this has remained one of my hopes. When I couldn’t see through the fog of despair, overcome the emotional trauma, or just deal with the day’s ins and outs of life this verse was my rock. Knowing that the power of God resided (and still does) in me, the power of the Holy Spirit, and was able to do a work abundantly beyond anything I could imagine, especially in those moments, brought me hope and courage to press through. Knowing God would be faithful to his promise kept me going. And he worked, and he brought me through, and he strengthened and prepared me for a time, a story, a life altering event I never saw coming.
Learning the secret of being filled…
“I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” - Philippians 4:11-13