Hello friends! I'm going to be writing all of my blog posts as if we were already good friends. My name is Jill Surrett, not Jillian, just Jill. However, I like to be called Jilly Bean or just Bean. Hence, my blog is Bean's Simple Life. I'm 12 years old and happen to be a very devoted Christ follower living in Mesa, AZ. I love Netflix, candy, Pinterest, girly things, and Chris Evans (he plays Captain America in the Avengers movie.) I pretty much grew up Christian and boy am I blessed.I have been through a lot. I can't imagine going through it all without knowing Jesus. I don't know how I would have managed.
<that's chris
<that's me and my dog bella
I have a lot of influential people in my life, one of whom is my dad. His name is Erik Surrett. He is a pastor at my awesome church: CCV, Christ's Church of the Valley. He wasn't always a pastor. In fact, he use to be an atheist -a person who doesn't believe in God. He was changed like a great missionary in the bible named Paul. I encourage you to read Paul's story in Acts 9:1-31. My dad was given an amazing gift like everyone who has chosen to follow Jesus: he was given the gift of faith and the Holy spirit.
<that's me and my dad at our cabin
My mom is another influential person in my life. She is one of, if not the most Godly woman I know. She is definitely a very strong influence in my spiritual life .
<that's me my mom and my sister
Last but not least, meet my best friend Emma, Em for short. She is my 15 year old sister and she has craved simplicity in her life for a while now. I think when we started homeschooling again she finally got that.
<that's me and emma on her 15th birthday this year
When a lot of people think about homeschooling they think about weird kids, well we're not weird kids if that makes you feel better. Homeschooling is just something we do in order to keep our priorities straight: God first, then everything else. Almost all of our curriculum is Christian based.
What I'm going to be talking about is mostly Godly beauty, staying beautiful from the inside out. I also will be doing a little devotional each day, product reviews, hair and make-up tutorials, some outfits of the day and where I get some of my favorite clothing pieces.
I'm trying to reach young girls, or anyone who has maybe felt like they're never good enough. Let me tell you that you have always been beyond good enough in God's eyes. Before you go, I want to leave with one last thought:
I PRAISE YOU BECAUSE I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS;
<MY SOUL KNOWS IT FULL WELL> PSALMS 139:14
{Friends you are beautiful inside and out, don't ever forget it}
Love from, Bean
