I love to get up early and just sit and listen and watch the beautiful things God has created before the day gets into it’s crazy. Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. Psalms 5:3 And then there…
What we surround ourselves with matters
“But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.” Matt 15:18 What or who we surround ourselves with matters… We all think we are strong enough in our minds to reframe from most anything we surround ourselves with. I have a saying that I would say to…
Show me the right path, O Lord
Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew the right path to take ahead of time? Like when we have a decision on which job to take? Or where to live? Or which church to attend? Who to date or marry? Or simply which dress to wear to our next event?…
Stand up and fight with the full armor of God.
It is six am, and I want to crawl back in bed. Today, I want to cancel my plans and hide under the covers. My early morning thoughts consume me. I can’t get anything accomplished. I must be a disappointment to God. I am not smart. I have no purpose….
Truth closes the door to a lifetime of pain.
When God showed me what HIS words looked like in action, I found rest for my soul. My heart sank when I received a text message stating “Wow I can’t believe he just put that comment on Facebook.” I had taken myself off social media to relieve my anxiety of…
FREE TO LOVE
Jesus set the greatest example: Did you know that we are free to love? Without judging? Or fixing? When I discovered this for myself it was such a freedom and honestly it opened the door for me to love deeper. I get it….it’s easy to judge or try to fix…
Created for a purpose
Whatever has come to be has already been named …. Ecc 6:10a ESV Something about closing in on age fifty made me search my soul and ask myself, “How did I get here so fast?” For 27 years, I had been a mom. Even though I had sometimes wished there…
God waste nothing
I kept telling myself over and over, “she’s just a dog.” I don’t know how many times I played it over and over in my head. I was hoping my heart would catch up to it so that it wouldn’t hurt so bad. For eight years, she was our shadow….
Whatever God has chosen for you, it was given to you long ago.
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with One stronger than he. Ecclesiastes 6:10 ESV Something about closing in on age 50 made me search my soul and ask myself “How did I…