Are you full of wonder this season? If you are going through something hard right now, I get it! Life can take all our wonder away. TO WONDER IS TO BE ASTONISHED OR AMAZED. Maybe we don’t see the wonder around us because we go through life noticing all that is wrong with the world. … More WONDERFUL THINGS DO HAPPEN!
If you have candles everywhere, light them, light them! If you have strings of lights, then light them, light them! Because I think we all need a little Joyous Noel in this season of light. Joyous Noel translates to Merry Christmas with Noel meaning Christmas in old English and French. In French it is: Joyeux Noel. Noel can mean … More JOYOUS NOEL
Joy, delight, awe, forgiveness, peace. Our Savior has all these things ready to hand to us when we sit still in HIS presence. We all want a little joy don’t we? But we often look for it in all the wrong places. We buy stuff, we drink and try to be merry……but still there is … More DEEP JOY IN HIS ABIDING PRESENCE
There are things we often put in the it doesn’t matter category……..but they do! I wonder when we get to Heaven will we be surprised by all the people and things we dismissed in this life only to learn how important all of it was! There might have been situations and people we just brushed aside only … More IT DOESN’T MATTER…….BUT IT DOES!
YOUR gracious and good FATHER holds your world……….did you know? Our GOD holds all of it, not just some of it. And HE holds all of you and all of me too! GOD MADE YOU HIS WORLD BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN That thought should be quite a comfort to you……..I know it is for me! … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
GOD DOES NOT WASTE A THING. I LOVE TO KNOW THIS AND TELL MYSELF THIS OFTEN. YOUR STORY AND MY STORY IS CONTINUING EVERY DAY GOD WAKES US. With GOD watching us and guiding us nothing we do or say is a waste because HE has HIS hands upon us. GOD PURSUES US FIRST When … More YOUR STORY IS NEVER A WASTE
We say it often…….GOD is good, all the time. But do we fully trust HIS goodness or is there a small sliver of doubt that nags at us? It is a doubt that the enemy loves to play with us. We can fall into this trap, or we can fall into the arms of the ONE … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
The world will harden your heart if you let it………so, let your heart remain soft. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like it when the world grabs my heart and tries to harden it against the needs of my fellow man. I don’t like it when I turn away in disgust because I know … More LET YOUR HEART REMAIN SOFT
There are times in my neighborhood where I notice that a someone picked up trash alongside a path I walk. We all can be that someone. A someone who is willing to go the extra mile……..someone willing to do more than what is asked of them. And isn’t that just what JESUS requires of us? To … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
When we say other people are wealthy usually we are referring to their money, home and car they drive. But what is true wealth? I think at one time or another we have all thought, well if I just had a little more money, then I would be happy. Money never solves all of our … More TRUE WEALTH
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