Life is made up of moments, hours, days and years. Life is made up of good and bad and everything in-between. There is joy and there is tragedy. There is strength and there is weakness. There is life and there is death. And in all of these moments, we may feel strong or incredibly weak. … More MERCY IN THE WEAK MOMENTS
Let humility be your guide today. It is a good thing to be humble because of this: WE ARE NEVER MORE HUMBLED THAN WHEN WE KNEEL AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. When we see JESUS there and what HE did for us, our sin becomes very apparent and the Cross of JESUS puts everything … More HUMBLE KNEES
Sometimes we pray in the quiet. We wrestle and we pray, we cry and we pray more. And we think: GOD shouldn’t I know this by now? We see our failures and wonder why GOD even puts up with us. Then we wonder: is this situation too far gone? Am I too far gone? When … More NEVER TOO FAR GONE
Hugs are a good thing and we probably don’t do this enough. We all want hugs, but do we give them enough? I am learning to be more free with hugs. You never know how you may touch someone or make their day. And what if it’s the only hug that person received all week? … More TO HOLD AND TO BE HELD
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
Are you living your best life now? Or are you just going through the motions from day to day? I know I have lived that way, where a day was just something to get through. But when I let GOD in, into ever part of my life, things changed. There was purpose, meaning and spiritual growth. … More YOUR BEST LIFE
About that waiting you are doing right now………learn to embrace it and to be alright with it. Waiting is a good thing, not a bad thing. Our society however hates to wait for anything really. Patience has all but disappeared. My pup Emma does a lot of waiting and as I watch her, I know I … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
We can either focus on what we do have or what we do not have. We can be grateful for GOD’S mercy towards us, or we can be resentful for the unanswered prayers we say. GOD answers them all in HIS own way and in HIS own timing. Today, take some time to recount HIS … More RECOUNT HIS WONDERFUL DEEDS
Life gets messy sometimes and so do relationships. It is a reality and it is a given. Right when we think all is going along so smoothly, then boom, a huge change happens and we all grapple with the wanting things to go back to normal. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS THERE IS A … More LIFE IS MESSY
JESUS was a man of few words……. our SAVIOR spoke every single word with great meaning and context. Those listening to HIM realized there was a great lesson in all HE said. Imagine the crowds listening to HIS Sermon on the Mount and being completely…….amazed and awe struck! Shouldn’t our words be few too? If … More USING WORDS ONLY WHEN NECESSARY
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