Let’s try today to look at our world with fresh eyes. Lately I have been caught up in seeing all the darkness and evil. Oh it’s been so heavy. But I feel today, GOD pulling me back in HIS direction, to notice, to wonder and to worship HIM. Because HE is there, spiritually and actively. … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Sorrow and celebration can happen separately or at the same time together. Both can happen together in the heart when we love well and live well. For me, I’ve never really understood why when I had something wonderful happen in my life, I also was dealing with something hard or devastating too. Here is an example…….why … More SORROW AND CELEBRATION
It’s a battle that we all are currently in………have you noticed? These past couple of weeks the enemy has had his evil on display for all to see. Our hearts have been broken and we are rocked and we are angry too. Our feelings are wearing thin and so today, if you are reading this … More STEP OUT OF THE BATTLE
I think it is interesting that we all can listen to the same sermon and come away with very different thoughts and perceptions. Why is that? Our maturity levels and where we are on our spiritual walks are all different with some people more mature than others. Some see GOD as kind and loving, others … More HEAR GOD MORE CLEARLY
GOD’S peace is everywhere and oh how we search for it. We search for it in nature and in our surroundings. What our eyes see gives us a sense of peace like gazing into the ocean or looking at a mountain. But the best peace there is comes from our SAVIOR. JOHN 14: 27 “PEACE … More TRULY THANKFUL/TRULY PEACEFUL
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
Sometimes our days seem so ordinary, nothing special going on. Sometimes our days seem like a repeat………we get up, go to work, eat, sleep and then repeat the next day and then the next. OUR ORDINARY CAN BE FULL OF WONDER If we refuse to live out our days like they don’t matter, then they … More Oh THE WONDROUS ORDINARY
Only with JESUS can we all be a better version of ourselves. Better than we used to be. The old self is gone and the new is evident to those around us. And don’t we all want this? Don’t we want to be better today and even more so tomorrow…….to be more like JESUS? The … More SAY YES!
If you think about it, GOD in HIS infinite wisdom has HIS way with us, over and over again in our lifetimes. And often it is at the point of desperation where this happens……..it’s a coming to the end of ourselves, when we just can’t “do this” anymore. I enjoyed dinner last night with a … More A LITTLE DESPERATE AND A LOT MORE WHOLE
What do you do when you wake in the night? Do you worry or fret about the coming day or do you draw near to GOD and peacefully return to sleep? Our struggles may loom large in the middle of the night. Maybe because it is dark or maybe because it is a feeling of … More THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
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