Just smile.

Life simply goes by much easier as we mulch on the beautiful seeds God has planted in our hearts, whether verses, promises, beautiful moments, truths we love, incredible memories…some days are filled we these and we can smile big…other days we smile knowing that circumstances can go up and down, feelings can be a false […]

What is your passion?

I’ve always loved this world.  However, sometimes, if not properly expressed, our passions can get us into trouble.  But, I think the thing I fear the most is to not live my life passionately for something…that I would just wonder through life without any real goals to impact the world around me…or even to live […]

In this world you will have trouble.

A little personal commentary and then some personal reflection : I just finished watching a great movie about Abraham Lincoln’s body guard and friend and their story during his ascension to the presidency and all throughout the Civil War.  I was richly encouraged to see Abraham’s real faith during this movie.  I didn’t get the […]

My True Love

I thought this was beautiful to mentally chew on the past few days.  What a beautiful picture of true love.  Isn’t this what we desire to the core of our beings?  Isn’t this what we WANT to give? This is God’s AGAPE LOVE vs even the best of human love: Below is a my favorite […]

Rest

Our sermon series right now is on heaven. How beautiful, how pertinent. How wonderful it is to view all that we go through in this short life in the light of eternity.  It really puts everything in perspective. I thank God for the moments here on earth when I get to experience heaven. The genuine […]

STRONG WOMEN

I saw a poster at a place recently that said, “in case of an emergency, keep calm, and go get a feminist.” Several thoughts came to mind, I thought of the feminist movement that I think mostly originated because women were being treated unfairly, perhaps not cherished, weren’t valued, men at the time perhaps didn’t […]

Love

I loved this.  Our first day of Disney.  Although I lost my voice, I could look up to the sky and see His name spelled out for me to focus on, to know His great love for me.  As we danced to the Disney parade that just came around as we just arrived at Magic […]