Monthly Archives: November 2015

  “Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, notContinue reading “The $3.92 Car Repair”

  “…bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Luke 6:28 (NIV)   I’ve gotten in the habit in the last six months or so to tell people either through email correspondence or in person, “Blessings to you.”  God also laid it on my heart to regularly come before Him and askContinue reading “More Than Just Words”

Available Now: Spoken from the Heart: The Adventure Continues Available Now on Amazon in paperback : http://amzn.to/1SguiIv and eBook: http://amzn.to/21diCft versions. Start at the beginning with: Spoken from the Heart: Journey from Fear to Faith, Available at Amazon in paperback and eBook versions. http://amzn.to/1xFdg0Z    Then, read how our family decided we were all inContinue reading “*****AVAILABLE NOW******* ******AVAILABLE NOW***** *****AVAILABLE NOW*****”

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Psalm 133:1 (NIV)   I realized something this week.  It’s the first week of school as I type these words, the end of the second day of school (although fall has been well established by the time you are reading them) andContinue reading “The Blessing of Community”

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Matthew 4:1 (NIV)   I used to hate that God would send blessings our way…and then soon we would face a huge trial.  “Why, God, do you tempt me with good things and then allow the rug to beContinue reading “Good Before the Bad”

In 2013, our family started a journey.  I thought it was just a journey God wanted me to take so that I could stop living life in fear and start living life from the faith I had in Him… for every area of my life. However, that journey soon turned into a choice. Would we,Continue reading “Available Now & Coming Soon…”

  “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” I Corinthians 11:26 (NIV)   I talk a lot on here about how much I love my church.  About a month ago, I was sitting in church and reminded yet again of another reason why myContinue reading “Communion”

“Come, let’s shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!” Psalm 95:1 (The Message)   When you think about God or when you think about Jesus living on the earth as a human for 33 years, what comes to mind?  A Judge? Ruler? Someone scowling all the time? Maybe youContinue reading “Fun Is Mandatory, Not Optional”

  “I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed.” Ezekiel 36:26 (The Message)   Well, it only took the evil one about an hour to get the memo that I was done withContinue reading “Done Is Harder Than I Previously Thought”

  “There is no one righteous, not even one;” Romans 3:10 (NIV)   It only took eight years, but I’m done.  Finished.  I’ve finally had enough and am ready to call it quits. With control. With perfectionism. With letting circumstanced determine my mood, attitude, and the way I treat those around me. Especially those IContinue reading “I’m Done”