I SURRENDERED! I put up the white flag in the past and I continue to SURRENDER because it is the ONLY WAY to experience REAL PEACE~ "the peace which surpasses all understanding," (Philippians 4:7). And to experience REAL CONTENTMENT~ "whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want” (Philippians 4:12). And to experience REAL LIFE~ "It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in GOD" (Proverbs 16:20) I SURRENDERED to JESUS, because in th

DOUBLE DIPPING~ Keep going back to the SAME thing to try to change the SAME thing, yet the SAME thing always stays the SAME THING because the SAME THING is you. Now that was a mouthful Think about it. You want different. You want others to change. You want your circumstances to change. You even want the weather to change. And you try and strive. . Not to presume that you do, but I know that is what I have done and then at times I will start doing it again even though I

The hardest part of life is LETTING GO.  It is in the LETTING GO  of what you hold most dear to your heart.  For when  GOD asks you to LET GO, HE  is not taking away as HE  is giving you MORE. MORE OF HIM  in the middle of LESS. So how do you  LET GO when LOVE wants to hold on so tightly? LOVE TRUSTS GOD with what you LOVE  most. Don't you hold onto to what you value most? But what if what you value most, does not want to hold onto you? Do you do everything in your power to

GOD wanted it more than anyone else, so HE sent JESUS who also wanted it more than anyone else. UNITY~ "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in CHRIST JESUS" (Galatians 3:28) UNITY~ "As Scripture says, 'Anyone who believes in HIM will never be put to shame.' For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same LORD is LORD of all and richly blesses all who call on HIM, for, 'Everyone who calls o

I know JOY,   and I know DESPAIR . I know PEACE and I know  ANXIETY . I know ACCEPTANCE and I know REJECTION . And this is where I have to stop. REJECTION.   What a hard word, when it hits your heart. And when it does you wonder why, as there appears to be no explanation but just an opposition against you that you can't fathom. I know REJECTION I don't like REJECTION. I especially don't like REJECTION that comes like an arrow, out of nowhere with no explanation, but with a h

Once upon a time they were defined not be a  NAME, but by a label, yet JESUS sees behind the label. JESUS  sees her at the well,  the one whose name is SAMARITAN  woman who had five husbands and now a plus one.  JESUS SEES her and talks to her, not taking a drink of water  but giving one to her~  " but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life" (John 14:13).  HE clothe