GOD stopped me in my tracks, and asked me to FORGIVE. Not just one person. Multiple people. People who had hurt me. People I didn't necessarily FEEL like FORGIVING. And it happened in the most ordinary of moments. My hubby and Iwere sitting together, playing a game of backgammon. Right there, in the middle of the game, GOD began bringing people to my mind. People I needed to FORGIVE. One. Then another. And another. Hmm. Apparently, this backgammon game was going to have an in

HE is everywhere. HE is in the hurt. HE is in the sorrow. HE is in the whys and whens and hows. Because HE is IN whatever and wherever we are. But at times HE doesn't feel like HE is there. And you wonder, "Are you sleeping on the job GOD?". Because if you were GOD would you have allowed this or that to happen? Oh if only we were GOD, we think we could do it better. Because how difficult could it be to part the Red Sea? I am sure that is what the Israelites forgot~ that "litt

Oh, what we can learn from the eagle~ or should I say, THE EAGLET. ******************************* Once upon a time, a precious little EAGLET sat in her nest. Comfy. Cozy. Safe. Everything she needed was provided for her. Until one day, MOMMY EAGLE began removing the soft padding from the nest, piece by piece. Suddenly, comfortable became UNCOMFORTABLE. The little EAGLET was bewildered. Then terrified, because MOMMY EAGL brought her to the edge of the nest. And it certainly l

Did you ASK HIM FIRST? Not your friend. Not your spouse. Not your mother, brother, or sister. Not even yourself. Did you ASK GOD first? FIRST THINGS FIRST. Hmm. Because if "IT"S NOT ABOUT ME" then maybe ME shouldn't be the first place I go for the answer. Where do you for the ANSWERS to your questions? FIRST THINGS FIRST. ASK GOD! DEAR GOD, Where are YOU? What do YOU want me to do next? Do YOU SEE me when no one else does? Are YOU really there in the silence? Will YOU REA

CONTENTMENT~ LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE when you HAVE what you WANT when you WANT it. CONTENTMENT~ LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE when you DON'T HAVE what you WANT when you WANT it. Are you LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE? Are you CONTENT in this very moment, whether you have what you WANT or DON'T HAVE what you WANT? I bet you just thought about what you don't have. Oh I have. And I can stay there for quite some time, and before you know it DISCONTENTMENT will overwhelm me, as JESUS bec

The sun is bleeding through the sky as if the day depended on it. Pushing through the darkness, its colors begin taking over. It is so spectacular that even though I have seen a sunrise countless times, it feels like the first. And then the sun takes over. The sunscreen goes on. The sunglasses cover our eyes. And its brilliant light seems to erase the darkness. But before you know it, the sun begins to pull its colors away and quietly leaves the stage so the moon can appear.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR TODAY? What do you PUT ON FIRST when you wake up in the morning? Before your clothes. Before your shoes. Before you even walk out the door, what are you WEARING on the INSIDE? When I PUT ON ANXIETY, I walk through the day ANXIOUS. When I PUT ON FEAR, I walk through the day FEARFUL. When I PUT ON DESPAIR, I walk through the day HOPELESS. When you PUT ON __________, what do you become? To PUT ON means to wear something like a garment. Hmm. What about

Look back over your life. From where you WERE to where you ARE today.. Would you have ever BELIEVED you would get through ____________, and ____________, and ____________.... and still be HERE? Amazing, isn't it? What if GOD had revealed everything you would experience throughout your life before you ever lived it~ especially the NOT-SO-GOOD? Would you have BELIEVED you could LIVE THROUGH IT? Yet, if you are BREATHING today, you did. You lived THROUGH ____________. And someho

TO SURRENDER! It is so hard to do. Yet it is FREE to do. And no one can do it for you. So you put it off and wait for the PERFECT TIME. But the PERFECT TIME never seems to come. Because maybe the PERFECT TIME is actually RIGHT NOW, TO SURRENDER! What if the caterpillar refused the cocoon? Where would the butterfly be? What if JESUS hadn't willingly walked from the CRADLE to the CROSS? Where would the RESURRECTION be? Oh, THE FREEDOM OF SURRENDER. And maybe this is where "IT'S

What if GOD stopped pouring out HIS BLESSINGS & HIS FAVOR upon you? Now what a horrible thought, yet I thought it. Because I love when I have those MOUNTAIN TOP experiences when GOD blows my socks off, even though I don't ever wear them. Oh to be on THE MOUNTAINTOP, when I feel like MOSES when GOD spoke to him through the burning bush. All because of GOD'S GRACE, when HE shows HIS face to me. Oh those moments when THE HOLY SPIRIT chill bumps run through my body, because I