I have not been myself for awhile now. This morning, God was working on my heart and finally called me out during my quiet time with Him. “Stop pretending. Stop…pretending. I am here. Take off the mask. I see you. It’s okay to not be okay.” Wow. And in that moment I admitted to my […]
Acts 9:1-9 In our scripture today, Saul/Paul was on the road to Damascus for his own self-centered reasons; Jesus stopped him in his tracks and changed his life forever. Did you ever find yourself wondering how you got to a certain place in life? Maybe it was the last place you intended to go to, […]
Have you noticed that night time brings on more worry, anxiety, loneliness, despair and hopelessness? For those of us who have suffered from sleepless nights from thinking too much because our brain just will not settle, there is good news! There is hope! Hope is in the dawn of a new day! “There may be […]
Ephesians 2:10 says, “ For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago”. Over the last couple of weeks, I have gained a better understanding of the mind and heart of our creator God through conversations with a creator […]
Mowing the lawn, putting on make-up, cleaning the house, dying your hair…all because why? We put so much time into the appearance of things or ourselves to look good that we take time out of our day to make it happen. What if we took the same amount of time into learning, sharing and obeying God’s word? How about […]
Jeremiah 29:11 Have you ever woken up ready to face the day, and then after a few hours when it seems like everything is falling apart, you wish you would have just stayed in bed and not even started the day? What if in those moments, everything is not falling apart but falling into place? […]
Listening to Christian music is one of my favorite alone time things to do. Nobody around, just me and the peaceful wonders of God’s word in lyric form. Many hymns of long ago my mom would sing at church when I was little, knowing her favorites because she would sing them louder than any other. […]
Psalm 118:5 says, “When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place”. This verse describes the dawn to the morning after a long, dark night. Over the last several weeks, we have been walking through various Psalms and watching the Psalmist come through, with God’s help, difficult points in […]
We all go through uncertain and confusing times in our lives. We ask God, “Why is this happening to me?” or, “Why now Lord? I’m a good, church-going Christian. Why am I, of all people, going through such a battle?” He never said following Him would be easy; what He did say however was, while […]
Today I would like to encourage you with some truths about God and His character: God’s Love Is Unfailing -(Jeremiah 31:3, NLT). There’s nothing you can do to destroy God’s love for you. It’s neither diminished nor increased by your actions. God’s Character Is Unchangeable- (James 1:17 NIV) Shadows move and shift with the sun. But God, who […]