Live The Life God Created You For
We so often let the Hallmark holidays dictate our joy. Why do we give away our happiness so easily? The honest truth is that these holidays are marketed with one agenda…..to make money….A LOT of money. Personally, I think they often create more heartache than happiness. If you are single, Valentine’s Day is the
Here in Washington state, snow tends to bring things to a screeching halt. I sit here in my nice warm home so grateful that I have the provisions to stay cozy while the winter wonderland invades with its 20 degree temperatures outside. Here in Washington state, snow tends to bring most things to a
What if you were meant for so much more than who you are right now? I think that is true for every single one of us. I truly believe that no matter where we are today, we are to continue to grow and impact the world around us MORE each and EVERY day. Don’t
“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It
I love nature! When we look around the outside world, we see so many reminders created by God showing us how to model our behavior. Although I am a lover of all things wild and natural I am no green thumb – truth be told I have a reputation for killing plants. I am
Are you too broken? Do you ever think you are too broken for anything good to come from you? I think we all have moments where we can’t imagine a time when we will overcome the difficulties of our past or current circumstances. We just can’t see any possible way that anything good could
Isolation is meeting with the devil, solitude is meeting with the Lord. – Ben Courson How often do you just want to run away? I used to feel like this A LOT, it is less frequent these days but I still have my moments. Today, the culture seems so toxic as if everyone is
This is a Boundaries teaching I presented for Celebrate Recovery. It resonated deeply with many people. I wanted to record it so that you could benefit from it too! Enjoy! Click here to view the Boundaries video Join Me Facebook Share To:
Do you see God as a dispenser of your wants or is being in relationship with God enough? Have you ever prayed for something that was good and worthy, but God didn’t answer? Sometimes it is easy to feel like God never even heard you pray and has turned his back on your needs.
Comparison is the thief of joy – Theodore Roosevelt How many times have you compared your life to someone else’s and come up feeling like you got the short end of the stick? We can be so content with our life until we start looking around and wishing we had what others have. Why
What in Your Life Will Withstand the Fire Test? My mom recently passed away and as I sift through her treasured belongings and papers it is never so evident that EVERYTHING has been left behind. It seems so hard to grasp that someone’s life-long collections may not have much value at all to anyone
Do you ever feel so distant from God that you feel completely separated from his presence? You long for the connection you once felt to him or the fire that you see in others around you, but it feels like God is so far away from you. Guess who else felt this way? Jesus!
Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey on the day we remember as Palm Sunday. Mark 11:7-11 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and
Aren’t we supposed to ENJOY life? A friend of mine having a particularly frustrating day, texted me to ask “Aren’t we supposed to ENJOY life?”. I honestly was completely unprepared for the question, but it made me stop and think. Are we really here to ENJOY life? Is that why God has us here?
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is