Our lives our flooded with pictures and images. Facebook. Instagram. The malls. Billboards. Tv. So many outlets that reveal pictures of beautiful faces and of lives that… we have no idea what’s behind the picture. I was looking at all of the Christmas cards that are hanging next to our door. It literally fills up…
Balance. That is what I seem to lack often in life. I put this weight on my own shoulders, having this can-do attitude, but lack the balance behind it all. I feel a though the Christian life, a life that is devoted to God, is a call to balance. You may find this to be…
I’m sure you’ve heard someone tell a story and you thought “oh that will never be me…” Yup, been there. Multiple times. In fact, countless times. I hear someone talk about their life situation and I think “that will never happen to me…” And then it does. God puts my foot in my mouth, redirects…
A new year. A new beginning. I’m sure you are getting a bit tired of hearing all the hype about starting “new.” I always have to chuckle because why does it take the turning of a new year to get us into gear? I think so often, it is easy to become complacent, in the…
Think back to a time in your life when things were just plain hard. Do you remember being in a bit of a fog? With any traumatic event, I would say this “fog” is something that is to be expected, though I did not see it coming. I’ve heard it said that being under anesthesia,…
At our church service Sunday night, the pastor read through the changes our church had experienced. Loss of life, yet also bringing about of new life too. It created a mental picture in my head of how God is constantly in the business of redeeming His creation, through each one of us. Each one of…
