HE IS RISEN!


Recently we were at a birthday for some friends of ours and at the church there were a few slides for the kids. The shorter one Mazy went down right away, as long as I was right there to catch her at the bottom. It was just a straight down slide; nothing fancy. Then there…
This is a lesson that has taken and is still taking me, far too long to learn: appreciating the moment. Busy days can get the best of us. Looking at the calendar, our schedules fill up. Demands from every corner fill our minds with what we AREN’T accomplishing, maybe even creating a feeling of guilt…
Have you ever thought about your wants? Wants vs. needs? While I was cleaning (go figure :)), I was thinking about how much our culture is all about wants. Just watch tv for 5 minutes and you will realize how much “wanting” is thrown at us. I started to think about my own wants. I…
Living more simply for me, means living with less. Well, that also means living with less of ME. I read Romans 8 recently and I couldn’t help but think about how God has given us a new life, but how we try to fight it daily, by clinging onto our old selves. How about you?…
Another day. Another day of accepting the life God has given us. Another day of realizing that God is not done with us! I woke up this morning thinking “I can do this.” I started to vacuum the sanctuary at church and I realized it was taking everything in me to not just start crying….
Yesterday I had the chance to do something that I truly NEVER imagined doing. You see, public speaking, years ago, would’ve sent me into an outright panic attack. Full out heart-racing, can’t breathe, panic. But then God got ahold of this heart of mine and has done some mighty work, physically and spiritually. I had…