Change

If you always think what you’ve always thought, then you will always feel what you’ve always felt. If you always feel what you’ve always felt, then you will always do what you’ve always done. If you always do what you’ve always done, then you will always get what you’ve always gotten. If you always get…

His beauty soothes my soul

Last night my 15-year-old asked me to look out the window at the sun shining through the rain that was falling.  It was light enough to capture the sunset in our backyard. It looked like glowing streamers from heaven. I could only capture the sound on the video below! Some things are too beautiful to…

FREE TO DANCE AND SING!

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Today in worship we heard a beautiful testimony from a man who struggled with addiction, suicidal tendencies, and childhood trauma.  He found freedom in Christ and was baptized today.  He wept.  He went into the…

Warts and All…

Genesis 2:25 The man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. God originally created a man and woman to become one flesh, totally open to each other physically, spiritually, and emotionally. In this perfect union no sin existed. Once sin came into the world, the enemy has perverted and twisted all things…

Pray for Power and Strength to know His Love for You

And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Ephesians 3:18 Some versions say “strength”.  And may you have the strength to understand God’s love for you. I love Jesus.  I know this verse.  The trouble this side of…

Cultivating love in our journey of crooked lines…..

“God writes straight with crooked lines”.  Wishing someone Godspeed to a new adventure, he shared this expression.  At first, I didn’t quite catch on, but told him I would certainly look up the expression to fully understand his new calling.  Upon looking at the phrase and pondering all he said, I realized the fullness of…

Superior Worth of our Glorious God!

Hebrews 11 V 23) By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. V 24) By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;…

Crisis? Worship!

How important is worship?  We hit the doors of church and for some of us worship is the very thing that draws us closer to God.  Other times, if we are honest, worship becomes stale, annoying, and we wonder when the music minister will sit down and the message will start. Music has been a…

Use Your Left Brain

Ever wonder why Jesus said come to Him as little children?  Remember being a child and a bedroom became your castle, your art work was hanging in the Lueve, and if you could catch that frog you might get warts, or maybe a prince?  Our fun, set-free creative side is our left brain and it’s…