7 Non-Negotiables

Family Life/ Moments with You  (October 14, 2012) Living by the List 1.  Seek God, not sin. 2.  Fear God, not man. 3.  Love God, not the world. 4.  Believe God, not the world. 5.  Obey God, not your appetites 6.  Serve God, not self. 7.  Worship God, not comfort. Taking turns, pray your way…

Humbled at the cross and lifted in His love

Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Dear Jesus, We pray for wisdom beyond books, classrooms, education.  Lord we want to be wise in YOU! We want YOUR glory to shine so bright in…

Connecting with Readers…

Below are comments from  two readers in response to Lift Up Your Eyes!  It seems many of us have been enjoying God’s heavenly display!  I had folks at work today comment on his handiwork too!  WOW!  You know how much I love to connect through the work of the Spirit and His love.  Toni made…

Lift your eyes!

Isaiah 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Transitions are constantly a part of our lives. New jobs, birth,…

Loving Me

My daughters and I attended the Mother/Daughter Legacy Retreat at Camp Will Run this weekend with guest speaker Tracie Miles from the Proverbs 31 Ministry.  Our alone time spent together as Mother and Daughter covered taking off the mask and stop trying to make others happy so that you feel worthy or accepted.  Some of…

Tears of a Woman

Tears of a woman This forward over email caught my eye because I’ve been crying a lot this week.  Tears over things that tears should be shed.  How can one NOT cry is what I ask!  Tears of joy, tears of love, tears of hurt, tears of confusion, tears for our world, friends, sickness, marriages, new babies coming to…

Stepping Outside Your Front Door

Sometimes in the running around we can run away by stopping and looking right outside our front door.  We can pause and listen to the birds (do you hear them in the video below?), see the sun rays beating on the ground, and as we walk through the door to face a list we can…

Come Away (Jesus Culture)

The Erik Brown band (youth praise band) was playing this song Sunday.  I was deeply moved by the combination of this song with the song Prayer of Revival (Trevor Walker/Clover Hill Worship). Come Away  by Jesus Culture (WOW read these lines!  I hope you can listen to the above video!) SHANNON! REMEMBER YOU SHARED THIS…

The Midnight Hour

If you google that phrase or some resemblance there of, you will find many songs and expressions noting that something big is going to happen at midnight.  Some folks are gonna take the midnight train to Georgia to find their lover, Wilson Pickett is going to wait til the midnight hour for love, and just…