Personal Challenge

After doing a study on the seeing and hearing attributes of God, I was personally challenged to consider the way I "see" and "hear" others when I am offended.  I wondered, "what happened to me?"  Then I remembered something that our pastor said, years ago: "Hurting people hurt people."   Understanding that simple truth was a work of grace that Christ did in me.  As a result, I was able to (for the most part) extend grace to others. ...

Be Still and Know

"Cease striving," the Bible says.  What does that mean?  It means to be absent of any sort of anxiousness... to not be "agonizing" over a situation or circumstance.  It means to enter into rest.  How does that happen?

He hears you...

The silent, sometimes thoughtless, prayers from very young to young adult.  Wanting to be loved.  Not knowing what love really meant.  My cries, my tears, He heard it all.  He heard me and responded when I believed that I would never be loved.  He is the God who hears...

He sees you...

It's amazing to think that the God of heaven and earth saw this little girl on the day she was born.  This same God witnessed every detail of her life as she learned to walk, and ride a bike, and bake a cake, and be a mom.  Amazing...

Riley Roon...

Hey, little guy... Did you know that you brought joy and sunshine to this family?  We had thought we found the perfect pet when Lucy came along.  We lost her, and were heartbroken.  And then came you...