Jesus Counts by Ones
I didn’t quite get the song: “Reckless Love” when I first heard it. I thought it was disrespectful to call God’s love or Christ’s love “reckless”. But then, after hearing it over and over, I came to appreciate it because I realized the magnitude of a shepherd leaving his 99 sheep to go after the…
God is NOT our Drill Sergeant
Cheers to my mom and dad’s hardcore belief in life. I was an unexpected baby (not to God, but to mom and dad). It had been 12 years since their last child, but mom was in a trainwreck that upset her “apple cart”, rather, her birthing cart. All the biological factors came together and whoa-la,…
Time Out for Thanksgiving
Aw! Thanksgiving Week — the time we purposely focus on God’s multiplied blessings to us. Though it’s the mindset we should have all year through, this time is to hone in on what is most important to us. Before I go into the high energy “Martha” mode, I am pausing in these wee hours of…
What Are You Passionate About?
After our Walk for Life yesterday morning, I made it home in time to hear the announcement that Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as Supreme Court Justice. I thought about the passion that had been displayed during this process by the opposing sides, the media, the senators, the activists that pounded their way into the chambers;…
Commandments or Keys to a Blessed Life?
My word for today is COMMANDMENT: an authoritative command or order; mandate; precept. What was God thinking? Ten Commandments to live by? After all, we have just one life to live and shouldn’t we live it with no restrictions and no holds barred? Weren’t they just suggestions? Those questions almost seem sacrilegious, don’t they? By…
Army VALUES. Family VALUES.
Yesterday morning at church, a man from my neighborhood and I visited a few minutes and our conversation led to his two sons who have made serving in the Air Force a career. One was just promoted to Colonel. He quickly pulled up a photo of his sons and two of his grandsons, who all…
This is What Prayer, Faith, and Giving God First Place Looks Like
Day 343 of Photo Inspirations — This is what Prayer, Faith, and Giving God First Place Looks Like In an upside down world where many folks prefer hanging out in the darkness more than THE LIGHT– the ones who want prayer out of schools, the marketplace, their homes, their work and even their lives —…
JUST DO IT
Day 308 of Photo Inspirations — JUST DO IT! Yesterday’s Bible Study was on the Fruit of the Spirit’s quality of Faithfulness. What does “faithfulness” look like to you? If God is our standard for faithfulness, then we have a lot to measure up to. Just the thought of His faithfulness, overwhelms me. He…
The Ten Commandments and Peace
Day 274 of Photo Inspirations — The 10 Commandments & Peace Having spent the last 4 days at a beautiful retreat center in Luther, OK, and experiencing the peace of God in this away-from-it-all location, was beyond explanation. Finding ourselves in many opportunities to “Be Still and Know….He is God” was exactly what we all…