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Grab the weedwacker and take control!
Ever have one of those days where your mind is so full of thoughts and to do’s that you have no idea what you are doing? Not that you don’t know WHAT you WANT to do, that is clear. It’s the loose words that grow like little seeds dropped in a fertile thinking mind that…
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You are more…
Seasons change and so do we. During this season those that have gardens or lawns they work hard at taking out the weeds, planting new buds, watering the soil so that it is ready to produce more. They cut back trees and prune flower beds and bushes so they grow fuller and healthier. Change doesn’t…
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Teach me to count my days…
It seems like the older I get the more I want to use my time correctly. Oh I like to be a free spirit every now and then but scheduling has been something that has gotten more fierce the older I get. Add 2 kids, a full time job, ministry not to mention trying to…
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Tears… (spoken word)
(Photo credit Pintrest) Tears streaming down my face can you wash away the pain? Can you wash away the hurt? Can you realign my sight with what truly has worth? Let not my tears be mere water that fall from my eyes, but let them be the quenching that turns to streams what once was…
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Don’t lose heart
In 2 Corinthians 4:16 says, So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. The beginning of the New Year brings hope and desire for new great things. We plan and make resolutions get excited about the endless possibilities. It also brings with…
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Go ahead, color outside the lines…
For years I struggled trying to accurately and precisely color between the lines. To draw perfectly. I would even get mad and cry as a child when my pictures didn’t look the way they were “supposed to”. Truth be told sometimes I still get mad at not being able to stay within the lines. Maybe…
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Be a Lighthouse
We have all had at least one person be a lighthouse for us. Some of us may have had many people at different stages in our lives be that for us. Last night as I sat there my eyes filled with water and my heart with gratitude, thanking God for all the lighthouses in my…
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Get up and shake it off!
Many are the mornings that I have asked myself why do I have to get up why can’t I stay here? My eyes are barely open my bed is so warm and secure so why would I want to leave a place that offers me rest and security to go face the unknown or even…
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Why worry?
Worrying does not add anything to our life. If anything it takes away. Worry eats up your time, it erodes your peace, it drains your energy. So why is it that knowing this we still do it? We know it can debilitate us and our strength and we still do it. We know we can…
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Make it count…
Have you ever felt like you lost time? Like you had all the time in the world and all of a sudden poof it was gone? Psalms 90:12 says “So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom” We need to learn to number our days. To know that…
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