Being Ourselves

Mental Fences

I’ve been dealing my own mental fences…those created by self-doubt, uncertainty, fear. Can you relate? Where have you fenced yourself in mentally in recent days or weeks? Perhaps your mental fence is procrastination, a deadening habit that keeps you stuck. Maybe yours, like mine, is related to self-doubt, and the on-going internal noise it produces [...]

Surely We Can Change

David Crowder Band

A Carrot, An Egg, A Coffee Bean

When life throws you in hot water, you can choose to be a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean.
A carrot becomes soft and pliable, giving in to the adversity, giving up.
The egg hardens and refuses to confrom.
The coffee bean, however, turns the water into a steaming, flavorful drink.
When adversity strikes, choose to make coffee.
 
Rosamary [...]

Why am I afraid to tell you who I am?

Why am I afraid to tell you who I am? Because if I tell you who I am, and you don’t like me, I’m in for it. It can be frightening to tell you who I am.
Fear does three terrible things to relationships:
1. Fear makes us defensive. We’re afraid to reveal ourselves. We defend ourselves. [...]

When we say, “We are Christians”

When we say, “We are Christians,” We are not shouting, “We’ve been saved.”
We are whispering, “We get lost! That’s why we chose this way.”
When we say, “We are Christians,” we don’t speak with human pride
We’re confessing that we stumble-needing God to be our guide.
When we say, “We are Christians,” we are not trying to be strong.
We are professing that we are weak [...]

The Only Way

 
 
 
 
“What exactly does God want us to do? The people asked.
Jesus answered, ‘God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.’” John 6:28-29
Jesus says to believe in the One that God sent.
Our sins are too great for us to do enough good works to balance the scales or wipe them out. Our [...]

BEFORE I WAS A MOM:

Before I was a Mom
I made and ate hot meals.
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.
Before I was a Mom,
I slept as late as I wanted
I never tripped over toys
I never forgot words of lullabies.

I’m a Child of God

As we try and find a way to deal with all the “stuff” thrown at us everyday, let’s all try to keep in mind that we are part of the heavenly “Royal Family”. As children of God we are heirs to the glory God is preparing for us even now.

Romans 8:16-18 
The Spirit himself testifies [...]

Happy 2009

Here we are at the start of a new year. We hope everyone is excited to see what God has in store for us this year. We can’t wait to experience a year full of God’s glory.
2008 was a tough year for us, and we are thankful God’s mercy got us through it. We learned a lot, and we grew [...]

More of You Lord

More of You Lord – It’s time to give it all over to God and stop relying on SELF. I thnk we could all agree that we are not nearly as capable as God.
 
“I can handle anything life throws at me by myself. I don’t need anyone’s help”
“I have a great career and I worked [...]

One Nation Under You – A Prayer For This Country

One Nation Under You
By Jim Ramsey
 
 
Rain mercy on this nation God
Though most Your love deny
Not everyone can see Your truth
On self they do rely
 
This country started long ago
One nation under You
The faith that built this land so strong
Has somehow gone askew
 
The evil one has gained much ground
Our government we doubt
We pray our leaders hear your [...]

I’m Free

I’m Free
By Jim Ramsey
 
I’m free I’m free
My debt the Lord did pay
I’m free I’m free
God’s light will show the way
 
I’m free I’m free
God sent His only son
I’m free I’m free
The victory’s been won
 
I’m free I’m free
Satan has no hold on me
I’m free I’m free
By Christ’s authority
 
I’m free I’m free
Shout the message everyday
I’m free I’m free
God [...]

The Joy of Being Attacked by Satan

Over the last few weeks my beautuful wife and I have had a continuing conversation about something that we cant seem to fully understand.
Why does life seem like a neverending series of crises for some people, and a walk in a rose filled park for others?
It can be said that the people walking through the [...]

Daily Vitamin, 3-4-09: Risk…The Fertilizer For Our Fruit

I have heard it said that faith is going to the edge of everything you know, and taking one more step. Why do most of us shutter at taking that one risky step? We can easily travel to the edge and look out at the unknown, but taking that one risky step of faith seems impossible.
God has provided [...]

Pink Vitamin February 14: Be Not A Slave to Your Own Past

 ”Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I copied this from the Word Ferret blog at http://elizadashwood.wordpress.com/  and I thought it [...]

Pink Vitamin October 25, 2007

We are still energized by the beauty of fall leaves…for a couple of California kid transplants, this is seriously great! 
Because of Grace…Transformed lives, like changing fall leaves, do not escape God’s nurturing attention.
2 Corinthians 5:17: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
 

This Picture Reminds Me of… part 2

2 Corinthians 1:12:
“12Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace.”
Thank you, officer McCoy.

Homecomings

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Working in Detroit…Rain, Rain, and more Rain…

I dashed to the rental car drop off, to the shuttle, and to the airport only to find out from an airline ticket representative that my return flight was one hour late. As I cleared security, the progress of my flight went [...]