When someone gets really good at something, it is thought of as "the art of...". When we do something repeatedly, it is a habit. When a habit is done repeatedly and well and is producing something good, it becomes the art in which we live. I want to develop the art of looking up. What I mean by ... READ the POST
The Art of Looking Up
Borrowing Jesus
Do you borrow things from people? A pen from a co-worker, some eggs from a neighbor, a dress from a friend...What about borrowing Jesus? Have you ever borrowed Him when you needed Him and then put Him back when you were done? Funny thought...borrowing Jesus...hmmm But, sometimes I think we live ... READ the POST
Practicing the Basics
Time and time again I find myself going back to the basics of Scripture. It is there that I find practical guidance for living. It is also there that I gain perspective on what about my life is NOT working and maybe WHY. But, just like anything else, basics can seem mundane or boring. Kinda like ... READ the POST
He knows what I will need
This summer I began taking golf lessons. Believe it or not, I am excited about learning something new. At my last lesson the instructor told me that I would need a glove for my left hand and some tees. Great! As I walked to my car I was already planning my trip to the store to get what I needed. ... READ the POST
The devil is like a roaring lion
Picking up where we left off yesterday... Today's Truth: 1 Peter 5:7-8 "Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." Cast your care...ALL your care. Care here is the ... READ the POST
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
There is a saying, between a rock and a hard place. It means to be in a tight spot, in some kind of troubling circumstance, or in a bad way. It is being squeezed by the pressures and hardships of life. Most of us can relate to that. Whether the spot is BAD or just a little hard, it would do us good ... READ the POST
Oswald Chambers speaks about purpose
Anyone who has known me for very long knows that I love the devotional, My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. I have read it daily for about 7 or 8 years. Mine is a marked up, page bent copy that is priceless to me. The daily devotions have dates and years next to things that God has used to ... READ the POST
He will not leave
A little girl cries because she will not see her father for several months. She misses him and feels like he is always leaving. Since her parent's divorce nothing has been the same and though she smiles and business seems usual, her heart aches because she doesn't get to be with Daddy much anymore. ... READ the POST
Recognizing negative self talk and stopping it
Is your mind a growing place or is it a place where Satan has gotcha? The day is going along just fine when suddenly I get a thought. It is usually a negative thought about someone, something, myself, or my life. If that thought is left unchecked and unmanaged, I begin to find myself in a different ... READ the POST
