Author: Starla

Name: Starla Smith. Top titles: Wife, Mom, and Lala What I do: Executive Pastor at Springs of Life Church What I Enjoy: I love coffee, sunshine, cinnamon candy, llama's, photo quotes, books, and all things media. I love to write and share what God is giving. What I am Passionate about: I want to see people find Jesus and freedom in their soul through the renewing of the mind which is the gatekeeper of the heart. Personal Mission Statement: Fearless in Living, Faithful in All, Forward Regardless My Favorite Quote: Don’t worry about tomorrow, God is already there.

The Walking Dead

When I was growing up scary movies and popcorn were the best! My mom yelling out at just the right moment, we would scream and popcorn would fly.  My mom is the biggest sci-fi , horror, end of the world, murder trial, serial killer movie nut… I inherited a bit of that I been watching…

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Soft Spot

And she’s baring her throbbing mother soft spot to us around the table and I want to reach out and touch her there. I want her to feel someone touch the tender, broken place of her, to witness it and not turn away. Just lay my hand on the fontanels of her bared mama heart…

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This little man

He is a busy man The most verbal in our home of quiet a blessing of energy a whirl wind of curiosity up first thing with the switch on GO with the same words every morning “What can I do?” reminding me that I have just enough power for each day and a necessity to…

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PhotoQuote #119

On a cold winter morning peering through the frost the only hope of WARM coming … a need for a fire to flame and come and light me a blaze IS THE SUN! Linking with:

What is Courage?

Over at Ordinary Courage , Brene’ Brown writes about a friend and shame…… Excerpt: we talk about shame being a “full contact” emotion. Shame doesn’t just happen in our head or heart, we experience and hold it in our bodies. We always ask participants to identify where shame shows up for them. Liz shared, “In…

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