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.

Rumblings of Joy

As I have pondered joy this week, I keep coming back to the quote that Pastor Chad said, “Happy depends on happenings, but joy depends on Jesus.” He also began to encourage us to choose to rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Philippians 4:4 I love words. I like to…

Time to remember

This year, we decided to do a few fun themed days through the Advent season. Since Sunday was Joy, we did Christmas Character Sunday and invited our church family to dress up. Pastor Chad wore a Buddy the Elf T-shirt, others wore light up reindeer shirts, and elf hats. I thought it was pretty fun…

Advent 2021 – Third Sunday

Yesterday was Dec 12, 2021. It was the 3rd Sunday of Advent. I am playing catch up this week. My family went over to our pastors house with the staff of the church to have a little Christmas get together. So I am posting this here this morning instead of last night. We have journeyed…

Source of Peace

Have you ever noticed that the Lord will walk you down a path until you turn to Him. It’s as if He will disturb your soul until you return to Him. This life, with all of its distractions, tends to pull us in any direction but toward His face. Have you ever noticed being blessed…

It’s an invitation

Peace is more valuable than we may understand. The older I get the more I no longer want to move under the power of anger, frustration, or fear. If I don’t feel peace. I don’t want to do it. If it doesn’t feel right to me, I don’t want to do. The absence of peace…

Run Rampant

How much peace do I sacrifice when I believe that I don’t have all that I need? When ‘wants’ start to pile up, maybe even when what I think I deserve starts to invade my heart. Contentment never comes from wanting more. This world is constantly pushing us to go get more. The newest phone…