Have you ever seen those movies where a guy is struggling in life and he meets the surfing guru and gets all wrapped up in the excitement and the vibe of conquering the surf? Yeah, these types of movies are great. They are full of emotion, hardship, training, discipline, overcoming, and at last victory. This sounds…
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 bones about opinion
I’ve watch this show called Bones. It’s about a forensic anthropologist named Dr. Temperance Brennan and an FBI agent named Seeley Booth. It’s a fantastic show that you should totally watch. Anyway, I had finished an episode and at the end the FBI psychologist named Dr. Sweets, who is writing a book about Brennan and…
Who Decides?
Identity is a hot button topic in the world right now. Identity has become just a classification that expresses what we are. The world is stranger than I have ever remembered. Human beings have figured that they can just decide what they are. I am not about to get into the muddy waters of the…
Jesus is Better
This week, I have been pondering the topic of faith. I come across so many people struggling with their faith, disconnected from their faith, or with little faith. I am no stranger to these very same things. When life gets hard, circumstances are difficult, relationships are strained or my heart feels broken I too struggle,…
Don’t Fight The Process: Bear Fruit and Grow
I think the reason that I don’t grow is because I don’t understand the process of growth and because of that, I often get wrapped up and trapped in cycles of thwarting my own progress . This world just tells me to work, hustle, be productive, do more, work harder, work smarter, to get it…
A powerful gift of Grace
We all get distracted and disconnected in life. When that happens to me, I often end up drifting off purpose. I find that I am going through the motions just getting by doing what has to get done. It is like everything ends up in the urgent category of life because I have procrastinated when…
