There are seasons of life that are just harder than others. They are tougher to navigate, the path is unclear, and vision can become obstructed. Pressures and responsibilities become heavy like weighted blocks are being carried on the shoulders and more are coming each day. The way you use to run with wild abandon is…
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.
Back to Joy.
Every once in a while a good evaluation of the heart, mind, and spirit is in order. How do I know if its time to do that? I am spend a lot of time on social media distracting myself from what’s happening in life. I have a pounding headache by the end of every day….
Powerful Binding: throne or phone
This past Sunday my pastor said, “We are to be a sacramental people who carry the grace of God.” He also asked us a question: “Why is it that we must be engaged in prayer and fasting?” Again..being the Nextgen pastor, I have to be thinking how does this translate to the next generation. Here…
The only way to “not judge” is to be dead!
It is the right of people to use judgment when pondering what they see and what is happening around them. It is by judgment we are able to weigh what is right and what is wrong. We’ve been doing it since we were children, learning as we go. I remember one time when my cousins,…
Me, the pretender!
When I was a little girl, I can remember, I moved to a new city and I told every kid I met that my name was Stacy. I told them that I had a twin sister named Starla but she would be here at the end of summer to start school and that I would…
The best stupidest thing I’ve ever done!
I was listening to the John Maxwell podcast drifting in and out of thought when all the sudden one of the host said this: What is the greatest lesson that you have ever learned? Who did you learn it from? And why? John Maxwell Podcast Immediately my mind went back to a particular song by…
