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…

A slight switch

To most people, I seem very outgoing and extroverted but by definition, an extrovert is one who gains energy from their interactions with people. One the other hand, an introvert is one who expels energy from their interactions with people. I am an introvert. When I think of an extrovert, I think of my son….

Advent 2021 – Second Sunday

Today is Dec 5, 2021. It is the 2nd Sunday of Advent. We have journeyed through the first theme of Advent: Hope! Christ is our hope. This week we move into our second theme: Peace! At church today we heard a Christmas song that I have heard many times but this was a little different….

Hope for the hurt places

The other morning I was driving into work and praying. I was thinking about what the Lord is doing in my life. It’s been really rough in my soul for a while. But this past week things have shifted. Finally. I remember saying, “Lord, it’s like you just woke me up to life again.” I’m…

Promise of Hope

The Lord always seems to bring me full circle. Just when I think I know what He is doing, I get lost and don’t know what is happening and then bam – there He is again – linking all my yesterdays to my today’s and making sense out of messes that I didn’t even know…