Wearing sunglasses isn’t just a fashion statement. They protect our eyes, help us to see more clearly and relax our face so we aren’t squinting all day. Although these might be good reasons to wear sunglasses, we have to choose whether or not we are going to wear them. The same is true of perspective [...]

Some days I wish my world were more like something out of Horton Hears a Who where everyone “eats rainbows and poops butterflies.” Instead there are days like today where I feel like I ate some kid’s pet pony and pooped out a porcupine. It’s an uncomfortable feeling to say the least. As we all [...]

Understanding our position in Christ is crucial to our walk and freedom. Ever since I was a child I struggled with insecurity. I always felt out of place and unsure of where I belonged. Have you ever felt out of place with friends, family work, or just in life in general? I am sure we [...]

He lay in an Atlanta, Georgia hospital lingering on a respirator longer than anticipated following heart surgery. Our family had to make a tough decision. It was Dad’s second heart valve surgery. A year after his first surgery, similar symptoms reappeared. His cardiologist and heart surgeon disagreed on the cause so they referred him to [...]

“What if we would search for God the same way He searches for us?” –Gabriel Contreras During my devotion time one evening, the Holy Spirit took me to Jeremiah 29. I began to casually read the chapter, until verses 13 and 14. As we know, the most spoken about verse in Jeremiah 29 is verse [...]

Christ opens our eyes and makes visible to us the ugliness we have been surrounded by and partakers of. We realize the sin we were encompassed with and no longer wish to dwell with those who work iniquity. We seek Christ; follow Him; obey His commands and do away with worldly pleasures. Suddenly the world [...]

How many times do we wrong someone and casually throw an “I’m sorry” their way? Do we really mean it, or are we just repeating words we have said a thousand times without actually reflecting on what we had done? My daughter, was the perfect example of how I fear I handle apologies. A few [...]

Hands up if someone has ever sprung in on you in a public bathroom or opened the dressing room door while you are changing?? Yes, me too. What we feel is a loss of privacy and for sure a little embarrassment right? I got to thinking of how I could get lost in all my [...]

Recently, I got into the car to make a quick trip to the store. I popped in a CD, Michael W. Smith’s “Healing Rain.” The second track on the CD is the song “Healing Rain.” As I listened to it, the Holy Spirit came over me so strongly that I began to weep. I have [...]

“We . . . are being transformed” – 2 Corinthians 3: 18 Many people are wary of change, we can be especially wary when it means that we have to do the changing! We may look at ourselves and what we think that God expects of us, and wonder just how hard it is meant to [...]