The love of God is not based on what we have, what we do, or what we achieve in life. His immense love is not determined by our behavior, our attitude or our conduct. The love of God is not dependent on our personal background, our birth status, or our social standing. God’s love is [...]

One of the quotes of Shannon Ethridge that I read in her book Every Woman’s Battle was this: “who I really am isn’t the Shannon the world sees, but the person my family sees.” Don’t we all have a tendency to put on a smile and be all polite when there are those around we [...]

2 Corinthians 1: 3-4 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s a [...]

The sun has broken into the horizon, the wind is cold and misty. Oh, what a beautiful morning, Lord. As a song goes “Great is Thy faithfulness… morning by morning, new mercies I see…” (Hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness). It is also written in Your Word: “They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness” [...]

Being Confronted With Truth Any time we receive new information, we have to reconcile that information with the rest of our knowledge base. Oftentimes, people find this reconciliation unnerving. Many times, they reject the new insight because it challenges the beliefs they have become accustomed to. If they allowed themselves to look at this new [...]

Compassion, understanding, humility, and mercy. All these things seem to be very lacking in today’s Faith circles. And one has to wonder why? Do we not understand what we read when we read the Scripture? We open a book filled with people who were flawed, did horrible wicked things, yet had hearts that were seeking [...]

This morning, as I got ready to take a shower, I took a long look at myself in the mirror. Invisible to much of the world, with no noticeable difference between my right and left chest area when I am dressed, I glanced at the space, left behind after the mastectomy. At the time, I [...]

“…Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’” Matthew 14:29-31 [...]

Im a sucker for a good quote.  Below is just one of thousands that I bump into, then can’t wait to paint a canvas with. I oft think on the masterful flesh and bones behind the exciting equation of words. Comedians, political figures, actors, writers, bloggers..The Bible, Movies, books, … Today my eyes fell on [...]

I should have listened, but it was too late. College wasn’t in the plans. I wasn’t even fond of high school and proved it by quitting my senior year only to return a few months later when the grass on the other side turned tasteless. I eventually graduated but entered the work world instead of [...]