Sometimes I just need to draw a butterfly… When I start to panic and think about drawing some lines, I try to think “butterfly.” Let's try to be positive and spread some cheer instead of hurt and pain. What if we change, not just how we look, but how we see? You know the caterpillar … Continue reading Butterflies
Tag: #grace
Knowing
You know what our problem is many times? In my opinion it is that we think we have to know everything. Job 37: 23-24 (KJV) states, "Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. Men do therefore fear … Continue reading Knowing
Undivided Attention
God is everywhere present, and nowhere absent. You know, I depend on my God for everything. He helps me through each day; He is always there holding my hand through all my struggles and showing me His kindness and mercy. He never leaves me though I will sometimes try to wander off track...He always brings … Continue reading Undivided Attention
Take Courage
Its the rapid heartbeatlike the thumping of the drumthe flutter in your chestlike you just had a runits the sinking in your bellywhen you feel it start to churnthe sickness that you feeland don't know where to turnyou know you're not alonefrom you past you've learnedstill your cheeks become flushand you feel them start to … Continue reading Take Courage
Proof
“Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.” Matthew 12:38 (KJV) We look for signs everywhere telling us what to do, where to go, what to speak…we want proof we are going right. Proof is an interesting concept. Elisha spoke to the king and … Continue reading Proof
New Things
There is nothing new under the sun. Sometimes that is a scary thought. To us, we have new experiences, we meet new people, we even take new paths…starting a new job can be a little frightening. Maybe we take the bus for the first time and we are alone in the journey; it’s totally new … Continue reading New Things
A Time
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)So many times in my life I try to force things… I force relationships…I force deadlines… I force decisions… Conversations… Writing…and I know these things are forced and therefore fruitless. Nothing works on “my” time. I must … Continue reading A Time
Prayer
Have you ever needed to pray for something, but didn't know the words to use? Have you ever sat and cried just because it was all you could do? Have you ever sighed so loud, with so much weight on your mind? Or ever stopped in your tracks, looked up, helpless as a child? These … Continue reading Prayer
Resistant
Roots of doubt and sin run deep. We can pull out the roots and clean up all the trash, but if we leave just one piece behind, that one piece is enough to start a new plant. Think in the natural sense, how bulbs are cut and multiplied. These plants become resistant to all kinds … Continue reading Resistant
Rest
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. That’s a true statement. Too often we all dwell on everything that is going wrong, but if you’re reading this, then something is going right. GOD didn’t rest until HIs work was finished. HE stepped back and saw that “everything was … Continue reading Rest