Grown in Faith

While my husband was at work, I needed help getting something big I just purchased from the store. My Dad showed up with his big van and muscles to help me load it up. While on the way home from the store, my dad drove in front of me and I followed behind. Suddenly he…

Friend, there is no need to try to explain yourself to others. There are some people that will always find fault in you. That is between them and God. Do not let someone who can never fully understand your heart and only knows portions of your life, dictate your thoughts toward yourself and God’s plan…

Circumstances should not determine your future. You are not your circumstance. You are not others choices. You are not your past mistakes. You are who God calls you to be; all you must do is follow where He leads. Life is a series of choices. Some we make, some others make and we are affected.…

I took the wrong turn headed down to fireworks the other day. I was not entirely sure where to park, amidst all the traffic. We found a good spot that was not busy and decided to park there. Though we had to walk a little, it worked out. I had family that had gotten a…

So today is world chocolate day. Did you know that such a day existed?! Me neither. Though any excuse to eat the wonderful sweetness of chocolate is just fine in my book. Chocolate has a way of not just making our taste buds happy, but making us feel happier too. Something about the sweet goodness…

I was given my first actual Bible when I was twelve years old. For many years I had it, it remained in relatively good shape. Almost too good. It looked like it had been very little read. That is because it had. Aside from a couple random things highlighted from a few church services and…

I have to remind myself that we do not love people because they love us. We love them because God loves us, all of us. There are times when we invest so much time in some people, and they may treat us like we do not matter. Sometimes it is nothing personal. Other times we…

The flag blows in the wind, people laugh freely and play Fireworks blare, as people cheer, on Independence Day What is freedom is answered by, what we see around The joyful noise of our freedom cry, victory in its sound What wars were fought, what blood was given From soldier’s love, is this life we’re…

Never underestimate the influence you have on others. Whether good or bad, we choose. How we live our lives and treat others does make a difference. We can choose to set poor examples or we can choose to live good lives and helping to bring others to God. Friend, we all make mistakes. Learning and…

If you feel like you can’t measure up to the stranger down the road Just do your best, be your best, let God carry the load The biggest critic that we have to fear Is the person looking at us in the mirror We don’t know others story and they don’t know ours It is…