Beauty from Ashes - A Continual Process

OK so you're waiting. Waiting for something exciting, or waiting for something possibly bad. Either way, waiting is hard. Either way, you may have a rapidly beating heart when it crosses your mind. How do we stay present? Some of us are saying temporary goodbyes for the summer, some are waiting for loved ones coming home from school, serving our country, the hospital​, or just for a long awaited visit! Some are saying "goodbye" until we meet again in heaven. At the end of the day, we can only say "see ya soon - LORD WILLING." ​The Bible is pretty clear about this in James 4:15 where it says, "Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." And because it says this we should do what it says! Right?! So even when we "think we know" what tomorrow holds, we ...

So today there's lots to celebrate!  I have 3 of my loves graduating!  Milestones!  Milestones are important and they propel you on to the next!  That is why it is so important to count the milestones with Jesus!  If we don't keep track, it's easy to forget all the amazing moments we've had with Him.  Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Then on to verse 6, " And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Our faith is "built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness."  I love that song!  Our faith rests alone in the fact that Jesus died for us and counts us right with God!  This is the gift of a true intimate relationship with Him!  It's so easy to get side tracked and build our faith in what we know.  But we are not going to derail on th...

The truth will set you free.  It's Mother's Day.  I'm unpacking my heart, as a mom today.  I am so blessed.  I give all the glory to God for adopting me as His own...  There is no way to measure that kind of love!  It's not about us! I've been told a thousand times, "you're too hard on yourself!"  Well read Proverbs 31 and you might see why!  Well sometimes I want to please others more than I truly believe that God's pleasure in me is enough.  One step further, I want to please others more than knowing that I can please HIM through Him, and that is enough.  That's no shocker if you know me!  I am quick to point out my weaknesses and to apologize in annoying abundance!  That's the fear of failing. That's the fear that robs others of joy. I wrestle with this and yet I know that because of God's great character, and the fact that I am His child , I am truly blessed, loved, redeemed, chosen, accepted, adopted, forgiven!   ...