Autumn is upon us! Pre-season football is well underway (my team's 1 for 2 right now...)Schools are following suit. Days are getting cooler (sometimes) and shorter, while nights are getting longer. Stores are putting out fall/Halloween decorations, with Christmas decor not far behind. For all of these reasons and more, this is my favorite time of … Continue reading Most Wonderful Time
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Thought for the Day
Two very important things can be learned from Pearl Harbor (both the movie and the incident):1) Never underestimate The Enemy2) Never allow The Enemy to underestimate you, either.Just thought others might need this reminder.Blessings, All
Appalled.
So, this started as a twitter rant, but then I realized I had more to say. This blog will not be totally like all my others, will be tinged with a bit more harshness and frustration. That being said, please do not hold it against me:There are starving and hurting people all over the world. … Continue reading Appalled.
Beauty Lies Within
1 Peter 3:3-4: "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelery and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which is of great worth in GOD's sight."Each day, we wake up and decide … Continue reading Beauty Lies Within
Disappointment
Disappointment=Today I received two rejection letters. One from a job I had recently applied for and one from the magazine I was hoping would give me my first professionally published piece. June 2011 is upon us this week. Now, halfway through the year, I am re-evaluating things. Life is not what I had expected, not where … Continue reading Disappointment
FREEDOM
Recently, God has been teaching me what it means to live in Freedom. I have learned what it is to live in a cage, slaves to sin and brokenness. I have learned that many of us, when given the opportunity to live in freedom are too afraid to make the move.Galatians 5:1 tells us that … Continue reading FREEDOM
Whole
"Waking up I see that everything is okay...Slowing down, I look around and I am so amazed...This innocence is brilliant (I hope that it will stay)...It's so beautiful it makes you want to cry..." - Avril Lavigne 'Innocence'I just discovered this song today. And as I listen to these words, they pull on my heart … Continue reading Whole
Securtiy: My American Idol
Here I sit on my lunch break staring down the barrel at many questions and much uncertainty. Questions I would love to wake up and have answered tomorrow. Uncertainty I wish would become clarity.In the midst of it all, in an Aladdin-esq scene, I hear GOD ask, Do you trust me?And my response, much like … Continue reading Securtiy: My American Idol
God’s Fingerprints
Fate. Destiny. Divine Design... Call it what you will, but things work out the way they do for a reason.Miracles. Magic. Angels & Demons. Coincidence & Chance. Whichever you believe, GOD's power is shown. Working all things great and small according to His will and good pleasure. Our job: Trust. In all of lie's chaos … Continue reading God’s Fingerprints
Broken Hallelujah
"When all that I can sing is a broken Hallelujah. When my only offering is shattered praise. Still a song of adoration will rise up from these ruins. And I will worship You and give You thanks. Even when my only praise is a broken Hallelujah."Much of my life, this is all that I have … Continue reading Broken Hallelujah



