Be BLESSED

Bless my soul and spirit Lord. I bless you____with life affirming relationships. Your Father created you to receive His Spirit in your heart that you might spiritually bless others. God will bring you other people who will cause your spirit to leap for joy. I bless you with the eyes to recognize those folks who…

Confessions

Confessions are the words that we speak that transmit life or death. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18:21 There are millions of pages of confessions of what happened in history and in biographies. A prosecutor asks the defendant to confess the truth, however, the jury will decide if the…

Lofty Thoughts

Read a book and expand your territory of thought. I am now reading “You were Born for This” by Bruce Wilkinson Making the miraculous happen daily instead of rarely requires saying “Yes” to God. “here I am use me.”. Trusting that God wants to use us regularly to shine His light and to help others…

That Moment

Remembering stirs up emotions of joy with an exceeding gladness that wells up from the deep. That moment when a fresh wind blew throughout a troubled soul. In an instant, Hope replaced emptiness, and purpose was born. The miracle of transformation occured. Oh Lord, thank You for returning unto me the joy of my salvation.…

Possibilities

We look at our life, health and circumstance and think to ourselves “how did I end up here?” We have the freedom, along the way to choose what we focus on. When we take our mind off the problem, and immerse our mind in God’s word, hope returns. “With God all things are possible. ”…

Blessed by Bella

The Potter, the Maker, the Creator, of all things is Jehovah our God. He is the Maker, who makes all things happen. It was no coincidence that a Jewish woman named Bella offered me a seat at her table at the Dallas airport. With delight I said thank you for allowing me to share your…

Whispers

We all have heard his tempting whispers. He may tell us we aren’t good enough, not quite smart enough. The enticer, the enemy may tickle your ear with the lie that you are not worthy. That same Deceiver whispered in the ear of king Herod that a baby would steal his power and throne. He…

Quilted Quiet

Under the blankets we snuggle and drift off to sleep in the quiet. My grandma Isa Mae Jenkins used a peddle Singer Sewing machine to make hundreds of quilts over the years. We each received heirloom quilts which featured flannel patches of the pajamas she created for us. My sister Mary got that gene as…