Category: Joy

  • I Want To Be Just Like You.

    “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” So…who am I imitating?

  • To The Ones Crowned In Splendor (or…to the ones whose heads are graciously wrapped in silver or white or gray splendor…) **and a note to the rest of us awaiting that crown**

    We need you. You are not forgotten. Please, don’t give up yet…there are some of us out here who are looking for you. For your stories. For your wisdom. For your advice. We want to know about that path that you’ve walked to earn that beautiful Crown of Splendor that gracefully wraps around your head.…

  • Love Notes From The King

    Happy Valentine’s Day, cherished one! Today, whether you have a “Valentine” or not…you need to know that YOU…yes, YOU…are FULLY LOVED BY THE KING OF KINGS. Read each of these love notes and know that there is absolutely no one on earth that can love you more than the One who paid for your life…

  • To Everyone Else Who Is Already Behind in Advent.  {It’s not just me, right??}

    This was the year (again) that we were going to get Advent right. I was ready. Day one we all sat down and read the prescribed scripture reading and I read from our new Advent book that I was so excited to share with my family. All of a sudden one kid’s head was laying…

  • Yada Yada Yada

    Where are you feeling empty?  What have you tried to fill it with? How is that working? Jesus is the One that fills ALL THINGS in EVERY WAY. Nothing else will satisfy us. No one else will satisfy us. We will never find rest until we rest in Him. We will never be full until…

  • John 4:7-14 7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?”…

  • Simple Truth for Today: Unshakable Joy

    This is it…the simple truth that I will lean on and rest in today… “…In Your presence is fullness of joy…” It’s as simple and yet as complex as this… Jesus, fully God yet fully man, stepped onto earth and lived a sinless life.  He walked the path to calvary and paid for my life and yours with His…

  • Knowledge

    This is not knowing ABOUT God. It’s not knowing all of the Bible answers and Bible stories… This is contact~knowledge. Experiential~knowledge. Relational~knowledge.

  • The Woman

    Submerged in sin, chained within Burdens heavy, heart heavy Hands dirty, heart dirty Heartbroken. Avoiding stares, condemning glares Head low to hide the shame

  • Just…A Moment At The Well with Jesus.

    Jesus. Just a moment with You.  Just to sit with You, Jesus, just to set my heavy burdens and my chaos down at Your feet and look into Your eyes, to look Love in the eyes and know that Love sees it all…sees all of me…and meets me here, despite it all.   Here… Where the Water…