Focusing On More Than What’s Next

Focusing On More Than What’s Next

It can be hard focusing on Jesus during Christmas. Who am I kidding, it can be hard to keep our focus on anything but ourselves on most days. Do you know why I know this? On Thanksgiving day, when we had all filled our plates so full we would need to repent, we ate all that craziness and…forgot to bless the food. I can’t remember when we last forgot to bless our food as a…

Sometimes It’s Hard to be Sweet

Sometimes It’s Hard to be Sweet

Does the rebel inside you ever want to come out? Are you like me and being sweet gets wearisome? I mean I want to do it right, I want to love and forgive and serve and… but sometimes, I just want to stomp my foot and yell like Ouiser on Steel Magnolias, “I’m not as sweet as I used to be.” Obedience brings all kinds of good blessings. I know all those things, but sometimes…

Even When Our Blessings Seem Faint, They are There

Even When Our Blessings Seem Faint, They are There

So many times through the years I have heard Lary pray this prayer, “Thank you Lord for all the blessings you have given us, especially the little things that you do for us everyday that we sometimes overlook.” We often do overlook God’s protection and provision in this fast paced world we live in. We are blessed. Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Psalm…