Sometimes you just gotta STOP and ask yourself, “WHAT in the WORLD…am I doing…am I thinking?” When I STOP and examine my “emotional” actions and/or “kookoo” behaviors, I must confess that the “unsaved” part of me just does not want to stay dead and that controlling myself is just not that easy sometimes. Even though…

Have you ever felt overwhelmed and wondered why the ‘world’ could not SEE what you were going through and stop? Stop for just one minute while you get a ‘grip’ on life, again? Have you ever felt incapable of explaining why you feel the way you do – all you know is that it is…

Jesus is –           Protector. (John 10:11) Jesus is –           Sustainer. (Matthew 11:28) Jesus is –           Redeemer. (Isaiah 53:5) Jesus is –           Love. (John 15:13) Jesus is –           Life. (John 10:10)…

Matthew 20:1 – 16 is such a wonderfully encouraging parable because it demonstrates that the Lord Jesus Christ does not reward us based upon our ‘labor’ but rather rewards us based upon His Goodness, His Grace, His Mercy and Loving-Kindness. Jesus not only ‘hires’ laborers who seek Him but goes looking for those no one…

The Black Panther movie may be considered by some as a rallying cry from a generation of people looking for a hero they can identify with. I cannot wait to see the movie, I hear it is ‘marvelous’. The trailers seem to exude a nobility and grace that Hollywood rarely depicts in characters portrayed by…

It’s easy to understand why Psalm 23 was one of my mother’s favorites. It was one of her go to passages during hard-times.   I totally get it – now.  In six verses the Psalmist explains how the LORD provides, instructs, leads, refreshes, guides, fortifies, protects, comforts, promotes, empowers, blesses, guards, loves and promises eternity…

Both and young and old folks have a story to tell and sometimes in the telling I discover living nuggets. I pray for ears to hear and eyes to see the wisdom to be found from both. (Proverbs 20:12) Young folks can teach me how to embrace living with fearless-enthusiastic awe, eagerly anticipating life’s next…

We have all been hurt by people and we have all hurt people – whether we intended to or not. More often than not in our communications and/or actions we often GET IT WRONG. We reach out to others in the way we THINK they need to be helped and often miss the mark because…

I remember like it was yesterday – a close friend invited me to a ‘party’. The people there were singing, shouting and dancing to the music with abandon. They seemed to be full of something. In my eyes, they looked utterly foolish and totally out of control – they appeared “High”. (Acts 2:15) While I…

Oh MY GOD… Tell me… have you ever felt so depressed, sad, overwhelmed or burdened that you start taking an inventory of your life and your loved ones and YOU decide you can’t take it anymore and you say, “Lord it looks like everybody gone be alright…since you got this…I am READY to be with…