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The Difference a Second Makes

I don’t know about each of you, but I feel like 2018 has flown by.  We are in the age where time slips away from us faster and faster because we are just so busy living life that we stop and realize time has gone and we aren’t sure where.  Most every year since I was young I had a list of goals I wanted to complete for the upcoming year.  In 2018 there was something different for me! I kicked the…

Next to abiding, it is everything!

“What has touched me most since I have been in discipleship?” I was asked this question one night at dinner, with a group of people that were making disciples.  Intentionality, definitely, intentionality was my answer! Being intentional, to sow time into someone, to purpose to lay…

Jesus, The Baggage Handler

When I was young, I journaled about everything...fears, friends, dreams, Jesus, problems, basketball, FFA, boys, and life in general.  Those days of writing were a lot of documenting my life, and about telling God what was going on, and little about Him speaking into my life. When I was almost 20, I…

Jesus Saw Her, Called Her and Healed Her

For nearly two decades, I had been prayed for numerous times by numerous people to be healed, and had been given many scriptures to stand on, and nothing happened.  I knew I was healed by the finished work of Christ, but my body was not manifesting that physical healing. I knew my part was…

"What Is In a Name?"

Identity and relationship are in a name!  John 10:3 says “To him the door keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”  This scripture is speaking of the shepherd. I love how the shepherd calls out his own sheep by name. When I think about the “Good Shepherd” (which Jesus referred to Himself as in John 10:11) calling me…

Roller Coasters and Church Camp

What in the world do roller coasters and church camp have in common?  Absolutely nothing, unless your church camp has a roller coaster!! It was the first week of summer break and my boys were chompin’ at the bit to explore …