Dancing with Daddy

“Forgiveness is Given not Earned” Kristen often shared with me regarding her sorrow for disappointing God. She struggled with a couple sin strongholds that, at times, affected her intimacy with Him. I would always remind her that He would never leave her or forsake her, regardless of her mistakes… and neither would I. She would Read More …

Speak Hope – Poem

SPEAK HOPE In the midst of the battle When our faith is weak As our nerves unravel His peace we must seek He gave us His Son To draw us near He gave us His Spirit To comfort our fears In Christ we stand tall And strong in the dark In the midst of the Read More …

Speak Truth – Poem

SPEAK TRUTH Complacency is a poison Taken one drop at a time It steals all our passion And confuses our mind We all must rise up And fight the good fight He is not well pleased If we don’t shine His light The light, it has come To give us new life To love and Read More …

The “One” Thing

THE “ONE” THING In the early 1990’s, there was a dude-ranch themed comedy starring Billy Crystal as Mitch. The movie portrayed three middle-aged men looking for something to give meaning to their lives. Jack Palance played a crotchety old ranch hand named Curly. In one scene, as Mitch and Curly are riding alone, Curly points Read More …

Speak Love – Poem

SPEAK LOVE We must not be silent Thru doubt or thru fear The world needs a Savior And His word they must hear By faith we are saved Thru the grace of the cross God’s love compelled Him To suffer great loss He sent us His Son To free us from sin He left us Read More …

Friendships and Fall Outs

Changing our Past! We know that we can’t literally change our past but we can give new context to our past mistakes with our future choices. We are not slaves to our past. In Christ, we have the power to overcome our weaknesses, our temptations, our pride and even our past. By His grace we Read More …

Speak Faith – Poem

SPEAK FAITH Our hearts do not fear When in the valley, we walk It is our faith that speaks Not our words as we talk Our country is broken It has been corrupted Through the sin of hate The violence erupted Only One thing can save us It is not our own might Only the Read More …

Hearing God

When you hear that voice speaking, The quiet whisper in your ear, Does it speak hope to you Or does it speak fear Does it bring to you peace Or does it bring guilt Does it inspire you to grow Or cause you to wilt Don’t let God’s truth Be distorted by lies Don’t view Read More …

More Than Skin Deep

Her tattoo is a testimony to her faith and culture in one glance. As an adopted child, Kristen struggled, at times, to reconcile her two identities. She had reunited with her birth mother and sisters and was blessed to know that she was loved by both her families. As part of her journey to her Read More …