The Light House

You are the light to guide each step we take to direct us on the path we need to follow in life. You are our strength, you are our comfort, you are our hope, you are our everything. I thank you Lord for always being there with us in every second of life.

I feel like we have times when we are confused or may not understand why we go through things or why certain things happen but we know you will not allow anything in front of us that is far beyond what you know we can handle. You are not far from our grasp, all we have to do is reach for you.

You seem to always make a way for us. I lay my entire life at the foot of the cross because I know you are there. I believe everything you do in our life is out of your great and perfect love for us. I pray we are able to depend on and to lean totally on you. May we put on the full armor of God in every move we make today.

Thank you God for another day of life. You continue to remind us that with every breath we take each day, we can make our future brighter if only we just seek to do the Will of God. Have a blessed day everyone! God bless you.

Find Peace in the presence of God

 We can't always be sure of how God will continue to move mountains on a daily basis for us, what He is going to do from one minute to the next or when God is going to reveal all to us because it is impossible to predict everything that can happen in a person's lifetime but from my own personal experience I can tell you the presence of God is going to be felt right on time just when we know we need it most. 

God has a plan for everything under the sun that is much better than anything we could have ever imagined but sometimes we fail to see it because it is not done the way we thought it should be or the way prayed it would get done. We tend to forget things hardly ever happen on our time or when we want them to happen. We have to trust in God's timing for all things.

I think if we can be still, be patient and we listen quietly we will see God in many unimaginable ways to remind us each and every day of how much we are loved and kept safe at all times in the hands of God.We may struggle to believe this but our faith is the key to unlock each and every promise God has for us today. Be ready to see the beautiful plan God has for us in our life. 

The power of the Holy Spirit

The Worship team sang Nothing Else by Cody Carnes in church yesterday. I was sitting there listening when this verse caught my attention.

"I'm sorry when I've just gone through the motions.

I'm sorry when I just sang another song.

Take me back to where we started 

I open up my heart to You.

I'm sorry when I've come with my agenda.

I'm sorry when I forgot that you are enough.

Take me back to where we started

I open up my heart to You.

Immediately out of nowhere and unexpected I felt tears fill my eyes. The presence of the Holy Spirit is a powerful thing. I thought to myself how many times do we as humans just go through the motions of it instead of really listening to God?

If only we will not let our mind get so caught up in things that we don't pay attention to what God has to say through us. We are a tool out of God's tool box to spread the message of hope we have through Him.

I encourage you to stop listen and pay attention today because that's when you begin to see the blessing in store for your life. Take us back to where we started so that we will open up our heart to receive the gift of God's love for us.

Turn your eyes to God in prayer.

The unnecessary negativity is too much to read sometimes but instead of getting upset with the way the world works i'll give it to God in prayer because what do we have to lose right? I believe we lose nothing for praying but we gain a lot of things.

I ask God in my prayer to help us to bring peace into the world we live in today. The kind of peace that can only come from God.

Where there is hatred, may we show God's love to others. Where there is sadness, may we show the joy we find in Christ alone. Where there is darkness, I pray we are able to shine the light of God for others. Where there is doubt, may God help us to share the faith and hope of our Savior Jesus Christ.

I pray we not only seek to find compassion and acceptance from one another, as much as to be understood by others. To be loved as we love one another in return unconditionally as God has taught us to do.

It is in giving we can see the blessings of God first hand in our lives on a day to day basis. It is in forgiving others God has forgiven us. It is all in God and only God who has given all of us the blessing of love and life.

The unconditional love of God is a beautiful gift.

 If there is one thing we could share with anyone and everyone before we part from this world, it should be to share the love of God with others.

The love we show or the seeds we leave behind can grow and spread inside the heart of a person into something more beautiful than we could ever imagine.

I leave you with a reminder that you have value and worth more than you will ever know, you are loved by those around you and God's unconditional love for us will endure forever. Have a great day everyone!

Every day choices

Every day we have a choice to make, we can look at the day as just another day of the same old thing, or we can take it to a whole new level and look at the day as something special. We can take today and do something completely different than what we did yesterday. A new day gives us many chances. We are given 24 hours for a reason. It is ours to do what we please. How will you spend your day? Today I will make my day all that it can be. I will do what I can and use what I have to make a difference. I will be thankful and reflect on all of the things that I have been blessed with in my life. Yeah, I may not be able to do some things physically but I will look for the things that I can do and do them. Everyone knows that I am not the type of person to look down on myself for things that I can't physically do, you shouldn't either. Yes their may be things that are hard for you but there is plenty more out there for everyone. Make every day of your life something special because you as a person are something special. Use all your gifts and talents that God has given you. Every day should be special to you. It doesn't have to be a special holiday, birthday or anything like that. You should make every day that you see the sunrise count for something. Life is precious and I pray that we all remember that and never take a day we were given for granted. Spend all the time you can with loved ones, tell them that you love them and always enjoy the time you get with them. Have a very blessed day everyone!

You know you are truly blessed when your heart desires nothing more than the little every day gifts you have already been provided with by God. It is made even more special when you have people who make each day worth while just by being a part of your life. I love every single minute of this journey we call life. I am grateful to enjoy time spent with people who keep the laughter going strong and a smile on my face at all times. It certainly is the most beautiful gift we could have ever been given from God. Have a blessed day everyone!

Every Day Changes...

It's amazing to see how much things continue to change in our lives every day. There is nothing that ever stays the same, things can change in an instant. I don't see that as a bad thing though I believe if it weren't for the changes in our lives nothing would be uniquely different, there would be nothing exciting in our lives and there would be no reason to get up in the morning and look forward to a new day, nothing to make us happy, there wouldn't even be a reason to smile every day.

The changes teach us many things about life, they help us to be more compassionate, loving and understanding towards others and their situations. They teach us to have patience and faith. The experiences we have in life help us to see things in a different way sometimes too. They help us to learn to appreciate life and all the blessings that come with the life God gave us. 

I don't know about you but I think that life should be exciting, something that we look forward to every day we are blessed to see another day. Thank you God for this day you have given me to enjoy and to share with all of the family and friends in my life. I look forward to whatever you have in store for me and I trust you will be by my side through it all.

The Beauty of Believing in a Higher Power

As a believer in a higher power stronger than anything on earth I know God is the only path to follow for us to have true hope, love and peace that surpasses all understanding in our life but first we must pray we are able to see the world through the eyes of God.

There is never a time God does not notice us. He is right there waiting for us to ask Him into our heart to change our life. Be patient and allow God into your world to do what He knows is best for you.

It's not always easy, especially when we feel like we are not in control of anything going on in life but God will never let us down. Keep the faith and lean on God to give you strength today. Have a great day everyone!

The blessing of a Christian life

When we have a strong faith as a Christian it does not mean life is a piece of cake for us. We will continue to have struggles or challenges it will take a lot of effort, strength, faith, prayer, and perseverance to keep moving forward but in all things during every struggle that may arise God will help us to be strong enough to conquer them.

It's important to allow ourselves to cry, to feel, to get on our knees in prayer. There is nothing on this earth we face that is out of God's hands. He will keep us safe and wrap His loving arms around us. He will dry up every tear when we feel the weight of the world is too heavy to bare.

Don't keep your feelings in, talk to God give it all to Him because God is greater and stronger than we can imagine. He has already reminded us daily that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Be at rest today my friends because our life is in good hands with God. I pray God will bless you with a wonderful day!

Do you trust God?

Sometimes I think circumstances can make us feel like the boat is about to sink from under us, fear will slowly start to creep inside our heart and mind, stress will keep us up at night but there is hope because God is able to deliver us from anything on our journey. If we truly rest in God, hand every part of us over to Him in prayer God is able to see us through it all.

Whatever we are in the middle of right now I pray we trust and believe in God to make a way for all of us. May God remind us as much as possible we never travel through this world all on our own but that He will go before us in all things. 

Let us embrace all that happens in life to remind one another daily of the unconditional love God has for every single one of us. Be faithful and always remember to give God thanks and praise for everything He continues to do for us.

I put my faith hope and trust in God. Will you trust Him to take care of your life today? Have a blessed day everyone!