Don't Give Up

You can love me, hate me, like me, dislike me, talk about me, judge me, disagree with me, wish me malice or what have you, but I will not be shaken. I still love you. This is my heart. I have learned that my love for you, has nothing to do with me, but is all about Him. My peace comes from Him. My love comes from Him. I will not be shaken. I will not be moved. I will not be bullied, or scared, I will not cower in fear, or stop loving because you don’t like what I’m doing. I still love you. I have learned that I can do all things through the One who loved me first. I have learned from His example that it is possible to be hated and in return show unconditional love. I have learned that bearing my cross is a journey I will do, assisted only by the One who created my path. I am not alone. I have learned because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, so are you. I have learned I was not the only one He died for, He died for you too. He loves you, I must love you too. I have lear...

Many times throughout our life we come to a crossroad. We stand still in the presence of choices. One path we think will lead us to happiness, another holds the possibility of peace, the more difficult road has the potential to lead us to great wealth, but only one road leads to Jesus, and on that road you will find all of the above and more. The road of repentance is the road that leads to Jesus. This becomes the greatest crossroad of our life, because so many times, we don’t want to face the wrong that we have done, and we think if we keep running from it, it will eventually go away, but it won’t, not until  you ask for forgiveness. It will haunt you and follow you all the days of your life. This is by far the most difficult road you will ever travel, but it also holds the greatest reward, eternal life. On this road you will look into many mirrors and see many faces. Who are these faces you ask? They are you. They are those moments where you made choices good or bad that now ...

Simply put life can be tough. We all have good days and bad days, emotional days with highs and lows that would scare the most certifiably insane person, and days we feel like zombies. We have days when everything seems to go right and fall into place (I love those days), days where the bottom falls out (I hate those days),  and then days we don’t even want to get out of bed. We have days that start off great and then go to hell in a handbasket. We have days that start off terrible, but somehow a magical moment, turns it around, and it ends up being an okay day. Life is unpredictable, scary, crazy, busy, amazing, wonderful and joyous, all served together with a side of cookies and sauerkraut. I like it when Forrest Gump says, “Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re gonna get”. When we wake up each morning, the gift of a brand new day awaits us. Every morning that we open our eyes, we open them to a day, that was not promised, a day full of unexpected advent...

When you pray for God to open a door, look out, because He is going to open a door. They key is, you need to be in tune with the Spirit, so you recognize the door that is being opened. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you can’t tell God what to do. I mean, you can, but He’s God, He is going to do things His way. Our job, as His children, is to follow His plan, His leading, and then wait to be utterly amazed at the things He does in our lives. My newest adventure started over a year ago, when I was in my prayer closet, and I was asking God to open more doors for me to minister and spread His message to the multitudes. I love what I do. I just want to do more of it. For all of 2015, I prayed this prayer, and in every response, I heard, “be still and know that I am God”. It was hard to be still, but I learned to listen and wait on the Lord. Then 2016 came and it was time for action. With the Lord’s leading, I increased my blogging, I started a Facebook Ministry Page and I ...