As children we naturally know how to play. You don’t have to teach a child what play is, or how to laugh - it’s just comes to them as natural as breathing. However, the older we get and the more doses of reality we take in, something happens to our wholesome ability to play well. …
Category: Encouragement
New Beginnings
New beginnings invite us to experience a fresh start with new opportunities, adventures, relationships, and even challenges. And who doesn’t appreciate a good challenge? Though there is risk of failure, there is also the enjoyment of being in the game, choosing to dance, and to pursue the potential victories. Yet, it’s the risk and fear …
The True You?
One of the greatest gifts God gives His children is a deeper knowledge about themselves. Many of us pick up pieces of personalities throughout our life and paste them to ourself in a makeshift kind of collage that presents to the world how we wish to be known. It’s a tattoo that displays attitude, appearance, …
Joy Ride
Clearly life is not and will not always be a joy ride. Jesus even told us that. Yet, thankfully, there are joyous moments and occasions we can share and experience, and with God, we know this joy is everlasting. For me, I have often felt like a mangy mutt, who had been beat down, and …
Discover The Beauty
I heard a radio DJ sign off with the catch phrase, “Be good to yourself, and better to others”. I liked it, because it’s a pretty good reminder - but as I pondered all that goes into those two simple points, there were various convictions, I’m not sure the DJ was trying to make. First, …
Freedom Fighters
In a book I recently read, the following question was posed to ponder - “can anything good, or beautiful in this world be protected without a fight”? I don’t believe so, for unfortunately in this world, it seems such things are often hunted and marred. But isn’t this what we are told by God the …
Beyond Measure
In Jesus’ prayer for us in John 17, He prays that we may know that God loves us As Much As He loves Jesus. That’s staggering. We are loved this deeply by The King of Heaven and Earth! The reality is the enemy attacks what is valuable, beautiful, and good. Therefore, He creates doubt, uncertainty, …
Circus Act
In the circus the animals are rewarded for their acceptable behavior. They are trained to perform, and as such, they receive something favorable and good in return. Thankfully, we aren’t God’s circus animals. He doesn’t work like that with us. Rather, His kindness leads to repentance. It’s His unconditional love and goodness towards us even …
To Be A Rock And Not To Roll
Stairway To Heaven is no doubt one of the most well known rock n’ roll songs of all time. And various interpretations, analysis, and commentaries have been made about it. So, I won’t do that - but there is one lyric, amongst the many, that stands out to me, and it comes at the very …
Under The Dragon’s Wing
I was watching the movie, Gangs of New York recently and one of the lines in the movie that resonated with me was, and I’m paraphrasing, is “there is a warmth that strangely exists under the dragon’s wing.” Obviously, this may conjure up various images in one’s mind and perhaps has just as many diverse …
