Do you ever struggle? Do you feel overwhelmed by the busyness of your life? Do you wake up running and collapse at night frustrated because you were not able to get it all done? There is so much noise. Do you hear it? So much noise from all that is competing for our attention. We wear so many hats and try desperately to keep them all perched perfectly atop our head...

Intimacy with Jesus? Do we even know what that is? What would it look like? I mean…we say we experience it, but if we don’t…who do we talk to about it? How do we know if we are intimate with Jesus or not?

Do you worry and find yourself fearful about tomorrow or what might happen? Can we be filled with faith and filled with fear at the same time? What would Jesus have us to do?…

It’s time to take a spiritual assessment. Let’s get real so that we can get right. There is a better way than our way. Our opinion is not what determines where we are spiritually. We must use God’s word to measure the condition of our heart. Let’s just use this one man and this one verse and see how we compare. You see, no matter who we have been in the past, no matter what we have done…

I am busy…so busy…too busy! It is a busy time of year. I have so much on my plate. You have no idea all that I have going on right now. We make lists on paper and on our phones. We write them on our calendars and hang them on the fridge. Regardless of how loaded our plate - or platter - may be, we seem to focus on the load and our own ability to carry it. It consumes our mind. We think about it all day long, even when we are trying to have family time, even as we drift off to sleep…

We stop short of experiencing what God has for us. We are short sighted and can only see what is right in front of us. We short change ourselves and deny ourselves the abundance of what Christ came to offer us. Stop shorting yourself…

Who has time to study the Bible? I mean, really? We have so much going on every single day. Why can’t we just wait until Sunday and let our pastor tell us what it says? He understands it better than we do. Why is it important to open God’s word, read it, digest it and actually study it to gain understanding…

May Day! May Day! We need a Savior! Oh, that’s right – we have One! What we need is an intervention. Stop what you are doing and challenge yourself; Where does Jesus rank in your life? Is He more important than your career? Do you regard Him higher than your own thoughts and opinions? Do you put Him before your family? If we are honest, we may have to face the truth that we are addicted to our own ways, feelings and desires. We may find that we cannot experience intimacy with Jesus until we lay ourselves down...

We have been talking about what we are supposed to do with our belief in Jesus. We wonder if we even understand why He did what He did. And, if we do get it – are we living out our belief in Him? Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came so that we could have life and have it more abundantly. Yet, we worry, fear, and struggle with insecurity. None of those sound like abundant living. How do we step into what Jesus came to offer us? How do we live out our faith…

If we were sitting face to face and chatting about Jesus and our relationship with Him, you would declare you know the answer to the question, “Why did Jesus do what He did?” You would tell me about the time you accepted Him as your Savior and you would share all your head knowledge of Him with me. You would talk about your blessings and your Bible study group. You would smile and humbly acknowledge that you still have changes to make and like all believers – you realize you could do better...

Spring has sprung, Easter has passed, and the resurrection talk has ceased. So, here we sit – having posted family pics with our Easter attire and super cute baskets – left to decide, “What am I going to do with Jesus?”

We all have relationship struggles from time to time. Some are serious and some are trivial. Some of us long for deep, connected, intimate relationships, while others just go along to get along - never truly understanding what they are missing...

What if you have it all wrong? What if what you are doing is dangerous? What if your good intentions fall short when it matters the most?

Oh, how I wish I could have taken you to the Holy Land with me. What an amazing 10-day trip with a fabulous group of people! We saw sights and learned about things I never imagined...

Where does it say to judge others and determine if they are worthy of our love? Where in the Bible does it talk about getting to know someone before we decide if we love them? They need to earn our love, right? What does it say about cutting off our love when our expectations are unmet? Hmmmm….. 

Have you found your soulmate? Have you found your one great love? Have you found the one who will complete you? Oh, how we long for a soulmate, the love of a lifetime. Have you found him or are you still searching… hoping…