Life's Image

Sometimes people give/offer hints, ideas, solutions, what they would do's, suggestions etc...and sometimes the same people do it every time they see or text you.  At this point in my life, I am old enough to make my own decisions, if I wanted their advice, I would ask them.  And if I made the money they made, things would be different in my life...we are all at different phases and stages in our lives and I so wish that when I respond to their comments, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HEAR ME AND GIVE ME THE RESPECT I ALWAYS EXTEND TO THEM! I don't disrespect them by going to their home and and pointing out flaws and updates that need attention.  As if I don't already know what needs to be done already!  I just know I have other priorities that exceed those ones. And further more, if you want someone to do something, tell them yourself. I'm not an owl nor a secretary and seriously, we are adults!  YOU CANT MAKE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THEY SHO...

I am a sinner, saved by grace.  Living in this world, being brainwashed by what the world believes in how we are to live out each day of our lives can be discouraging.  Discouraging only because we have been accustomed to this way if life.  We feel if we are "not" multi tasking and jam packing our calendars, we aren't living up to the worlds standard. Read that last statement again. Why on earth would we want to live up to "mans" standard? Man is far too capable of lying to you. Man manipulates you to work harder for him/her. Man deceives and money talks to him day and night. Oh my stars!!  Are you not you rejoicing?! Look around you.  As a believer we can rest in the fact that God's standard begins with Honest Love and never ends.  God does not tell you to fill your schedules so full that you neglect Him, yourself or your family.  He does not condone this world's standard.  In fact, I believe He would rather see much less on your calenda...

When I made the decision to home school my children...I had no idea what I was doing, how I was going to go about it and what changes it was going to have in my life.  I have looked around, payed attention to the parents and children in our church who have been homeschooling their children forever.  I asked lots of questions and received many different responses, but each one of them also said that homeschooling provides a controlled environment, one that envelopes the morals, beliefs and Bible time our children need. For me, it doesn't stop there.  Recently some truths and blessings have been revealed to me.   Whether it's through Facebook, news, seeing and hearing other families who have their children in a classroom, Mom and Dad are working full time jobs, etc. their routines & schedules that keep them so busy they dot have time for "quality" time with one another.  They have given their all, their best to their jobs, co-workers, Facebook, cl...

Still mulling over the message from Kirk Cameron's movie, "UNSTOPPABLE" from last night.   As a believer there is still much that can be learned and taken in from such movies.  I've read & heard the same events that took place in the Bible many times for many years...I Love that God's Word is alive!  It teaches us new things everyday, whether we are reading it for the first time or the hundredth.   God revealed to me some different & beautiful ways in sharing His love with others from that movie.  I clearly saw the love of Christ in Kirk.  From his body language to, not just his words but he follows through and puts it into action!  What a Christ-like example!! I am so thankful for our pastors at TBT, that we are blessed to see this in each of them as well!! Have much to pray about and look forward to putting what God has laid on my heart, into action as well!! Won't you pray today for an area that you too can step out in faith? ...

I woke up this morning with some thoughts and images in my mind that had caused my heart to cringe yesterday.  In fact, I may even offend some of my friends and family with what I'm going to say.   After having been out shopping with my husband yesterday, I felt a deep calling to write about it...but, in my heart I knew it would be risky and the possibility of losing some people in my life kept me from being obedient to my Lord.  Lord forgive me for not putting Your call into action immediately. I feel I need to share a bit from my past so that I am transparent here and so those who have a time frame ready in their mind regarding it, won't need to comment. Not just a year ago, I too wore clothes that revealed cleavage and made sure that I wore the "perfect" bra so that they were presented well.  And even before then, I made choices in my life that I know did not win people to Christ.  In fact, I'm sure I kept some from even seeing Him in...

How do we forgive someone who has wronged us or hurt someone we love? How can we forgive when we don't feel forgiveness. Carrie ten Boom, survivor of a women's Nazi concentration camp, wrote, " Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature if the heart." For every Christian, forgiveness is a choice, in order to fully receive God's forgiveness we must willingly extend forgiveness to others. Though an act of her will. Corrie forgave her persecutors and her sister's murderers.  Jesus forgave humankind of even more.  How can we do less? ~(From  "The Bible Promise Book for Women) For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matthew  6:14 , 15 KJV) And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath fo...