We mow the grass. It grows back. We have a beautiful, sunny day and the flowers look up at attention to wave at the birds in the air. However, too many sunny days and not any rain or watering will cause the flowers to shrivel up and die. They must have water. My oldest son,…

I’ve spent this morning deep cleaning both of my boys bedrooms. They usually clean them up, but their definition of clean and my definition of clean are two different things. Smashed cookies in Ziploc bags, random socks hanging out in the closet floor, lots of broken pencils, and clothes stuffed in whatever drawer they will…

There’s nothing wrong with being creative. I have been blessed enough to earn a living by being creative. Some people would call creativity as coloring outside the lines…maybe thinking outside the box or being able to come up with things that others may not even think about! I think creativity is best described as having…

On Sunday afternoon I had to make a delivery to one of my friend’s homes. At the entrance of the neighborhood is this little guardhouse. Now, I’ve never came by and seen anyone in there in times past, but Kevin made a statement as we were leaving about it being empty. He said, “What good…

I’m normally not a worrier…but it seems the last couple of weeks I have found myself in a state of worry of things that I cannot change. Wanting to be a fixer. Things that have never bothered me, have kept me up at night. I’ve been a basket-case if you want to know the truth…but…

“Your situation doesn’t compare with Who God is.” That sounds harsh when you first hear it, doesn’t it. It stings a little bit when it hits your ears, because our situations can be big. Life-changing. Sunday morning as I jotted those words down in my notes and heard the verse Jeremiah 29:11 quoted and 1…