I was so thrilled to get to visit with a very dear long time friend of my family yesterday. She used to coach with my husband at the local University and had moved on to another job, as coaches are known to do. Her job took her all the way across the country so we don’t get to see her much, but have stayed in touch all these years. She’s been gone a very long time. I love friends that have known you forever…something special in that.

We all stood together

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~Marcel Proust

When I see a beautiful garden I often think of all the work that went into planting it and keeping it weed free. People are much the same as a garden. Healthy, secure and strong relationships require much tenderness, love and care. People must be nurtured just like a garden.

Your heart is a garden to house your soul…just like a green house full of moisture and beautiful foliage is

There is an old hymn that goes, “What can wash my sin away? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh precious is the flow that can make me white as snow. No other fountain I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

I was raised Baptist by parents who never went to church as kids, but met Jesus in a radical way as adults. I have full gospel spiritual gifts since childhood that eventually lead my heart to a Pentecostal church. I am called of God to the Protestant community, but

“When God breaks through in power, we must follow through in process, in transition.” -Graham Cooke

When God brings revelation to our heart and speaks a promise from heaven within us…He must first begin with a revolution in us. Once the revelation is made and we step fully forward by faith into the new dimension required for the promise to come to pass, then and only then can the Promise be made manifest through us and for us.

Sometimes the pressing forward is difficult. We cling a little to the old for

Social graces can be contagious when you are consistently and persistently outrageous in your acceptance of others.

One of the things that makes a touch from God dazzling bright is His ability to lift people out of their storms of life, take a spirit that is broken and contrite and ignite it with His eternal flame. But what does that mean? It means God loves to rescue. People everywhere are trying to fill their hearts, their lives, their homes, their bellies, their wallets but non of it can make them content.

“Then Daniel distinguished himself…because an excellent spirit was in him…” Daniel 6:3

Have you ever known someone who did things to excellence or seen something done beyond well done? Going the extra mile and pouring your very best into something is different from “being perfect”. But rather it is about allowing Gods perfection to make residence within our hearts and then flow through us as He guides us to do.

If you want to go to the next level, then you must first begin by taking some time to “press in”.

God’s Beauty is Elegant and Gracious. It is never aimless. It is Potent and Powerful. He is Omniscient, Omnipresent and Magnificent. If you know Him, you know what I’m talking about. He is a Shameless Promoter of humanity and a hopeful romantic for the destiny of every individual as far as His eye can see. I find all of this completely Lovely. I want, and always have wanted, that same beautiful heart of Christ to burn in me. Not everyone wants it and definitely not everyone understands it. But those

I wrote this post at least a year or two ago. I was reminded this week that the ministry of Jesus was all about healing. It wasn’t fancy, just simple. It had a comforting draw in the heart much like how people become nestalgic for the comfort of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Not glamorous, just good. Enjoy a bite and be encouraged if you hunger for more of God’s love in your life and wish to be an expression of his love do tangible others can feel Him

My Grandmother used to have this stainless steel pressure cooker that’s she only used for making pot roast. It was delicious! My Mom did the same. So when I was a girl, I could always tell pot roast night by the sound of the little steam valve on the top that would release the steam from the pot and would make a little whistle noise. If you’ve never had pot roast from a pressure cooker you’ve missed out. Not even a crock pot can compare in the moistness, tenderness and

I’ve got this phone…
Aren’t phones today incredible? Cell phones in particular can do pretty much anything short of launching a space shuttle and for all we know, THEY CAN! After a few years we generally become eligible for a renewed contract with our carrier and we can get a new and even better phone. This all makes me smile because I don’t know all the things my phone can do as it is.

Your connection with God is much like your fancy cell phone. You have 24/7 access and you have