Good morning and happy Friday. If Jesus walked into the room you're in right now, what would you do? How would you change the way you're doing everything right then? How would your worship of Him change? What are you doing that you would stop doing that instant? Why are you needing Him to walk in the door to change it all? Satan is good at what he does. He's always in our ear with the, " It's ok, it's not hurting anyone else" line. When we let Jesus stand for us in our lives just as if He's standing in the room at the moment, Satan loses his power over us. When the Holy Spirit is let loose within us to become the way we live outside, Satan has no power over us. He will flee from you. But if given even a hint of a chance, his attacks on you will intensify greatly. This is where young or new Christians loose their battles the most. "Why follow God if it's gonna be this hard all the time?". I agree, who wants that in their life when they're trying to turn it around, no one. This is a mature, stronger Christians call to arms to help a brother in need. By living our lives as if Jesus is right there we have strength through Him. And just a reminder, He's in the room right now. He's with us always. Live like it the best you can. Talk to Him daily, hourly, whatever it takes to weather the storms of life. He is with you always. Joshua 1:9. In love always. <>< 

Good morning and happy Thursday.  Perspective, we all have a different one on the way we see things. Some are similar but still have differences. Sometimes those differences are pretty far apart and off the mark all together. With a large crowd of people and a crime committed, how many different stories of how it happened do you think there will be? A crowd was gathered around a cross one day as a man was being hung on it. The ones behind the cross didn't see the love and compassion on a beaten face, they only saw the back of the cross and a little bit of the man. As saddened as those who were in the front and at the foot of the cross, they had to feel His love for them and everyone else pouring out of Him, literally. So how do those people tell the story of that day? How did they see it go down? In order to see and understand better, we have to be willing to move and see from someone else's point of view. To know what they have seen and been through to understand what they feel. If just one of those from behind the cross moves to the front, their whole world and life is changed forever. We have to stop hiding behind the cross and move to the front and start seeing the world from there. In love always. <>< 

Good morning and happy Tuesday. What a great get a way weekend with the family. It was so good to just enjoy time with them and talk about old times. The mountains are a great place to go and see God's beauty and love for us. It was nice to let home and work be out of our minds and refresh ourselves, even if only for a long weekend. We all need a reboot once in a while because we're humans and don't lay our worries and troubles down like we should. We keep trying to get them handled and before too long they've become a bigger pile of stuff. It just feels refreshing to starting this short week fresh and new and nothing as a distraction. It's been laid down and handed over to the One who handles that stuff for us. Thank you God for the fresh start to a new day, week, month, and year. In love always. <><