coming clean - Quote of the Day

coming clean - Quote of the Day

Reaching milestones are bittersweet, you know they have to grow up but you still ask yourself... where did the time go?

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There is a proverb that says, who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
The dried leaves symbolize that ‘the days will pass, the leaves will dry and I have still not given you enough to say thank you’. That’s basically the whole idea behind it! In this image, I am expressing my own gratitude.. I mean, feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. Is it not?
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind…

Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but you won't get anywhere.

          The message today was on worrying, and how when we worry, we really are not operating from a place of faith. Keeping our eye on the so called problem allows us to forget what God has taken us from and how we are not alone. In Matthew 8:23 Jesus ask the disciples why they were afraid and said they had little faith. How many times have we allowed our troubles and fears to over-shadow us that we can't even see Jesus.

Challenge for the week; take a moment to realize that God is walking along side of us and turn our fear into a prayer opportunity.

7 “Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me 7 “Two things I ask of you, O LORD; 

do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the LORD ?’
Or I may become poor and steal, 

and so dishonor the name of my God.only my daily bread.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the LORD ?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

Detecting God's presence: Faith versus feelings

This was posted on tumblr, it never hurts to have encouragement.

Detecting God's presence: Faith versus feelings

All Lined Up!

While coming home from an errand this morning, I saw a group of daycare center kids walking down the street. They were no older than 3 and all were about the same height. What was interesting was that they were tethered together by a long rope with their wrists attached to the rope. They were walking and talking and singing without a care in the world; they had such confidence in their teachers. While I'm waiting for the light to change I was thinking, how cool would it be to have someone lead me around everywhere I needed to go. Not only be led but attached so I would have no chance of getting lost or separated.

Then it dawned on me.... isn't that what our relationship with God is supposed to be like. We should be so attached to Him, that we no longer worry about where we are going, we just allow ourselves to be led by Him.