It is well

because of Jesus..

I can always..

always say..

it is well with my soul

thank you Jesus

Many know my faith to be strong…

and my marriage to be strong and healthy…

and that I am raising children in the faith…

but … please remember… we live in community.

When you live IN community with strong believers,

it's not an opportunity for you to be lazy,

or negligent in your walk with Christ.

You are speaking Christ in to my family 

or you are NOT.

Matthew 12:20

"He who is not with me is against me; 

and he who does not gather with Me scatters."

We walk with Christ…

In a world of unbelievers, 

people we LOVE so dearly…

this message is NOT for them..

Jesus has given us SUCH a heart for them..

sharing His light,

His love,

His grace,

mercy

Joy 

with all the people that we meet

on any given day

is just.. who HE made us to be..

It's hard not to LOVE what Jesus loves

hard not to love WHO Jesus Loves...

This post is to our community..

Our community is full of those who know Jesus.

The body of Christ is there to minister to one another,

build one another up,

support,

encourage,

admonish,

rebuke,

sustain,

love,

feed,

care for...

If you are in that community

and 

choose not to support us,

love us,

encourage, etc...

because you see our strengths,

see our faith,

see our voice,…

you NEED to know...

your silence

your neglect,

you

are speaking a version of Christ

that I don't want for my children…

Get away from me.

Get away from my Children..

Lets just say..

i never knew you.

I am not hiding anymore…

i LOVE you

HE loves you.

I'm just going to stand over here..

way over here 

with my KING..

re-introduce yourself 

when you are ready to BE in 

REAL Community

NEVER forsaken

How is it, that so many are SO busy with 
mission and ministry
and yet fail to

 see 

and 
fail to help

 those hurting and suffering 

right in front of them…. ?

being busy, 

does not always mean that we are serving Christ… 

sometimes..

 it just means.. 

we are too busy, looking LIKE

 we are serving Christ, to actually serve Christ.. 

Scripture has a lot to say about showing favoritism in the body of Christ..

 here are just four verses… 

Acts 10:34-35 

Romans 2:11

"For God does not show favoritism"

James 2:1

"My Brethren, do not hold your faith in our

glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of 

personal favoritism."

James 2:9

"But if you show partiality, you are 

committing sin, and are convicted by the 

law as transgressors."

If someone has made you feel small…

forgotten, 

less than,

unworthy,

deleted,

or left you bleeding and wounded standing before them,

in preference for another…

just know this..

We are not to neglect one over another… 

or choose one over another when we are in service of the Lord… 

God's people will be served by HIM.. 

It is THEY that loose the glory and opportunity to SERVE the Lord 

in serving you…

for you are precious,

and will be cared for by God

In the end, it IS God they sin against when they do such things…

If you have ever felt abandoned by God's people..

please know this..

God has not abandoned you.

God's people are sinners JUST like me,

JUST like you..

and sinners will do, what sinners do..

they sin..

they fall, they fail,

they WILL let you down..

they stumble,

drop the ball,

do it all.

THEY need the Grace and mercy and forgiveness of Jesus Christ 

and readily 

as you or I…

Their failings

are NOT Christ Jesus' failings.

His love is perfect,

unfailing,

unfaltering

never ending,

hold fast to HIM,

and His mercies will be new in the morning.

Never confuse the sinner with the SAVIOR..

forgive them

as readily as you have been forgiven,

for this is what Christ Jesus would want.

not the disregarding,

or dismissing of their sin,

but the forgiveness of it.

HE will see your pain,

your suffering,

your forgotten place

and HE will restore you,

HE will renew you,

Trust in the Lord

with ALL your heart. 

HE IS WORTHY!!
you will NOT be forsaken..
God will send mercies..
love
tenderness
graces
through others…
fear not..
hold fast
YOU are NOT alone
YOU ARE LOVED!!

Even the Darkest Night will End

sometimes life's paths…. 

take us down ways that are…

dark

and twisty..

and just when we think they can't get 

any darker..

or more 

twisty..

well..

they do.

the lighting shifts…

on the path

slowly ....becomes more difficult to see.

The way, is less safe,

and even more frightening than a just a step ago.

Before, we know it..

our every day lives, feel like some sort of horror film..

we bump into shiny happy people,

and put on our shiny happy face…smile,

and enjoy their joy..bask in the light of their existence,

and suddenly they are gone..

We turn and see we are again..

alone on a path…

The thing… about being alone.. on that path..

in the dark..

is , it's so creepy..

and, frightening..

and quiet..

but LOUD.

every leaf that crinkles… beneath the foot..

stones tumbling …

rustling in the shadows…

causing our heart to race..

it skips a beat and pounds so very loudly..

adding to the strange noises in the darkness we are surrounded by..

then suddenly one

hear ones own breath.. 

the anxiety of every moment runs so very high…

"keep calm..

keep calm…

press on .. 

press on…

one step forward..

just one more..

day light cometh…"

it's the shadows that are the worst…

one MUST remember...

because they are the easiest TO fear..

It's in the shadows that our secret fears hide…

where demons reside,

where lies

and dead dreams,

and ancient tales, 

buried and told 

now forgotten,

and old…

live on..

if live is what you call them…

it really is more like

creep…

and seep 

as they try to drift into your mind…

the shadowy places

the darkest of dark spaces…

it's why we try we try as we should

two run with all our might

into the Light

the Light 

that is Jesus Christ.

when the valleys

are shadowy…

and the way is dark

and full of gloom…

we HAVE to 

hold fast…

That is what I do…

I remember the scriptures..

Holding fast to the promises of God..

praying that YOU do too,

are holding fast to His promises…

if you are walking in the shadowy places..

call out to Jesus..

and hold FAST to His promises..

because In Christ..

we have nothing to fear…

and

and as the wise Winston Churchill advised us…

don't set up camp on the scary trail..

KEEP GOING… 

you 

ARE loved

YOU are NOT alone

Life can be VERY hard..

but Jesus IS alive

IS seated at the right hand of the Father

and 

HE IS THERE RIGHT NOW 

for me and for you!

because of Him..

we've got this…

May Peace be yours as you walk 

this Path…

He is Risen