It has been a tough week. Watching my 13 month old daughter go from having a routine fever into a full blown pneumonia in a week had me all over the place with my thoughts and emotions. Seeing her have an IV stuck in her arm and having to put a breathing mask on her...

I read this saying a few years ago and I wanted share it again for this blog post. The picture you have of yourself will affect you more than the picture you have of God. When I first read it....I was like this is so true. Our own self-portrait can get in the way of...

And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher what good deed must I do to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which ones?"...

"Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself."  (1 Samuel 18:1 NASB) "Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself."  (1 Samuel 18:3...

"But when you pray, go to your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you. When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear...