Mirror Images

     We had a wonderful Christmas! Which I am super thankful for, especially after the thoughts and struggles I had going into it. It was so much easier to get into the Christmas spirit watching my 9 yr old reading the story of the birth of Jesus to his 3 siblings and having them all so engaged. They were right there as soon as he opened the Bible. It makes my heart overflow with love. Thank you Lord for Your Faithfulness!  See aren't they precious???   As we inch closer toward 2016, I am finding myself still stuck in a bit of the "blues". Still. I defiantly had a refrain during the parties we did have. Although, I still feel a little like Eeyore, from Winnie the Pooh.  Which leads my thinking, if not kept in check, to be like this..."everyday is the same, nothing ever changes. Life marches on whether we are actively involved or not". There is truth in this thought process, but not Truth.      So last night as I was praying for those in m...

   It is December 23, 2015 just 2 days before Christmas (my favorite time of the year) and I have been fighting tears for weeks, maybe months. Where is my Christmas joy? It's hard to tell how much time has passed...One of my closest friends was recently diagnosed with cancer. I don't want to be selfish, I want to think about her, and how to help her, and how to serve her and her family so they know how very loved they are...but it's hard. I haven't talked and laughed with her in a while. And I really just miss my friend.   If it was just one friend with cancer that might be heart breaking, but there are multiply families in our lives who have cancer, and I feel very helpless in all their situations. I pray, petition heaven for healing, ask the Lord what He is doing, then go back and pray more. I feel so helpless. I hate feeling helpless...I am a fixer, a do-er.   But as I continue to seek the Lord in their situations I continue to hear Him say, trust, faith, timing...

Last week we were attending our home church, and I very clearly got an impression from the Lord.  We were singing this song Ever Be, and our worship team was singing these lyrics... "You Father the orphan Your kindness makes us whole And you shoulder our weakness And your strength becomes our own Now you're making me like you Clothing me in white Bringing beauty from ashes For You will have Your bride Free of all her guilt and rid of all her shame And known by her true name and it's why I sing" When the words "For You will have Your bride..." were sung, I was brought to tears. Then the words "Free of all her guilt and rid of all her shame..." just continued to move me, but not for me. Here is why, there are so many Christians who are held back by hidden guilt and shame. Shame of past deeds. Buried behind intentions of better behavior, or greater works. It has held us back from singing with our whole hearts. From being "sold out" for...