Called To Love

Entering the 3rd week of shelter in place from this pandemic I've found myself seeking a spiritual balance for a new normal. During my old normal, I had grown accustomed to my morning prayer time as I traveled to work, my devotional reading time at the beginning of my workday, my daily opportunities to share and witness with co-workers throughout the day. Earlier this week I began to notice myself replacing those spiritual normals with new normals that didn't always include God. I found myself distracted by fear, worry, and despair. It's not that I had lost faith but I allowed Satan to distract me and shift my focus. I felt like Peter when he took his eyes off Jesus. As we navigate through this new normal of isolation and separation from man, we must remember that we are never separated from God. "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.." Psalms 46:1 To add to that assurance, God had me to read deeper into the passa

I never thought in all my days I would witness seeing waves of unmistakable signs that God is trying to get our attention. Waves of violence, waves of unexpected and unpredictable weather, now a global pandemic. Let me be real... I'm human, and have concerns... not so much am I scared, but concerned that first of all there are still those who despite God's warnings and signs still chose not to recognize him as the God. My second concern is about those who know God, but are being reckless... Now is the time to mobilize the army of believers to strenghten the Body of Christ through prayer and His word... Don't let selfish, self serving, ideological motives seperate Gods people from each other or Him... God's word is clear to those who hear and believe. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their la

As a child, when I would get hurt I would always tell the story of what happened. If I fell off my bike, I would share how fast I was going and what I was trying to jump over. When I fell out of the tree, I bragged about how high I got before I slipped. Those experiences produced scars. The scars I acquired in my youth all came with a story of triumph. As we get older our scars no longer remind us of the triumphs, but of the pain, the lies, the helplessness, and worthlessness. The enemy uses them against us. He uses them as a trap and we become disappointed in whom we have become. I am so glad that we have a God that takes our scars and turns them into badges of victory. We have a God that is crazy in love with us! He sees the scars whether internal or external and reminds us that its okay not to be ok because through whatever we are facing, he is there. He seals the deal by showing us his scars. Understand that God could have removed his scars upon his resurrection, but he chose

Many of us have found ourselves in a desperate place. We become overwhelmed by our situations, circumstances, and responsibilities. We feel that we have failed when the results are not what we expect. We begin to believe the lies about ourselves and God and fall victim to our thoughts.  You have to know where those thoughts come from... "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44 Be encouraged! We serve a God of Extraordinary patience, strength and unwavering power. Know that when you find yourself in a fight for your life, you just need to give the fight over to God! It's ok that we don't get it all right... God is not expecting perfection, just faith. "I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the