My husband and I finally made it to go see the Green Lantern this weekend! I know we are a little behind…. but we are cheapskates….and it was playing at the dollar theater.
We absolutely love movies, and this one did not disappoint! Not only was the movie fantastic but the message it carried was incredible. It centered around the viral power of fear and fighting said fear with the power of will. Continue Reading
I am reading through Isaiah right now and it is difficult to read through without noticing that God is really big on the fact that He alone is God. There are countless rants throughout the book covering the subject of idols, which can pretty much be sufficiently covered by the very technical and theological statement, “People who worship idols that they made are downright stupid.” Period, the END. Oh, if only it were that simple to identify our own idols…
I have a great friend and mentor that explained to me a word picture of how she viewed the bible’s explanation of what makes up our spirit: your mind, your will, and your emotions. She explains that your mind is like a ship at sea, your emotions are the ocean surrounding, and your will are the rudders of your ship. I will also add that I think the weather is indicative of the hills and valleys we come across in this world. When my friend spoke this simple metaphor to me to help me understand the roles that our mind, will, and emotions play on our everyday lives, I decided she was brilliant! You see when your emotions are calm and its sunny outside it is easy to steer the course of your ship/mind towards your intended destination, but when the sea begins to get a little choppy you have to rely more on your will to ensure a steady course. But for those of you women who understand, like I do, that our emotions sometimes come through with forces that rival a Tsunami, you know that the wisest decision to ensure you (and the people around you) survive in one piece is to use your mind to pull down the sails so that your ship is less affected by the winds and just drop anchor so at least you know you won’t get thrown off-course. Continue Reading
I heard a message long ago that was titled Worship & Witness by one of our local megachurch pastors Robert Morris. It has been a sermon I have clung to for personal wisdom since the day I heard it. The premise is very important for what I know God is teaching me today:
Robert explained that if you look at Old Testament Israel you would see that Israel as a whole was designed to do 2 major things: Worship & Witness. When in an epic war, which Israel was in a vast majority of the time, their troops would regularly rotate from the battle lines back to the Temple to worship God. That they needed to fill up personally with God constantly so that they could return to the battle with a fresh revelation of God. Continue Reading
I just have to take today to brag on (or “honor” for those of you who were in church yesterday) our amazing Pastor’s wife, and Pastor herself, Terica. It doesn’t matter how close or far away you have witnessed her life, you know that this blog could go on for a long time if I was going to list all of her amazing qualities. But for today I will just share one precious lesson that she has taught me without even knowing it herself.
I think a lot of women, myself included, tend to approach their spouses like they are their husband’s personal life coach. Just like our high school sports coaches during game time, we think that our jobs consist of providing minute by minute directions from the sidelines of our spouse’s life. Then after each game is over making sure that we go over all of their positives and negatives with them. We tend to think that we are the sole contributor to our husband’s training and future improvement. Continue Reading
