Take a break to praise your Creator. Stomp it out. Scream it out. Shake it out. Release the tensions and frustrations binding you in this climate of intentional terror. For those of us who are awake belong to the day. We are to “put on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.”
Tag Archives: joy
I Missed My Smile: A Birthday Reel
An ode to a smile that rarely surfaces anymore. She came out and stayed a while during my recent #birthday 🎂 trip.Do you miss your smile?Self help: Go to a happy place, take/do something that makes you feel #joy, take a #selfie. Revisit selfie in humdrum moments. You’ll be transported. ☺️ Birthday joy 😊 AContinueContinue reading “I Missed My Smile: A Birthday Reel”
Marriage or Happiness?
(Thoughts on a thread of comments from social media in early 2023.) Joy like breathing He said, “Committing to joy is like breathing. You don’t have to think about it. Joy is easy. Commitment is hard. Commit to hard things.” This viewpoint seems incredibly detached from a life lived in reality and truth. It comesContinueContinue reading “Marriage or Happiness?”
Reflection: What do you need to rebound from?
Rebounding from a physical and emotional low has its advantages
Sunset Photo Walk w/Father + Son
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hosting Rio and Rei for my Sunset Photo Walk Along Lake Michigan. Father and son are on a road trip from Washington DC to New Mexico. I’m so pleased they added my #airbnbexperience to their stop in #Milwaukee Young Rei is into photography and got some great practice timeContinueContinue reading “Sunset Photo Walk w/Father + Son”
Devotional: A Lost Son Found
A person is not saved by a good heritage nor condemned by a bad one; faith is more important than genealogy. Jesus still loves to bring the lost into his kingdom, no matter what their background or previous way of life. Through faith, the lost can be forgiven and made new.
Devotional: Love as He Loves
True joy transcends the rolling waves of circumstance. Joy comes from a consistent relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus is the vine, and God is the gardener who cares for the branches to make them fruitful. The branches are all those who claim to be followers of Christ. The fruitful branches are true believers who by their living union with Christ produce much fruit.
Don’t lead with your pain.
There’s been an unconscious mantra making rounds in my head for the last few months. Don’t lead with your pain. Simple enough as thoughts go. A complex algorithm as far as implementation goes. No matter where I begin my life story, death has a starring role… or at least a pivotal one. I’ve always thoughtContinueContinue reading “Don’t lead with your pain.”
ACAD – Praise: Psalm 66
Come and see what God has done:
he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
He turned the sea into dry land;
they passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
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ACAD – Praise: Psalm 33
The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue. {Click to read full chapter.}
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