Love. Is tough. Yeah, no happy little bow tie to the end of that sentence. Its just tough. Is it fulfilling, wonderful, fun and all sorts of other good things too? YES! But it doesn’t change the fact that love takes WORK. Henry Ford once said… “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” Love does take a certain amount of work to make it successful and knowing a few… … Continue reading
I think it was Jon Acuff who coined the acronym P.R.T. or Pray Right Then…I might be wrong but I think it was him. Either way, this is something that God has been putting on my heart a lot lately…to stop and pray right then versus thinking I’ll just get to it later. I like to think that I lead such a busy life and maybe compared to some I do, but even in my… … Continue reading
Joy here and after hearing about the loss of Robin Williams, I was shocked to find out that he dealt with depression for years. This man who brought so much laughter and joy to my life struggled to find it in his own. Depression was something that I never fully understood until I experienced it this year. I am in a season of depression. It’s hard to even type out, but it’s true. Depression is… … Continue reading
So you lost your cool. You acted how you probably never thought you would act on the golf course and even said a few choice words on national tv. I don’t want to tell you how you should have done better. I don’t even want to tell you that we expected more from a Christian in the public eye. I just want to say I’m sorry. Bubba, I’m sorry for how Christians everywhere responded! You… … Continue reading
This was supposed to be an easy trip home to see the family but the trip turned out to be anything but… 1. My first leg of the trip was only supposed to be about a 4 hour drive. It took more than 6. 2. I got sick. Not the deathly, I-can’t-drive-take-me-to-a-hospital kind of sick…but the just bad enough to make the drive miserable, sick. 3. The second leg was fine (8 hours worth of… … Continue reading
We’ve all got insecurities. You can deny it right now, but you know that deep down you still have a few. A few days ago, one of my dear friends invited me to go to a party with her. When I got there I suddenly felt like I did not belong there. Everyone was super hipster and cool with amazing life stories. I did not fit with any of them. I hated feeling insecurities I… … Continue reading
It seems that every single television show plot portrays dads as incompetent or dysfunctional, which is not fair. There are amazing dads out there and we do not encourage them enough! Moms are amazing but dads play an important role in kid’s lives too. This new ad simply shares how to be an awesome dad! … Continue reading
How often do we put time constraints on how God can work in our lives? I do this all the time and just realized that I even put restrains on how long I will “allow” Him to let me suffer. We KNOW from the Bible that suffering will be a part of our journey. We KNOW that the Christian life is not easy, however we never expect that it will be in God’s plan for us… … Continue reading
C.S. Lewis wrote, “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” Maybe its the man in me, the pride I battle daily, the lingering effects of wanting to be praised, to be loved, to be followed, adored, whatever…maybe its just sin wanting to slip into my life. But true humility is something I struggle with. Humility at its most simplistic breakdown is this, it’s simply thinking about, promoting the interests of… … Continue reading
Today, I went to the Doctor for an ear ache, not expecting to have an incredible encounter with Sheila! Sheila was my nurse and we quickly started talking about life and WAY-FM! Sheila has not only listened to WAY-FM for 20 years but has been supporting it financially! She said her kids would always sing along to it in the back seat. Now one of her daughters is a missionary in Africa and boldly shares… … Continue reading
