Life Story

Tomorrow starts a new 365 day book for our life stories. What will your story be? Will you live a joy-filled life, filled with love for those around you, no matter what may be going on in our country, our world, and life in general? We choose the legacy we leave behind each day, so choose wisely and be the change you want to see in the world. One person can make a difference.  Will you offer hope, love, joy?  Will you care about those around you and not just focus on self, and the problems that face us each day?  Hope and love can change us, can change those around you.  Choosing joy, real deep down inside us joy, can get us through difficult times, and enhance good times.  What will you choose for 2013?  What legacy will you leave, not just in the year 2013, but each and every day?  Each day matters, each moment matters.  How will you choose to live the precious moments that God gives you?  Will you offer hope to a hurting world? Will you love?  Will you be a light shining out, offering hope?  Take time to write out a life story that others want to be a part of, and will be blessed to walk the journey beside you through this coming year.  Blessings for a new year. 

The Heart of Christmas

I wish the world and this nation would focus on remembering the heart of Christmas. There is so much unrest, so much division, so much hate, and so much anger. Take time to focus on the true heart of Christmas, and love those around you deeply. Keep the heart of Christmas going every day.

Please join me in praying for peace, and wisdom for our nation, our leaders, and our world.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  CELEBRATE JESUS AND HIS BIRTH!  



For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Hope

Hope.  Many people are looking for hope.  Many people are looking in the wrong places.  You cannot find hope from within yourSELF.  You cannot find hope in any type of substance, food, person, possession.  Hope, true hope, can only be found in one place, Jesus.  He came to this world to give us hope, hope for more than this life offers us on earth.  I don't know about you, but that alone gives me hope.  If this world was all there was, it would be a very bleak existence, which many live in because they don't turn their lives to Jesus and live a life centered in Him.  Yes, we still have to live here, and experience the darkness in this world, but Jesus came to give us light, to give us hope.  Hope for more than this life, life eternal, life that never ends, always in His presence.  He overcomes the darkness in this world, and the darkness will not overpower Him, ever.  

Do you need hope today?  Look to Jesus.  It's the reason He was born, it's the reason He died for us, to give us never-ending hope.








And his name will be the hope of all the world. Matthew 12:21 

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.  And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.  And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:3-5

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.  Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times.  Share with God’s people who need help. Bring strangers in need into your homes. Romans 12:11-13

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:7


The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.  John 1:5

Is There Room?

Not only at Christmas, but every moment of every day, this is something we have to decide in our lives.............