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This is Bella Zella, my Labrador retriever. She is about 5 years old and is constantly on the move and visiting other people’s homes. Bella apparently has friends everywhere, so many that even when walking her the other day, a random car stopped. The nice lady driving rolled down her window, and she had sunglasses […]

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and […]

WOUNDS A couple of weeks ago, I went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. I was pretty upset with myself for letting the filling become a necessity, but nonetheless, it was a consequence of my negligent flossing, and I had to deal with the natural progression of the consequences that result from my […]

Walk Like a Man I can’t remember a time when I couldn’t look at someone else and feel exactly what they feel. I’ve been told I show empathy well, which may be true, but I am confident that it is the Holy Spirit at work within me, leading and pushing me to pursue others. God […]

Time is a funny thing. God created it with purpose and intent, and yet He is still not subject to it. How cool is that? An infinite God that is beyond comprehension and understanding controls the fabric of time. It’s easy to think that we are in charge of the clock that is our own […]

Patience, like coffee, can be an acquired taste … or virtue. It found me when I found Christ, fully. Growing up and even into recent years, I was not a person of patience. The book of James tells us, “In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so […]

I love that blogging has been reborn; I remember in my adolescence and the younger days of the internet, blogging was the thing. As social media and individual text messaging took the world by storm, the lone blogger took a backseat to the era that encompasses Myspace-Twitter (with Facebook in the middle..) Now, it seems […]