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Soooo much in this picture. Notice it's equal! One is not more valuable than the other ! The husband is LEADING . G...
11/22/2024

Soooo much in this picture. Notice it's equal! One is not more valuable than the other ! The husband is LEADING . Going first. . but the wife is certainly doing her part and who knows if it would be impossible without her. Leadership is not dictatorship, it's not one greater than the other. In fact leadership sometimes means you go first in the difficult things.. humility, grace, forgiveness, even love. (We love Him because He first loved us). Sometimes leadership means recognizing the strength of another and acknowledging they may be better at something than you are.. .. nurturing comforting , teaching and not seeing those things as your spouse disrespecting you or putting the kids before you, but functioning in her God given gift! /relationship

09/10/2024

I'm thankful for the rejection of them, so that I would run to Him.

05/06/2024

Today during worship I became overwhelmed. Overwhelmed not only with the presence of God, but in the recognition of every good blessing coming from Him. I stood there holding my 4 month old grandson, Levi. His arms and legs stretching back and forth in a rhythmic motion with every beat of the drum. He watched as the children danced before the Lord waving flags of freedom. He did this through the entirety of worship, never tiring of it. When I tell you he was worshiping, I believe that with my heart. Since he was born I have seen a light in him. I knew he would love to worship just like his Gigi does. (that’s me 😊 ). I envisioned him up there dancing in a few years and realized the blessing it is to have a place to worship in freedom and raise my grandchild to understand “This” is normal. I pray he never knows the bo***ge of religion that makes him feel shame or rejection. I pray he never feels obligated but always invited into the presence of Yaweh. I pray he walks in freedom and leads others there. I pray we can teach him the love of the Father.
I thought of my grandma Gibbs. When I was little I went to church with her a lot. I think of her so often when I think of Gods grace on my life and where He has brought me to. I think of the old song that says, “thank you, for giving to the Lord, I am a life, that was changed”. I wish she could know that her sacrifice is still changing generations. Her great-great grandson worshipped the Lord today at only 4 months old. I wish I could tell her that her grandson is about to take his first mission trip to fulfill part of the call God has on his life. I wish she could see Cheyenne, seeing with spiritual eyes and using her authority to pray over her family.
I am seeing the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. I am witnessing change in my generations. And I know God isn’t done. But, I just wanted to stop for a minute today and take it all in.
And I tell you this, to encourage you. Keep believing, keep pushing, don’t give up. Things did not always look this way for my family. There was a time my daughter was lost in addiction, my son was sinking in depression, Levi was only a prayer for a rainbow baby after a devastating miscarriage. I wish I had time for the whole story.
I am still facing giants. I am still looking at mountains that would appear impossible. But I don’t look at them the same anymore.

Zechariah 4:6-10
Then, he said to me,”This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are you O great mountain? Before Zarubbabel you shall become a plain. And He shall bring forth the top stone amid shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, “ The hands of Zarubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.”

01/30/2024

Getting up on Sunday morning and getting dressed to go to church because that’s what we are supposed to do if we love Jesus, makes me want to puke.
That my friend is the religious/ legalism spirit that has led more people to leave and never return based on the condemnation of shame and “not good enough” that leads you to believe God is forever disappointed in you.
In contrast to the one who accepts shame, If you buy in and decide to jump on the hamster wheel, it will keep you in a constant state of exertion and “work of the ministry” and you will be taught God sees your sacrifice and just keep coming and just keep working and just keep tithing to “keep” God happy with you.

Getting up and meeting with family to celebrate not only what we were saved from, but the God who saved us simply because of love… that charges my spirit.
Joining with a group of people and learning under someone who knows we are loved with a perfect love because God does not just have an emotion of love towards us but His entire being is LOVE. Yeah, that, I will do.

01/27/2024

We’ve been married almost 15 years and here are five things I’ve (Mike) learned:

#1. When you marry 1 woman, you’re actually marrying 3 women…

1. The woman you think she is.
2. The woman she currently is.
3. And the woman she’s going to become as a result of being married to you.
*The third one is up to you.

#2. Your wife appreciates the “big” things but what she needs are the “little things” like hugging her, holding her hand, telling her how beautiful she is, acknowledging the specific things she does to support the family, sitting with her and talking with her…this is what makes her feel loved and cherished.

#3. If you “demand” respect from your woman without first showing showing her love, you may never get it. What you continuously pour into her is what she’ll eventually become to you. It’ll help her to trust you more and she’ll want to follow you as the ‘leader’ of the home.

#4. S*x always begins outside the bedroom (for her)…she can’t turn it on like a microwave and won’t ‘want to’ turn it on if she doesn’t feel the love and affection from you ahead of hopping in the sack.

#5. Build your relationships and family on God. Every marriage will get to a place where they’re out of answers and struggle for hope. But when there is unity, there is commanded blessing…and this comes from HIM. This is how to sustain a great marriage.

12/18/2023

I sank all the way to the bottom and realized He wasn't judging me, He wasn't punishing me.. He was readying me for all that I was designed to be.

12/18/2023

Light doesn't fight darkness, it overcomes it.

12/16/2023

As I get my morning started I have a song stuck in my head. I don’t listen to “Christmas” music per se, yet all the same I keep hearing “ it’s the most wonderful time of the year, it’s the hap-happiest season of all”. Still I cannot help remembering the years I knew better. My single mom years were some of the most difficult, rewarding and beautiful years of my life. THIS time of year, in my mind, fell under the difficult category.

There is something set apart about a single mom. Different even, than being a stay at home mom where you feel like you never get a break. Different than being a working mom, where you feel like you don’t have enough time. Single moms are all of that rolled into one. The weight of being the provider, nurturer, and spiritual leader, just to name a few, all rest on your shoulders.
This time of year, it seems to be magnified. Others don’t understand the stress of the “holiday-hustle” alone. The financial strain of trying to make sure your kids get their favorite gift, along with meeting the expectations of gift-giving for others who sometimes have multiple income households. The last minute- late night scramble to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything alone. The tears shed when you feel like your kids are missing out because of the choices you have made. Loading the car for Christmas day activities without help. Splitting the day’s activities with the other parent and finding your heart aching at the end of it all.

But single parent I want to encourage you. It is okay not to participate in what "everyone else does". It's okay to say no to what is not best for you and your little family.
These are the days your kids never forget. And though they have no way of knowing it now, they will see and recognize your effort and the love you put into making sure they did not lack. One day, you will look back and realize what you thought was difficult, was the most wonderful time of the year to them, because of you.

11/04/2023

The wounded soul sees a suggested change in thinking/behavior as criticism, or an indication that they aren't "good enough". The healed soul instead realizes a suggestion to achieve a higher standard is a belief that you are capable of the same. Realizing a relationship can both accept you for who you are and expect more out of love, is maturity.

10/27/2023

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.
Bill Johnson

It is human to want everyone to approve of who you are. But the truth is everyone will not. The same people who sing your praises one moment may be the one’s to condemn you the next. Take Paul for example....

Acts 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and lay them on the fire a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.4 so when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand they said to one another no doubt this man is a murderer whom though he has escaped the sea yet justice does not allowed to live 5 but he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm 6 however they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead but after they had looked for a very long time and saw no harm come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

So shake off what is trying to kill you, press on to His glory and purpose and Stop listening to the mouths around you... they DON’T understand your circumstance because they CAN’T understand your purpose

10/26/2023

The hard part of the story is the most important to tell. It is most important, because there is someone out there, struggling to overcome what you have defeated. Helping someone out of the mud that once covered you, is the best feeling.

10/13/2023

All the earth shall be flooded with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.

We have wasted so much time trying to get "there", when there is who we are to begin with. ...We are not chasing blessings and running from curses. We begin at the finish.
- Francois Du Toit

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