A farmer was walking by a field one day, when he spotted a small bird on the ground. While carefully approaching, he realized that the baby bird was an eagle. Excited about his find, he brought the eagle to his barnyard, where soon it started living and behaving like the chickens. Several months went by when one of the farmer’s friends stopped to visit. While observing his friend’s barnyard, he was dumbfounded when he watched the king of all birds pecking around like a chicken, refusing to Continue Reading
Broken… and Yet, Beautiful {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) It was our fourth vacation day at the beach. Our youngest daughter and I ventured down the beach, eager to find at least one intact shell for our vacation collection. She had been filling her purple bucket with shells every day; however they were mostly broken. As I looked inside Continue Reading
SHE SOARS 2017 – Pictures
SHE SOARS 2017 was a huge success! Words cannot express our gratitude for each volunteer from Mt. Zion Baptist Jonesboro, led by Stephanie Deaton, as well as Senior Pastor Chris Reynolds, Associate Pastor Russell Naquin, Administrator Connie Andrews and every vendor, sponsor and attendee! Christ was honored and exalted. The worship was anointed and each teaching honored God and the Truth of His Word. As I read the results from the survey that was sent out after the conference, I was humbled Continue Reading
Fear and Anxiety – The Evil of the Century {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Fear and anxiety. A deadly combination that sweeps our modern world these days. My teenage daughter shared her heart in a recent conversation, where she talked about some of the fears that often cross her mind. Some of them invade her thoughts in the middle of the night, keeping her awake for hours on end. I remember having the same crippling, often irrational fears for many years: fear of dying. Fear of robbers entering my house. Fear that my parents would die. The list went on and on. As Continue Reading
Let Me Be Frank Here… {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP PARTY}
May I be frank? I’ve been in the pits lately. I feel less like a human and more like I’m a ping pong ball. My circumstances have been bouncing my emotions all over the place. I think I might seriously have whiplash! Maybe that’s why my back has been hurting me… This is an example of what I mean—how my week might play out. I win a tennis match and I’m all confident and happy—for a while—sometimes for an entire day. But then I get a rejection on something I’ve written and my confidence goes out Continue Reading
A Pair-A-Cleats {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I'm looking down the barrel of a CRAZY week! Anyone else out there feeling the same way? I'm sitting here on a rainy Monday, trying to reel my shrapnelled thoughts into some semblance of order so I can accomplish something. It's times like this when it does me good to remember the Lord. "From the end of the earth will I cry to Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Ps. 61:2 So, today, I am remembering. Because I know if I can remember the Continue Reading
