What is LOVE? Is it when your granddaughter puts sparkly orange eyeshadow on one eyelid and sparkly blue eyeshadow on your other eyelid? Is it when she draws all over your face with green and red paint markers? Is it when she then adds hair paint to your hair? Is it when she asks you if you looked "different" (hmm...younger) when you were her daddy's mom when he was small? Or is when she points out all of the wrinkles on your face and asks why you have saggy skin? Hmm. YES

The TIME is NOW, To LIVE as HIS CHILD, because "IF we are HIS CHILDREN then we are HEIRS~HEIRS of GOD and co~HEIRS with CHRIST" (Romans 8:17). For there is POWER in THE IF. What is your IF? THE POWER OF IF: "IF children live with criticism, They LEARN to condemn. IF children live with hostility, They LEARN to fight. IF children live with ridicule, They LEARN to be shy. IF children live with shame, they LEARN to feel guilty..."* Oh THE POWER OF IF: "IF children live with t

Mary's FIRST MOTHER'S DAY, the day she had to let JESUS go. Did she KNOW that THIS BABY, THE BABY implanted in her womb, would be THE ONE who she would have to LET GO, the day JESUS was delivered INTO the WORLD. THE WORLD that would crucify HIM, so that HE would DELIVER her and everyone else. Mary's FIRST MOTHER'S DAY when GOD DELIVERED HIS SON in a stable with animals and hay. Think about it. The moment the umbilical cord was cut was the moment JESUS was released into t

They knew that the army was coming against them. So they went to their leader and told him. And the leader responded like any BELIEVING leader would respond, "Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD...".** And then "The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek HIM".** Hmm. The first response was to be ALARMED. But Jehoshaphat didn't stay there, for he then went to THE LORD. What do you do when yo

You have ONE. I have ONE. Everyone has ONE. But each ONE is different, because it is tailored just for you. Look at your hands . Look at your fingers Actually you have TEN of them. And no one else in the world has the ONES you have. FINGERPRINTS. Think about it. GOD is so detailed orientated that HE cares about each one of your fingers and your IDENTITY, that HE FINGERPRINTED you as HIS OWN. Look at your fingers. Each swirl is so UNIQUE, crafted just for you. Oh how we can