Let's go back to school. WAY BACK. "I'm a little tea pot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout. When I get all steamed up, I just shout. Tip me over and pour me out" (Sanders/Kelley). Remember this little song? Well, for some reason this song popped in my mind after I read the following verse~ "He who BELIEVES in ME [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on ME], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his INNERMOST BEING WILL FLOW CONTINUALLY RIVERS OF LIVING WATER'

Adam and Eve did it. Jonah did it. The Prodigal Son did it. Joni Jones did it. We RAN AWAY! No matter how you look at it RUNNING AWAY doesn’t count as an exercise because RUNNING AWAY is standing still. It brings with you what you are RUNNING AWAY from~ you & your beating heart. RUNNING as far as you can AWAY to somewhere or something else. Yet no matter where your destination is, your HEART will be there too! What do you RUN from? Is it your past, present or future? And Wher

I love MAY. It is a BLOOMING month. For April showers bring MAY FLOWERS. But what if showers haven't brought the FLOWERING yet, does that mean FLOWERS don't exist? Oh not at all. Just because you can't SEE HOPE does it mean it is not there? "We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for wha

You know the song that makes THE PROMISE that THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW. But what if the sun doesn't come out tomorrow? Does that mean that it isn't there? The sun is always PRESENT even when you can't SEE it, because GOD PROMISED the day as HE PROMISED the night. GREAT IS GOD'S FAITHFULNESS as it is NEW every morning, But what if you can’t SEE GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. What if you feel as if your prayers are falling on deaf ears? HE IS STILL THERE. GOD does not sleep on t

ORDER~ Everything in its place. DISORDER~ You can't find anything, ORDER~ Your PLAN. DISORDER~ Not your PLAN. ORDER REORDER~ GOD'S PLAN. For GOD KNOWS HIS PLAN, and that is to take ALL DISORDER and REORDER it and use it for THE GOOD of those who LOVE HIM. Does that sugar coat the DISORDER that may be happening in your life? Oh no. For the DISORDER becomes the open door of SURRENDERING all the messy pieces. But what makes the mess messier? Oh when I try to force pieces to f

IT happened 42 years ago. A little girl was born into the world. A little girl who GOD GIFTED to my hubby and I, to be her parents. Our daughter Mallory, who has also been GIFTED three children. I still remember her first cry, followed by our first cries. Cries of JOY! In that moment, we experienced the GIFT OF LIFE that is forever tattooed on our hearts. And yes, as cliche it may sound, it feels like yesterday as I can still feel my arms holding her as I looked into her eyes