"IT IS NOT ABOUT ME"~ who I think I am, who others say I am, or even how I feel about myself. It is all aboutJESUS~ who HE IS, what HE has done, and who I have become because I am IN CHRIST. Just two little words with the power to change our identity— who we are and who we sometimes think we are. Just two powerful little words— IN CHRIST. Try it~ I am ACCEPTED... IN CHRIST. But when I do not accept myself, and when others do not accept me, am I still accepted? Have you ever a

Good Morning NEW DAY. A NEW DAY filled with NEW MOMENTS with JESUS. Because JESUS IS HERE. For it is all about JESUS and "IT'S NOT ABOUT ME". Hmm. But maybe it is about me and you and everyone else, because GOD made it about ONE AND FOR ALL. For didn't GRACE come swaddled in a manger? Hmm. GRACE is one of those CHRISTIAN~ESE words that is the most misunderstood, because it isn't a word. GRACE is a GIFT, a beautiful GIFT that never stops giving. GRACE GIFTS you STRENGTH, when

TICK. TICK. TICK. Today is the LAST day of CHRISTMAS IN JULY. But is there ever a LAST DAY OF JESUS? Hmm. Think about it. Was the CROSS HIS LAST DAY when HE said, "IT IS FINISHED?" Was the TOMB HIS LAST stop when the stone was rolled into place? It certainly looked like the end. But what appeared to be HIS LAST DAY became our FIRST DAY. Because HE ROSE. The tomb was empty. Death was defeated. And JESUS was ALIVE. So where is JESUS today? HE IS HERE. CHRISTMAS IN JULY may b

My husband is THE SECOND. I am THE SECOND. My son is THE SECOND. And today, we celebrate the birthday of our son's SECOND. Five years have passed, yet it still feels like yesterday. Oh, the miracle of BIRTH. I can still picture the moment Hudson entered this world. And now my "little boy" is holding his own little boy. What a beautiful reminder that we are simply vessels of GOD. HE entrusts these precious little lives into our care, yet HE never asks us to care for them in ou

Do you shy from being VULNERABLE? Because what if you SHOW UP as your REAL VULNERABLE self? What will THEY say? What will THEY think? What will THEY do? Is it worth the RISK of being VULNERABLE? VULNERABILITY means "the quality of being easily hurt or attacked, or the state of being open to injury" (Oxford Dictionary). Who is your THEY? There was a time when my THEY was actually GOD. I was afraid to be VULNERABLE with HIM. I BELIEVED that if I was VULNERABLE with GOD,