Dear future Valentine

The qualities I find attractive in a potential #Valentine:

Love for God (not just a Sunday morning kind of love … but an undeniable passion)

#loveGodfirst and everything else just comes naturally.

#Patience.  The kind of patience that can wait out any storm (the rainbow after is worth the wait) the kind of patience that no matter what doesn’t judge or condemn, walk away or abandon, lose hope or heart in whatever we are facing.  #together

#Respect.  My mamma raised me to show respect for others.  I respect a man that knows how to treat a lady like a lady.  Chivalry is not dead.  I love having doors opened for me, my seat pulled out at a restaurant, watching the language that comes from your mouth ~ because you when you speak it reveals what is in your heart.   #treatmelikeaqueen #iwilltreatyoulikeaking

Luke 6:45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

#Sweet nothings (are everything).  Take the time to express gratitude, admiration or any other kind, loving thought that’s on your mind.  It’s thoughtful, desired and appreciated more than you think and you will reap the benefits from something as simple as a thank you.   #sweetnessisrewarded

#Integrity & morals.  If you expect others to treat you with kindness and respect, you have to be willing to  treat them the same.  And even those who don’t … you still treat them as you wish to be treated.  Don’t take advantage of someone weaker than you, always do the right thing.

#theGoldenrule

#Honesty & loyalty.  Be true to your word.  Mean what you say and say what you mean.  Stand up for what you believe in, be willing to fight for it even if no one else will (if you have my heart, I’ll always have your 6)  If you commit to someone stay loyal and faithful to them.

#honestyisalwaysbest #stayfaithful or #staysingle

#Charm & Passion.  Never stop woo’ing and being charming.  Even after you’ve won me over.  Stay committed to the thrill of our relationship and that wonderful feeling of a brand new love.  It’ll take work but a lifetime of love and a lifetime with me is worth the effort and then some.  ❤

#staypassionate

That is all for now…

Happy month of love to all my friends

Dear Officer, I See You.

#POLICELIVESMATTER

Humanizing The Badge

Dear Officer,

I want you to know that I see you.  I see you choose the booth in the restaurant that allows you to have your back against the wall.  I see you walking to your next traffic stop while you hope that it isn’t your last.  I see you pulled over, two hours past your shift, as you finish your reports under a street light.  I see you as you direct traffic in the scorching heat, the gusting snow, and the downpour of rain.  I see you being filmed every time you try to do your job.   I see you as you watch mainstream media crucify your character while minimizing your cause.  I see that you are tired.  I see that you are frustrated and misunderstood.   I see that you are hurting as the world watches you bury your brothers and sisters that died because they were…

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Dear Officer, I See You.

Dear Officer, I See You..

You Betrayed Them

That’s the truth.

This House Is Our Home

I was driving to a Christmas party when my phone rang. I heard the words and my heart felt shattered. Every fear, every worry, every feeling of panic came rushing into my throat and I couldn’t stop it. I had to stop it. My babies were with me. I was about to meet new people and see old friends. It was a party. Everyone’s supposed to be happy. My heart felt ripped to shreds. I kept looking at my phone, even though I knew there would be nothing good to see. My face kept smiling, my mouth kept speaking but my heart was racing and the tears were always right beneath the surface.

Today it was them. You don’t know them. They’re just names to you. To some of you, they are symbols of heroism and honor, but to many of you they are symbols of “oppression” and “brutality.”

Today…

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Using “The Force”

I believe the will of God is very clearly defined in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 12 through 18
12 Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. 13 Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.
14 Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. 15 See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people. 16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

In parallel to my own life, as I observe people around the world, it seems that the determined extension of faith is a major catalyst for breakthrough and experiencing the supernatural. Particularly interesting to me is that this extension of faith does not seem to be limited only to the Kingdom of God, leading me to believe that faith is a force (a law if you will) that was instituted to be exercised in this physical realm by human beings. I believe that this force was intended to be supernaturally creative within the Kingdom of God, but that it can also be intentionally tapped to establish opposing kingdoms as well. One thing that also appears to be consistent to me is that, regardless of the kingdom “allegiance” (or lack thereof), unbelief or the lack of the extension of faith also has universally consistent results—NOTHING. In other words, those who do…

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Disappointment & The Protection Mechanism

Good stuff.

No one likes disappointment. Typically, the greater the disappointment the greater the efforts to avoid it in the future. So in the case of asking God for something and finding our expectation unmet, sometimes the fallout is significant becoming a catch 22 for the extension of faith necessary to experience the miraculous.

The way that most protect themselves from future disappointment is to justify or make excuse why they didn’t receive what they expected from God. Most all of these expressions of your protection mechanism are rooted in some form of unbelief.

As bad as we want to understand, I’m convinced that sometimes our minds or our experience have not developed to a place of being able to rationalize clearly through our disappointment. It’s not that the answers are unattainable; I just think many times we are not yet postured to receive them. In those seasons, at least in my…

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30 Second Sermon – Actions Reveal Nature

Wow. How true this is. I’ve considered this for a while, just never knew how to address it… well here ya go and this is for the hypocritical churchy type – stop criticizing and condemning the world has enough critics and haters. Celebrate ThanksLiving 🙂

“Those who become the most demanding of their meals are usually the ones who are the farthest away from hunger.” – Bill Johnson

Pain has a way of influencing our reactions like few other catalysts. Hunger pangs are no different. A truly hungry person is not looking for ways to complain about their meal, they just WANT TO EAT! I see a parallel in the western church vs churches in countries like china or the Middle East where Christians are literally murdered for their faith.

In the US we are so “satisfied” that we often spend more time critiquing the pastors message than digesting or applying it. Here, if we have to drive more than 10 minutes to church we decide it is an inconvenience where in other countries people walk for hours and meet in hiding just to experience something that will encourage or build their faith.

If actions…

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A Perfect Pastor – Part 2

So how do we deal with our pastor being human?

A funny thought I had this morning while meditating on this is that even though Jesus WAS perfect, there were a TON of people who viewed him in less than a perfect light… Even killing him for what they believed to be a huge fault in His life — delusional blasphemy!

Yet, it was not Jesus who’s perspective was jaded but those who looked at him assuming what they thought they knew. Even His disciples questioned Him when they thought He was nuts a few times… “Jesus we can’t feed these 5000 men, we have no food…”, “We’re about to die in this storm and Jesus is just sleeping in the bottom of the boat…!”, You get the picture. It wasn’t that He was wrong, they just misperceived what was happening because they viewed life through the lenses of their…

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Divorce, Remarriage & Adultery – The Ignorance of Modern Church Interpretation

With more than 50% of marriages ending in divorce…IN THE CHURCH! It seems to me that this subject would be one that is intentionally studied and clearly covered by pastors and churches around the globe. But in my experience, I’ve never heard a clearly defined explanation as to why marrying someone who is divorced or remarrying after a divorce is NOT necessarily adultery (as we understand it today)…Until now!  Personally, I’ve always simply resorted to the “it’s covered by grace no matter what” card, but I’ve recently discovered that there may be more to it.

I study a LOT of different content, from theoretical physics to diverse perspectives on theology. I recently finished the book The Divine Conspiracy by the late theologian, Dallas Willard. This book is an amazing expose’ of scripture and its practical application for the lives of believers.

Remembering that the necessary steps to interpreting any writing…

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