Old Girl Dead, New Girl Reborn.....

Hi family, This month has been quite a month for me at church. Each message delivered from the pulpit aggravated a thorn in my side. But a couple of them exposed a thorn I didn't know existed on me.  I was on a walk yesterday on one of my breaks from work and asked God, what's the deal with all this? The things going on in my life this year. My family. My children. My feelings. My faith. How does this tie up? Of course, i can't explain my journey just yet, but God gave me an image that was so beautiful, I thought it was good enough to share. Imagine this beautiful rose in this rose garden. It stands so tall and strong and smells so sweet. All by itself. The rose  wonders to itself... If it is so tall and strong and beautiful and smells so sweet, why is no one choosing it? Why is it still not chosen.  But the beautiful rose is unaware of the great many thorns it has. It's not safe to choose it with so many thorns. It would pose a threat or potential harm

Hi Family As I studied early this morning, some scriptures jumped out at me. And as we know our God, He knows our thoughts before we realize we even had them. So He did it to me again. He revealed to me that as I age I can’t be concerned with whether or not I’m still as “beautiful” as I was when I was younger. If my love is still attracted to me. If the “world” still finds me acceptable. Hair will turn gray or it will start to fall out. Wrinkles will come. Eyes will need help seeing. Physical movement slows down. But a man or woman who fears the Lord has a beauty about him/her that never will fade. That beauty is The Word of God that will be ever living within us. The Word, that if we truly believe with all our Faith is true, and live it out. That’s the beauty that will always remain when the superficial is not as strong as it once was. Don’t rely on the beauty of today, but invest in the beauty that will last an eternity. So the question, at some point for all of us, must