Servants Love

     After a challenging week of frustrations from situations that I nor we could control here's the advice Conley had to offer me.  "We are going to pray that God would break the yoke of judgement. Both judgement of self and others and replace it with the fruit of mercy and joy. "For we wrestle not against the flesh and blood, but against spirits and principalities and rulers in high places." Ephesians 6:12 People don't have a character problem, they have a flesh or a spirit problem. When you try to characterize and analyze someone and you decide to be their fix are you wrestling with flesh or spirit? If you want to change something about someone you love, activate the creator of change through prayer!! Wrestling with flesh becomes an exhausting burden to you , while warring in the spirit refuels and renews your faith." Today if you find yourself burdened with the weight of a situation, remember who your fighting against.  Finally, be strong ...

       As I frantically worked to meet a deadline, I accepted the failure last night when I gave in and said I have nothing. This morning as I was fixing my hair in the bathroom I  was combing over all I had to do today and the things I had usually already accomplished that I hadn’t even touched today, i.e. reading the bible. It got me to thinking…..while I do like routine which includes things and people that are dependable, sometimes its ok to be spontaneous, to do things in a new or different order. Because sometimes maybe our ‘routine’ our ‘structure’ puts God in a box. Yes, it’s important to connect with God every day, that’s imperative to any relationship but maybe that connection can come in different forms. So today I challenge you to quit beating yourself up because today’s routine isn’t just like yesterdays. Maybe you hit your snooze too many times, or the kids needed more attention this morning than usual, just pause a second and invite God into yo...