Faith Journey

04/21/2026

“If God is, indeed, good, and He is … then He is infinitely, perpetually, boundlessly, and altogether good.

If God is, indeed, merciful, and He is … then He is infinitely, perpetually, boundlessly, and altogether merciful.

If God is, indeed, loving, and He is … then He is infinitely, perpetually, boundlessly, and altogether loving.

If God is, indeed, kind, and He is, then He is infinitely, perpetually, boundlessly, and altogether kind.”
-Carol McLeod

10/17/2025

Is this not one of the coolest looking trees? Its looks appropriate for Halloween! Scary but also beautiful. Wow. So cool.

All of nature has part of its creator in it. The energy that created you and I also created all of the beautiful nature around us! God is the source of all energy and love.

10/08/2025

I haven’t posted in forever. Life, ya know? I know you do. On this cooler October morning I am grateful for the sun!!! It makes me want to take a picture of every tree with beautiful leaves. Photography is all about perspective.

Isn’t that just like life? All of life is about perspective. When I zoom in, if it is not on the right thing, it can mess up my head. Last night I was having a perspective issue but this morning I felt the Spirit say “Zoom out!”

Getting a perspective zoomed out is seeing my life as a whole movie, not a snapshot. When I do that, life is good… always good. It puts me back into the perspective of gratitude too. Sometimes I just need a good swift kick in the perspective.

What’s your view today? Here’s hoping you get outside in nature today and are grateful to be part of this whole big world. ❤️☕️

01/26/2025

Hey there! Just want to say that I am so proud of you. Wherever you are in your life journey and faith journey, you are doing great! Even if you are struggling, you are slowly figuring it out. You are trying to make sense of things and many times not making sense of it but you keep leaning in.

Papa God can handle your questions. He can even take your complaints or accusations. He hears it all. He doesn’t hold it against you. He loves you and wants you to grow and learn. He is a good Father. Maybe today, even though I am saying these words, maybe what you really need is to hear Papa God say them to you. It is true. He IS proud of you. He is proud of both versions of you…the messed up and struggling you as well as your victorious and confident you. He just loves you. All of you. His love is completely lavish and huge! Don’t believe me? Just look for how relentless his pursuit of humanity is in the Bible.

So wherever you are today in your journey, whatever mood you are in today, whether things are good or bad in your circumstances today, keep going. Keep walking. Keep running. Keep moving forward. You and Papa God have got this.

“And let us all advance together to reach this victory-prize, following one path with one passion.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭TPT‬‬

01/26/2025

I love Jesus and I love serving him. It isn’t always easy and it isn’t always enjoyable either. But I was thinking today about how so many people who serve at church, do so because of obligation or they were guilted into it. It is a choice if you want to serve or not. No one is forcing you.

Too many people “should” their life away. I really “should” take food to so and so. I “should” volunteer for that yardsale event. Why can’t volunteering be done out of love for Jesus? In my experience anything I did because I “should” was really because I was concerned about what other people thought. It had nothing to do with Jesus.

Let’s just love Jesus and let the overflow of his presence be our driving force to serve others. Just a thought.

01/07/2025

This! Wow!

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.

Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a preference for vowels.

But scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing.

YH (inhale): WH (exhale).

So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God.

A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words.

Even an atheist would speak His name, unaware that their very breath is giving constant acknowledgment to God.

Likewise, a person leaves this earth with their last breath, when God’s name is no longer filing their lungs.

So when I can’t utter anything else, is my cry calling out His name?

Being alive means I speak His name constantly.
So, is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?

In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs.
In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst.
In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down.
When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.

When I think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!

This is so beautiful and fills me with emotion every time I grasp the thought. God chose to give himself a name that we can’t help but speak every moment we’re alive.

All of us, always, everywhere.
Waking, sleeping, breathing, with the name of God on our lips.

- Unknown Author

09/25/2024

Every difficulty, no matter how overwhelming they seem, is an opportunity for God to reveal who he is in an even greater way, if we hold tight to him. It’s miraculous! It doesn’t make sense!

How can we experience joy in difficulty? Joy in struggle? Joy in pain? I don’t know. I don’t understand it. In the natural it seems insane. BUT…God’s faithfulness is true when we keep running to him, hiding in him, holding tight to his hand, surrendering it to him, relinquishing control, allowing God to work.

If he cares about the sparrows, how much MORE does he care for you. ❤️ Take heart. Run to your Papa-God.

08/30/2024

The verses before this one say, “Yahweh’s tender mercies have no end, and the kindness of his endless love is never exhausted. New, fresh mercies greet me with every sunrise. So wonderfully great is your faithfulness!”
‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭TPT‬‬

So in light of God’s kindness and love and mercy, I fight the negative words that so easily pop in my mind by speaking to my own soul with a deep seated determination, “Yahweh is my ABUNDANT portion. I. NEED. NOTHING. MORE!!!!!! So I will put my hope in him.” God, you are my portion. You are all I need. You are the strength of my life. How could I NOT love you??? 🙏🏻❤️

08/28/2024

I love that God makes things new. He refreshes, redeems, re-grows us! In nature new growth comes out of old trees and in some of the most unexpected places.

When I saw this tree on a morning walk, I thought of this verse. Maybe I identified with this old, well worn tree. It had deep grooves in the bark and the trunk was round but it stood tall and strong because its roots are deep. It made me thankful for all the lessons God has taught me and the truths he revealed to me that have challenged and changed my heart.

Thank you God for making my heart new everyday with your mercy and kindness and goodness!

08/14/2024

It is so easy for me to depend on my own actions. Whatever the challenge, I lean towards thinking that there must be something I can do! I think of all the ways that God can solve the issue. Its easy to take matters into my own hands and try to fix it myself. When I do….disaster. It’s a mess.

Trusting God for the solution, for His timing, His leading and directing, requires patience. It requires quiet trust. I would say my trust is often loud because I complain to God about his timing. Ha ha. Slowly, I am trying to learn quiet trust…to trust from the get-go. I am a slow learner.

I am so VERY grateful that God’s patience with me is sooooo much bigger and better than mine is. I pray today that as you watch and wait for the answers to prayer you have, that the Holy Spirit will bring a calm and a resolve to trust…completely.