Life Preserver!

Good Morning Christian Peeps! Some days I say thank God for my life preserver! There are days or moments when we just float. We float through work, we float through kids activities, we float through getting dinner ready....we just float. We aren't drowning, but we aren't swimming either. We are just floating along hoping to achieve everything we wanted all the while looking forward to just climbing into bed and letting it all go away. This can go on for days. I believe that it is a sort of mechanism that we humans have. When things get overwhelming we just put on our life preserver and float through the really heavy waters until we can get to shallow waters where we can take off the preserver and swim a little while. That's okay! It's okay to float a while until we can handle things. It's okay to give ourselves a break for a while until we can climb back on the horse so to speak. That is the whole principle behind the footprints in the sand. We couldn't walk, so Jesus carried us! He is there waiting to carry us or just slip on that life preserver until we can get our legs under us again. Until we can swim again.... God is there. Be Blessed!

Stay The Course!

Good Morning Christian Peeps! Ever felt overwhelmed with many decisions? Ever felt alone in making those decisions? Sometimes we have things seemingly coming at us from all directions. Sometimes we just want to give up, sit down and cry for lack of knowing what to do. But it's important that we realize that we do not have to navigate all of these decisions alone. It really is as simple as giving our uncertainties over to God and just staying the course until we receive an answer. Staying the course means perservering no matter the obstacles. So we stay the course, turn our decisions over to God, get quiet and let him show us the answer. Just know that we are NOT ALONE! Be Blessed!

Have We Forgotten To Live?

I have been on vacation this past week and wasn't able to send out the daily peeps. I am glad that it was missed I hope that means that you guys are being encouraged.




Good Morning Christian Peeps! "Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live." --Margaret Fuller

Sometimes we must stop, take a break and asked ourselves: "Is what I am doing for money to make a living allowing me to live?" If the answer is in any way no...then it's time to rethink our lives and our means of making a living. By no means does that suggest that we need to quit our jobs but it does afford us a chance to see if we are letting our jobs control our lives. If we are only working to pay bills what happens to those bills when we are gone? Therefore, did we really accomplish anything? Now again that doesn't suggest that we are not to pay our bills but that maybe we should cut back on the amount of bills we are creating. What is life if not to live and how do you live if you never have a life? When we feel that our lives are out of control we can ask God to show us ways to live a more balanced life. My life became more balanced when I began and ended my day with prayers of thanksgiving to God. When we put God first all the other things balance out. What if our lives centered around not how many things we possessed but by how many people we blessed! It's time to take stock....It's time to live a more balanced more abundant life. Be blessed!

It's The Little Steps...

Good Morning Christian Peeps! Sometimes we become overwhelmed with situations and things we know we must do. Sometimes they are so overwhelming that we become paralyzed and can't seem to take even the smallest step to work them out. But if we can just approach it in little pieces we can begin to see a change. Maybe not at first but if we have the strength to keep it up, we will see something moving. It's the little steps we take that make the biggest difference. Whatever is standing in our way can be handled if we just start somewhere. Sometimes just cleaning my house can be so overwhelming that I will let it go for a couple of days....when if I would just start in a room and work away until I finish that room, then I would be encouraged to move on to the next. We can't tackle everything at once but we can start somewhere. Don't let that mountain in front of us keep us from our destiny. Choose today to chip away at it's very existence and watch what happens. Be Blessed!

Our Circle Of Influence....

Good Morning Christian Peeps! We hear alot about our circle of influence. Those people within our circle that we influence and who influence us. Maybe the reason we don't feel successful or fulfilled is because we are influencing the wrong people. Maybe our circle of influence doesn't need our influence anymore. Maybe it's time to find a new circle of influence. Maybe it's time to reach those people who really need and can use our influence. Maybe we need new influence by new people. We can only influence those people that we have contact with.....where does that leave the people that really need the influence? Hhmm....


Be Blessed!

Don't Wait!

Good Morning Christian Peeps! Don't wait to hug someone today, they could be gone tomorrow. Don't wait to follow your dream, you could be gone tomorrow. Don't wait to see that sunrise or sunset, someday you won't have the option. Don't hesitate to help those in need, the need may get filled by someone else. Don't forget to validate your children, if you don't someone else will...the wrong way. Don't pass up the opportunity to dance in the rain...there could come a drought! Don't ever let age stop you from living, that will come soon enough. Don't worry about tomorrow or yesterday, you can't relive the one and you may not need the other! Today is where it is at. What wonderful things can we do today! Be Blessed!

Today......

Good Morning Christian Peeps! We have this moment, this day. It's not about yesterday anymore....that day is past and we can't change it. It's not about tomorrow because tomorrow has not yet arrived. It's about today! What will we do today. We decide right now how our day will go. Choosing love is a given. Today I choose to love people without conditions. Today I choose to give someone an ear to hear their problems. Today I give a hand to someone in need. Today I smile just because I'm alive. Today I count my blessings every one. Today I live to the best that I can be! Today...... Be Blessed!

Dont' Be A Copy.....

Good Morning Christian Peeps! At what point were we told that who we were wasn't good enough? The man who created all of the heavens and the earth, created man and women. Each molecule, each ventricle, was made by Him. Why then do we spend so much time questioning who we are? We are what he has created us to be. Each one of us knows deep down what that is....why then do we avoid it? We spin our wheels trying to be something or someone that we are not and wonder why we are not happy. When we can embrace who we are fully, then happiness and peace comes. Be Blessed!


You were born an original. Don't die a copy. ~John Mason

Desert Experiences....

Good Morning Christian Peeps! The drought we experienced this year could be used for encouragement. We often go through seasons in our walk with God when everything feels dried up. We don't feel God, we can't hear God, everything seems barren, and we aren't producing anything at all. But God is there even in the drought. If we never knew what it was like to be thirsty we would never seek out water. If we didn't know what it was like to feel alone, we wouldn't appreciate the moments we feel God all around us. It's those desert experiences that teach us so much about ourselves. Just as we had to hold on and believe that rain would eventually come... we must know that eventually this drought in our life will pass and things will be green again. Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Be Blessed!

Eleven Hints For Life

Good Morning Chrisitan Peeps!  (Taken from "The Best Life Quotes)




Eleven Hints for Life"



1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return.

But what is more painful is to love someone and never

find the courage to let that person know how you feel.



2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who

means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was

never meant to be and you just have to let go.



3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a

porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away

feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.



4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose

it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been

missing until it arrives.



5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an

hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it

takes a lifetime to forget someone.



6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth,

even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you

smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day

seem bright.



7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go,

be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and

one chance to do all the things you want to do.



8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it

hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.



9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck

a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may

heal and bless.



10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best

of everything they just make the most of everything that comes

along their way.



11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with

a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone

around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,

you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

- Unknown

Be Blessed!

Oh, The Sun Is Coming Up!

Good Morning Christian Peeps! There is a song that popped into my head this morning, "Oh the sun is coming up in the morning, every tear will be gone from my eyes...." No matter what we may be going through already today, or what we may be facing, just know that the sun is coming up, God is our sun, he wipes every tear away, he takes every situation and turns it for our good. He walks with us and he talks with us. We are never alone. Let's lift up our heads, for the sun is coming up for us today! Be Blessed!

I Will Not Be Moved!!

Good Morning Christian Peeps! I am determined in my heart that nothing can separate me from the love of God! When we are determined we can accomplish anything. A baby is determined to crawl and does. There have been times in our lives when we have been determined to accomplish something and when we set our mind to it, there was no stopping us! So what has happened to that person? Where is the person who will be determined that nothing shall stand in the way of whatever we want to accomplish? There is a time to determine in our hearts that we will not let the enemy stop us from what God has planned for us! We need to stand flat footed and determine that we will not be moved from our purpose! Shout out the words today of the hymn...."I Shall Not Be Moved!" Determine that today will be the day that things change in our lives! Be Blessed!