And the walls fell down.

Are you a wall builder? I spent the last week building a wall to close in part of my garage to make a nice work space for me and my wife. There are many reason for the wall:  to help keep it cool, to help limit the noise level from out side and  it looks much better than the garage door. What does it take to build a wall? There are a lot of things required to build a physical wall....

What’s LOVE got to do with it?

What do you really love? Wife? Family? Church? Things? What is love?  Love is a choice a decision you make, not something you may feel. Feelings are fickle and can change quickly without notice. Do you really love? I have to work at this. You are supposed to love everyone. That is a hard choice to make. It is something we need to work on daily. I have to work really hard at this...

Four Simple Words

“Faith never knows where it’s being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” Oswald Chambers How could four simple words impact me so much? They are found in 1 Samuel 14:1 and if you blink, you just might miss them. One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side.” But...

Over Consumption.

We are the most over consuming country in the world. I think we need to change that. Not only should we try to live minimalist in the things we own, but also in the way we consume. As americans we over consume everything. Food Entertainment Shopping almost everything we do in excess. We are a country of over doing it. We eat too much causing all sorts of diseases. I would say this is...

Somewhere Between Delicious & Delil...

I love to look up the definition of words I have read or heard, even when I already have a general idea of what it means. While reading today I came upon the word delight, which I found sandwiched in the dictionary between the words delicious and Delilah. This is how Webster defines the word delight: to give great pleasure, to be highly pleased; rejoice. Armed with this knowledge,...

The Art of Being Still

Some people are known for their laid back personalities-I am NOT one of these people.  I live my life at one speed, mach 7.  I am always on the move, even when I’m at home, because I want to be so efficient that not one moment of my day is wasted.  Proverbs 31:27 (She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness) had become my modus operandi....