From the Abundance

There's a time in everyone's life where you feel like you've failed God.  It may be in word, deed, thoughts, a broken vow... lots of things. The great thing bout God is, He won't let you stay there.  Even when you have utterly failed Him, intentionally failed Him, repeatedly failed Him, or combined all three and EPICALLY FAILED Him.. He won't let you stay there. He has this amazing way of letting you know that He still needs you, still wants you, and still chooses you.   Not to say that you might not get a spanking first, but He always picks you up and lets you know that you're still His beloved.  There are countless times when we will make mistakes, make the wrong decisions, move out of God's timing or will, or just flat out be in flesh and sin. God already knows.  He knew before we were even formed in out mother's womb.  He factored all of that in when He declared our end from the beginning.  I'm so grateful that God's mind is greate...

It's taken me a while to figure out what I've wanted to blog about today, what God would have me say to His people, and what's in my heart.. Love it the overwhelming need, prevailing thought, main idea, and thing that was there.  There's so much going on in our country, our homes, schools, and individual lives that we forget sometimes to love. Not only to love but be loved.  As I've watched the news coverage of the shootings in Orlando I can't help but be overcome with sadness for the families that lost loved ones, the coworkers and friends that lost their people, and the love and light that each of them were robbed of. I remember what it was like when my father was murdered, it's been a little over a year, and it's not something you just get over.  At best you learn how to cope, how to re-establish normal, and live with a piece of your heart missing.  So I say to each of you that it's a time to love.  People all over the world are hurting, in...