😎🐫🎤 Sunday morning I decided to go for a walk. It was 72, sunny, a slight breeze and the gravel road was shaded from the trees in the forest. I headed out of the cabin and was only about 30 seconds away when I heard the sound of rain drops hitting the leaves. It didn’t take long for the rain to also fall on me. I immediately turned to head back to the cabin. That’s our instinct right, head for safety so we don’t get caught in the rain. It took me a second, but I stopped, looked up and realized the sky was blue. So why was it raining?  I remembered it had rained pretty hard in the early morning.  The rain I was experiencing was simply the fallout from a previous storm. I turned around and continued on my walk.  How true is this in our lives? When we find ourselves being caught up in the fallout of ours or someone else’s past storms, we don’t want to get wet, so our instinct is to run.  What would happen if we chose to stay this time and allow ourselves to get a little wet.  How can we find God in the fallout and allow His words and actions be our guide?  I’m sure God will bless you in some way as He blessed me last Sunday.  Once again God used nature to teach me a life lesson. As long as we are here on this earth, I know that God has more for us to learn and do for the glory of His kingdom. Keep listening for His words. He speaks to us in many ways.  But don’t keep them to yourself. More times than not, He’s counting on you to pass those words/lessons/experiences along. Bless others and be blessed. 

#Mandisa – Unfinished

😎🐫🎤 At 17 years old I started my life of consumer debt with a college loan. Very quickly after that I was introduced to my first credit card. Then a car loan. You all know how this goes…right?  23 years later, a failed marriage, a couple businesses that were living on credit and another marriage that was on very rocky ground.  Is that what life is really about?  An angel that God placed in my life suggested and paid to send Brian and I to Financial Peace University. We have learned many lessons along the way and God placed even more angels in our life to help us along this journey. 6 years 1 month and 10 days after graduating FPU, we mailed in our final house payment. One of the greatest lessons I learned in this journey is that I was very good at getting myself into debt, but I couldn’t have gotten out of it without the help of others. Every one of us is or have been affected by the chains of debt and the struggles it brings to relationships and family life. Don’t allow yourself to stay trapped in a financial hell. It’s okay to talk about it and find a mentor that can help guide your journey back to the love, grace and promises that God wants you to have. Don’t just survive. You were made to thrive. Bless others and be blessed. 

#Alabama – Angels Among Us

#FinancialPeaceUniversity

#DaveRamsey

😎🐫🎤 So many wrong turns. Did I even choose You once?  I’ll get to You right after I finish this. I mean this. Okay, maybe after this. The day has passed. The darkness of night.  I want to rest, but the day is on repeat as it plays in my head.  Peaceful rest, will it come?  A new day at last. How will I live this day, this hour, this moment for my Lord?  This is my comeback!

Close your eyes and think about your life with the Father, Son, and Spirit as you listen to this song. They all move and encourage you in different ways and aspects of your life. Bless others and be blessed.

#Danny Gokey – The Comeback

😎🐫🎤 I read this prayer a few days ago and thought I would share it with you.

“Thank You Lord, that when I look into Your Word I find You. Help me to know You better through it.  Give me ears to recognize Your voice speaking to me every time I read it. I don’t ever want to miss the way you are leading me.”

How is the Lord trying to talk with you?  What is He speaking into your life?  How will you grow today because of His words?

#MercyMe – Word of God Speak

😎🐫🎤 In the Catholic faith we celebrate Easter for 50 days (8 Sundays), from Easter Day to Pentecost Sunday. Last Sunday, which was the third Sunday of Easter, the Gospel reading was Luke 24:13-35. It was about the seven-mile journey two disciples took from Jerusalem to Emmaus. The disciples encounter a stranger on the way, who unbeknownst to them was the risen Lord. It was nearly evening when the approached Emmaus so they invited this stranger to share a meal and stay with them. It was in the blessing and breaking of the bread that their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. Oh, how blind we can be to God’s presence in our lives, but here’s what really struck me in hearing the Gospel on Sunday. It was evening, they hadn’t even eaten their meal yet and they were seven miles away from Jerusalem. But they couldn’t contain their joy. They left at once. Not after they finished eating. Not after a good night’s rest. No, they left at once to share the joyous news that Christ lives. Can you get excited about that?  Will you skip a meal and take a seven-mile walk (I think they probably ran) to share that Christ is alive and with us?  Or will you finish your meal, go to bed and maybe consider making the journey to share the Good News after you’ve had your morning java. I know what I have been doing and I know where/what the Holy Spirit is calling me to do. Do you hear Him calling you too?  Bless others and be blessed.  

#TobyMac – Catchafire