😎🐫🎤 You’re weird!  How many times have those words been spoken about you?  It’s okay to be weird. Embrace your weird side. After all, God gave you those weird gifts and talents to honor and glorify Him by your words and deeds.

I heard today’s song for the first time, last Friday on my way to work. It was an instant hit with me not only because of the message, but it’s got a great beat. I know it’s early, so make sure you stand up and stretch a little before you start this song because you’re going to want to bust a move and I certainly wouldn’t want you to hurt your weird self. Bless others and be blessed.

#Blanca – Different Drum

😎🐫🎤 Good morning. I want to share this song with you, but I find the video a bit distracting. Read the lyrics first, then scroll down to the video. Just listen to it, but don’t watch it. Find God’s blessings in everything you experience today.

Lyrics

https://genius.com/Fm-static-take-me-as-i-am-lyrics

Video

#FMStatic – Take Me As I Am

😎🐫🎤 Last Thursday as I was driving to work it was very misty out and my windshield was covered with what seemed like hundreds of tiny, very distinctive drops of water blocking my view. Then all of the sudden the auto wipers came on and wiped away all the drops so I could see again. I said to myself “It’s been wiped clean.”  As I said that I heard these words on the radio “If you could count the times I’d say you are forgiven, it’s more than the drops in the ocean.”  I watched the windshield fill with drops and get wiped clean again and again, as I let the words to that song soak into my soul. I’m a visual learner, so it was a very real moment realizing that those droplets were my sin (pride, lies, gossip, disobedience…) and by God’s grace and Christ’s incredible sacrifice, those sins are so freely wiped clean. No longer to be dwelt upon. Completely gone.

#HawkNelson – Drops in The Ocean

😎🐫🎤 We recently had a supervisor change at work, which means I was moved to a new team and new desk location. We sit in cubical clusters of 6 desks. I arrived early at my new desk Friday and as everyone came in, I greeted them with a smile and “Good morning”. I soon realized that this is not a morning group when I was greeted by grunts in return. On Monday I was working on the Emmaus schedule and it says “Arise with joy!!” Yesterday I mentioned the difference in seating locations to my supervisor and manager. My supervisor said none of her team are morning people. “But maybe you’re the person to change that.”  We can change attitudes, days, lives with the smallest acts of joy. I know I don’t normally wake up and ask “How can I change a life today?”  That seems like too daunting a task, but it’s really not. I’m continuing to greet my coworker with a smile and a joyful “Good morning’.  So, how will you change a life today?

#DannyGokey – Rise

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Sorry I missed the 😎🐫🎤 yesterday, but I did want to share today’s quote with you.

He is dying to have a relationship with you. Seriously, He literally died for your sins.  He puts Himself in your life time after time just hoping you will call out to Him and draw closer to Him in your good times and challenging moments. He began the relationship…will you accept it?  A gift isn’t fully given, until it’s fully received. Will you not only receive your relationship with God, but FULLY embrace it?  There is no greater gift. Bless others and be blessed.

#StormieOmartian – The Power of a Praying Woman

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How often do you find yourself saying “I want…”?  But, does that line of thought and action start with a conversation with God.  Or do you first try to do it on your own and then maybe, eventually get around to talking with Him when you realize you can’t make it happen on your own?  Purposefully make God first in your life.

#AshesRemain – On My Own

#StormieOmartian – The Power of a Praying Woman

😎🐫🎤 Happy 2017!  What does this year hold in store for you?  Will you embrace it and grow…or run and hide from it? 

Let’s get this 2017 party started.

#OBB – All Eyes on You

😎🐫🎤John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

We are created in the image of God, the Word. The light of all mankind. Through free will, God allows us to choose our words. Will they be for light or darkness?

#HawkNelson – Words

😎🐫🎤 We celebrate Christmas this weekend, which means gatherings with family, friends, coworkers and some folks you may not have even met yet.  These can be very joyous gatherings, but then again there can be anticipation, tension and feuding with those you are “forced” to be around. In these situations, it’s very easy to make fun of and put others down to make ourselves feel better. So what kind of attitude will you have?  You can choose to be a reflection of The Son or the darkness of Satan.  Christ came to show us how to live in communion with Him, to die for our sins on the cross, and to rise from the dead so that we can have an eternal salvation with Him.  Think about that as you share time with others this Christmas.

#MarkWills – Don’t Laugh at Me

😎🐫🎤 I really enjoy the Christmas season, but about seven years ago I got fed up with how commercialize Christmas had become and I decided to quite decorating the house so I could focus more on what CHRISTmas is really about. I have one decoration that I leave out year-round to remind me to celebrate our Lord’s birth and sacrifice EVERYDAY.  I heard this song yesterday for the first time. It made me grin from ear to ear and I knew I needed to share it with you. I pray that you can be solidly focused on Christ the rest of this Christmas season. Bless others and be blessed. 

#Unspoken – Christmas Everyday