Fungus Among Us

Walking by faith is something that is usually not as easy as it seems. To walk by faith, we must learn to shut off the part of our brain that wants control of a situation and that wants to plan everything out to the details. This is easier for some people than it is others due to their personality as well as the way they process things mentally. If we choose to walk by faith, it will require to completely trust someone that we cannot see to handle the situations that may come up. It means we don’t have a plan for next week or next month or even next year that is a detailed plan written out with all the specs measured and in order of expected completion.  To believe that the Bible is the infallible word of God we simply (for many this is not so simple) use faith to believe it. Each person has a level of faith, but not everyone has the same amount of faith or the same kind of faith. As you know, there are some people that fully and wholly believe in the Bible, then there are other...

A young family man has an addiction to drugs. He has “fallen off the wagon again” (so to speak) and he is at a drug house and in the middle of a 3-day drug binge. A stranger, who is also there, and is doing drugs says to him “Preacher man what are you doing here? You know you are not supposed to be here. You need to go home.” You see God used a sinner to speak to a saint, a child of His own, a believer to help him out of the trap. Once he came down off his high, he remembered that man.  This happened more than once, but not the same stranger. It helped him. He felt that God was right there and talked to him to his face in this stranger and that God personally cared for him. This was part of a series of events that led him to come out of that addiction and became drug-free for more than 20 years now. Did you know that God wants to speak to you, and wants you to hear Him? “How can you hear God speaking to you???” Well, I am so glad you asked. 😊 We show Him we value hearing Him ...

I have been really enjoying writing and putting my thoughts out there. (Your feedback is welcome.) It seems we have a common theme going on with our identity. I think it is a bit ironic since I am still finding my blog identity.  Each day is an opportunity to choose who we will be today. Even when we are just going about our day it can be a decision we are faced with. Paul said, "You’re like a straw blowing in the wind.” Meaning that whatever direction the wind is blowing that is the direction you are going in. Will I be a child of the most high King today or will I be led by my own soul and my identity determined by the situation or environment around me? This is how your life and situations determine who you are. We can set a standard and choose to place a stake in the ground say this is where I am. This is who I am because I know whose I am. Be confident and stand strong. I have had more than 1 conversation lately with young adults that are searching for their ...

From Gods heart to His children...  I love you and I always look forward to our times together.  I love to hear your heart and to hear what you have to say.  You know, when you share your heart with me you invite me into your situations.  I would never try to take over or force you to do my will. It's always your choice. I want you to want me, to want to love me, to want to be friends. I know that things are not always easy, but that's why I'm here if you ask me I can help you. I want to. I made you to need me. I love you and I know what you can do. I know what you are made of, what your skills and your potential are. You may not know, but I know you can reach it. I have no doubt. Here I am waiting for you to come and spend some time with me. I know life gets in the way sometimes, but please prioritize me into your life. I miss my time with you. I love to fellowship with you. When we Fellowship together you are growing changing and overcoming th...

  You Are Not Alone I will always be with you and never leave you. You and I we can always fight the world together. I will not force myself upon you, just invite me to come with you. You are not alone. It is you and I together as long as you want us to be. Together we will not lose, just don't leave me behind or forget me. Even if you do I will still be here, just come back and talk to me. I will not be mad at you, but glad you still want us to fellowship together. I will never leave you lonely and always ready to comfort you, speak to you, encourage you, teach you and love you. I will always stay with you, and I am always for you. You are very important, valuable, and worth it all. Don't let them tell you your ugly. I know you better than you know you and I know what's in you. I trust you and I know you are better than you think you are also better than they think you are. Don't give up on me. Let us be. You-me-we are more than 3 we are 4. (Th...

The Implant Not every thought is yours. Don't believe all the thoughts from the enemy. They will destroy the future I put in you. That is their mission and purpose.  Sometimes it is an implant from the weak one. Like a disease each thought is meant to weaken you, tear you down, brake you and destroy who you were made to be and who you can be.  I know you. I made you strong like a soldier ready to fight fresh at every turn.  Be confident in me and you will see what you can be. You are a fierce overcomer.  Don't give up I can show you how I see you and teach you how to be that.  Yes, it is in you already, but you don't believe in you and you struggle to believe me . You think: If you can see it you can fight it. I tell you not so. What you cannot see is what I can see, and I have the weapon to conquer it. I can help you and show you how to use the weapon to fight and be the overcomer I created you to be. The enemy would make you to be weak. I c...

                                                                                                    Who am I ? I was speaking to a young adult about things going on in her life. She could not figure out why things weren't working for her. I asked about the decisions that she makes. Why do you make these decisions? She said she didn’t know. I asked her “who are you?” Because her decisions seem to be sporadic. The choices she was making were not consistent and not following a plan or even a certain characteristic.  So, I asked if her if she knows who she is. If we don't know who we are then we don't know what we stand for; and we don't know who we are; who we represent. As a young adult that is one of the first things that we ne...

     Each of us has a purpose to follow here in this life. We can get so busy with all the tasks that call us to fulfill them that we end up with no time to accomplish the things we need to really be focused on. Everyone around us has many options where we can do something in their lives and make a change. Our motivation should be to hear what "Our Part" is to do. We do "Our Part, if we step outside of that we are no longer on our purpose but working on someone else's purpose. You probably have heard the phrase "Stay in your lane". This is a good application here. If we step out of what is "Our Part" we step out of the place that God has designed for us therefore the favor, grace, and even our skill and ability to fulfill the task(s) before us, is not enough to accomplish all that God has for us and then also cover someone else's part too. That is when we get frustrated and get ourselves into trouble trying to do more than we should -not just...

???         We each are a culmination of our decisions and beliefs. That which we believe in greater depth will determine what are decisions are. In other words the more we believe it the more we are able to bypass our own emotions and stick to the belief and act it out in our decisions. What is stronger in you today your emotions and desires or your determination to change you and the track record that you are not proud of in your life? We all have things that we can change and improve on in our lives that is totally our control, but if we choose to be lackadaisical about it then we give the control over to others. Jesus died so we can have the freedom to make our choices and not be bound by the limitations of our own flesh. There is so much freedom through the value of the cross that we as earthly humans have very little understanding, even with the best of us, to truly grasp what all happened that day. Through the cross we can wash away the ugly pa...

     I was helping my daughter with her Composition homework years ago. The assignment was to come up with your own poems. She was having trouble understanding the difference between the different type of poems.  I believe she got started on her homework about 10pm and was still at it at 11pm. This was a late night for us and I was very tired. I knew that she needed help, so I pulled up my bootstraps and dove in to help her.  I don't really see myself as a creative person, so I knew that in order for me to help her I would need God's help. So, I prayed and set to help her by some examples. I was very giddy and silly. Needless to say, it was a very unusual night. She saw a side of me I don't believe she had seen of me til then, and she was a bit surprised. We had so much fun laughing at our silliness. It was a night she still remembers some 10 to 15 years later. (That's what happens to me when I get really tired.) Out of that night, came The Fungus Among ...