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Hi! Welcome back!  I feel like I need to give some background on this one... I function better within boundaries.  I think most people function better when they know the rules.  How can you win the game if you don't know the rules?  What if someone cheats?  What if you bend the rules...you know, just a little?  I have found through the harsh experience of living, I prefer solid right or wrong.  I tend to overthink things.  For instance, the other day I was thinking about fasting.  You know, the time when you choose to go without food or something you find pleasurable in order to focus on God.  (See Matthew 6:16 - when you fast... not if - when.) I was wondering, "if I drink unsweetened tea does that break my fast"?  So I go back and forth trying to hash this out in my brain until I just literally throw up my hands and say, "Lord, what's your rule?"  After a bit more (calm) research, I can say, I know what I do when I fast....

No man is an island entire of itself,  Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. John Donne, (1572-1631). Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Severall Steps in my Sicknes - Meditation XVII, 1624      No person, male or female, is expected to get through this life successfully without help. In general, people do better when surrounded by good people. Proverbs 13:20 (NLT) says, "walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble." Further, 1 Corinthians 15:33 reminds us "do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”" Humans crave interaction and relationship and will be drawn to good character. Be a good friend.      To be a good friend, keep your promise or don’t promise at all. Be honest with your words and actions. No one likes harsh or mean people. (Some people act mean but really they haven't realized the beauty of peace inside. Give them some grace. Maybe your example will show them the peace t...

       Hello and welcome!  Sit down and let me get you a snack.  I hope you plan on visiting for a while.  I like company on a lazy day almost as much as I like being me.        First things first, I make mistakes.  I choose to learn from these mistakes.  I am a sinner saved by God’s grace through Jesus who was crucified for my sin, buried in a borrowed tomb, rose the third day and went to sit at His Father’s right hand to judge the earth.        I choose to set my moral compass to align with the Christian Bible.  If you don’t choose this, that’s okay.  That is a decision you have to make and live with.  It is not my assignment to judge your decision.  My purpose is to help and to heal.  Nothing more, nothing less.  As it states in Isaiah 61:1, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath s...