Forgiveness

Forgiveness is giving up the possibility of a better past...

The future is way too exciting.

Yours Truly,

The Thinker

Bloom Where You Are Planted

As human beings we are always trying to find the perfect job, perfect marriage, perfect family, perfect house, etc… but what if God planted you in the situation you are in to mold and shape you more into his image and to infact help another person get closer to Him? This is a great prayer that reminded me that we are not here because of us, we are here because of Him and His needs…

Master Gardener, help me be

Content with where You’ve planted me;

You carefully place each seed you sow,

And choose the soil to make it grow,

A shady nook or sunlit plot,

A wooded glen or garden spot;

And when you send the storm and shower,

You give me strength and inner power;

All things come that You might be

Glorified, my God, in me;

And so I’ll lift my flowers high,

To cheer and bless each passerby;

And may they see within my face

The beauty of Your love and grace;

So help me, Lord, to ever be

Blooming where You planted me.

—Wm. Claire Greiner

Yours Truly,

The Student

Purpose

Purpose is the point where your joy meets the world's needs. If it doesn't make you happy, don't make it a priority.

Yours Truly,
The Thinker

What Do You Have To Offer?

Recently, over dinner, my aunt, uncle, sister and I were having a conversation. We were having a conversation about life... life and relationships. At some point in this conversation, my uncle asked me,

"WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO OFFER YOU?"

and after contemplating this question for what was obviously too long, he hit me with a follow up question,

"WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER?"

After some hesitation on my part, my sister chimed in stating this, that and the other (thanks sis) ...

Anyways, those questions stuck with me, and I'm thinking that they may well be two of the most important questions that you need to ask and be able to answer before you can consider being in a relationship and building a life with someone.

Yours Truly,
The Mirror

Don't Tell God

"Don't tell God about your problems. Instead, tell your problems about God."

Yours Truly,
The Believer

My Favorite Prodigy

She's something like a phenomenon.

At only four years old, it is apparent that this little beauty is something special. What started with sketches and seemingly outlandish explanations of what she was drawing, quickly evolved to this...

photography by N.C.M.S.

A creation formulated while playing in dirt and other random things found outside.

When asked how much her art work would cost, she replied "I don't know." (True artists know that you can't put a price on something like this)

To say that she is gifted is the epitome of an understatement.

She is...beyond exceptional.

Amazing

Yours Truly,

Hot Faucet Water

For some uncertain reason, I'm a bottled water kind of girl. Somewhere along my journey, I was brainwashed into believing that tap water was not clean enough, pure enough nor good enough. I fell into the trap of paying for what mother nature gives us freely.

On the contrary, I am an ice eater, meaning I like to eat ice, most of which is made from tap water. I'm pretty sure it's a genetic condition. Anywho... Today, by mistake, I swallowed a large piece of ice. OUCH! ... And at that point of unthinkable strange feeling in my chest, all I could think about was, HOT FAUCET WATER.


Hot FAUCET Water saved my life.

Thank God for it.

Yours Truly,

Quote of the Week

"I know God doesn't put more on me than I can handle, but sometimes, I wish he
didn't trust me so much!"

Thanks Morris

Yours Truly,
The Student

Where's Daddy?

Today, I had to teach my nephew how to tie a tie...

And for some reason, it's still on my mind.

Yours Truly,
The Substitute

Thunderstorms

When I was a child, living in Detroit, I remember thunderstorms. I remember days of heavy rain, night skies with sudden streaks of day and thunder. I'm talking earth shaking, car alarms blaring, almost jumped out of my skin scared of thunder thunder. I remember standing on the porch, right in the doorway, loving the smell of rain. Running down the street, basketball in her hands, water up to our knees, nothing on our feet, just rain underneath. I kind of miss those days.

Pictorial Proof

Yours Truly,

Granted

The things we take for granted are the things we lose sooner than expected.

Yours Truly,
The Truth

Of The Heart

It is written, that God will give us the desires of our hearts. A truth, that I believe. However, I wonder... Why is it that we believe that God will give us the desires of our heart when we do not give him the desires of His.

Remember what is written just before this promise.
His graces have prerequisites.

Just a Thought

Yours Truly,
The Thinker

God Walks

God walked through my house today. He took all my troubles away. He is on His way to your house next.

Yours truly,
Wishen Euell

The Greatest Love

Yours Truly,
Wishen Euell

The Blanks

We fill in the blanks of what we don't know
with the worst that we can imagine.
Instead of finding out the truth,
we make up what we think happened.
Then, we dwell on those thoughts as though they are facts.

What she didn't tell you,
What he didn't say,
making up an answer, hoping the questions go away.

We fill the blanks of a parent's love with insufficient hugs.
We fill the blanks of personality with artificial coverings.
We fill the blanks of ambition with contentment.
We fill the blanks of success with excuses.
We fill the blanks of love with lust.

never realizing that they are merely figments of our creative imaginations.

Yours Truly,
The Truth

Can Do

That which YOU CAN do, DO.
That which YOU CAN not do, put on your list of things to DO.

Can't is not a definitive word.
It is, however, open to interpretation.

Do what you can, while you can.
Don't miss your Chance.

Yours Truly,
Wishen Euell

Truth

Sometimes we deny it. Sometimes we rely on it. Sometimes we pretend it doesn't exist. Like it or not, it is what it is.

Reality is that which refuses to go away even if you don't believe it.

I encourage you to welcome the truth. Embrace the truth. But brace yourself, it may be more than you bargained for.

With truth comes knowledge. With knowledge comes power. And with power comes freedom... And change.

Loosing an illusion makes you wiser than finding the truth. And once you remove the veil of deceit, your future will thank you.

Yours Truly,
The Truth

If You're Out There

Love this song. Please take heed to the message.



If you're out there, it's time.

Yours Truly,
The Believer

A Part of Life

We are each a branch, a bud, a leaf, a limb, a fruit, a fragment. An important piece of the body that makes up this thing we call life. We all have a part to play, our very own, unique contribution that we are here to make. And no one can do your part but you.


Unfortunately, most of us, are not doing what it is that we are meant to do. We do what we want to do, or more often, what we have to do and totally forget about what we are called to do. Motivated by money, fame, or superficial "success", we get lost in the world, lose sight of our purpose, then wonder why our lives are a mess.

Everyone is not meant to be a rock star, pop star, sports star or movie star. Some of us are meant to be teachers, or preachers, or poets. But instead we sacrifice our own distinctive features trying to fit into a life that's not meant for us, and it doesn't fit, and we know it.

Play your part. If not for you, then do it for me. The puzzle will forever be incomplete without your inimitable piece.

Your life is calling. Answer it!

Yours Truly,
The Mirror

God Fearing?

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?

The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want.

The Lord is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

I've been young and now I'm old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread.

The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations.

He is my protector and my redeemer.
My shelter and my comforter.
My provider and my friend...

WHY SHOULD I FEAR HIM?

Yours Truly,
The Thinker