"When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must "walk in the light" of that vision.  If you don’t "walk in the light" of it you will sink to a level of bondage never envisioned by our Lord. Mentally disobeying the "heavenly vision" will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to ( Read more... )

"Everyone around here thinks they been toilet papered.... they are WRONG.... they haven't been toilet papered till they been toilet papered by ya'll!!!" ~Kevin Bunch

The safest place to be is in the center of God's will.

We have somehow perverted this more primal understanding to a far more civilized one.  Instead of finding confidence to live as we should regardless of our circumstances, we have used it as justification to choose the path of lease resistance, least difficulty, least sacrifice.  Instead of ( Read more... )

so i led small group tonight, all by myself, with absolutely no preparation. i showed up and they said "oh by the way, YOU'RE teaching tonight" so i just shared my own personal devotion... again. that's the third time in the past 2 weeks ( Read more... )

And in the midst of all these tears, you know that its not helping any, and it's not going to bring them back, if you ever even had them in the first place. After about a million tears have been cried, you finally pull yourself back together and keep going. Your throat starts to clench and your eyes burn with the tears you are trying to hold back. ( Read more... )

i'd have to say the best part of the tunnel was... being chased by a guy with a CHAINSAW...

needless to say, more injuries. the whole left side of my body is a little banged up.

so apparently a road trip may not be out of the question. insane ( Read more... )

i'm not sure what's wrong with me but my stomach hasn't stopped "rumbling" since i moved here and i've had the "flu" twice in the past 2 weeks, which is beyond extreme for me... i usually goes multiple years without getting sick.  i'd blame it on the water but we buy our water, and jeremy drinks twice as much as me and doesn't get sick.  anyway i'm ( Read more... )

i have a new favorite shampoo. i'm not sure what brand it is but it has honey and almond in it and it's divine. it takes every bit of self control within me to refrain from eating my hair.

woke Hadley up with the leaf blower at 6:30 this morning. his hair is AWESOME in the morning. i'm pretty sure war is soon to be declared. especially after we play the video for the whole youth group tonight. haha.