Riding by a construction site I notice a person directing traffic away from the site. I also noticed how hard at work the other workers were. Instantly my mind thought about me being a work in progress. Under God's construction and how God protects me during His working process. This made me smile, just thinking about how carefully God protects me and how jealously He loves me. As He lovingly places metaphorical barriers around my heart and mind during His working process. Not to hurt me but to mold me into the beautiful being He intended for me to be. During God's construction site, we get to decide how we will respond. Surrenderance or rebellion? The choice is always up to us.  More times than not I rebelled against what Christ was doing in my life. During this rebellion, I made the construction process longer than it had to be. This reminds me of the Bible story of the Children of Israel in the wilderness. An eleven-day journey took them 40 years to complete (Deuteronomy 1:2...

I do not like cooking. Maybe it's because of the cleaning-up process afterward. Usually, I'm too tired to truly enjoy the meal. However, I try to be a good wife. I remember preparing to cook a dinner my husband requested one day. He had mentioned wanting a Korean-inspired meal. So like a good wife, I comply. I start looking for a recipe to make a delicious Korean dish. I then go to the store to get all my ingredients. When home I began to prepare my meal. Chopping peppers, Slicing chicken, steaming vegetables all the work going. I'm following this recipe closely. Why? Because the desired result requires it. When it was all done, We ate and enjoyed the meal as a family. I could say the desired results were fulfilled. I was thrilled when my husband stated the meal was good. I assured him that I heard him when he mentioned he wanted a Korean meal. He smiled and said," I said Caribbean."  The success of any recipe is obedience. Well, the lesson I learned from my mista...

Have you ever been in a room full of people yet you felt alone, out of place, and invisible? What an uncomfortable feeling. Oftentimes this feeling causes me to withdraw and separate myself from everyone.  It's never good to feel invisible, especially to those who know you. But here's a point to consider. What if all of our uncomfortable feelings are there to lead us to the place God has for us?  What if they are motivation to change us? Would you embrace the uncomfortable? To do so, surrenderance is necessary. I remember a time feeling invisible. I left the place I was, I got in my car, and began to drive home. While driving home a song came on the radio that blessed me. The song was like God's way of telling me I see you and I'm with you. I felt comforted in that moment as I began to sing  I know you see me I know you hear me, Lord Your plans are for me Goodness you have in store I know you hear me I know you see me, Lord Your plans are for me Goodness you have in sto...

The Creator knows As a mother, I can recall many times trying to explain things to our son. As a young child, he was very inquisitive asking lot of questions. He trusted his parents to give him the right and truthful answer.  Although at times I could not give him the right answer, because I lacked the information myself. This prompted me to consider do I always ask the right person for answers. I couldn't answer why certain things were created. Looking down at my then young child I assured him that his questions should be directed to the creator of whatever object he was referencing. That answer must have been good enough for my son because it ended his interrogation. But could that answer be good enough for us when we inquire about our purpose? Having this kind of relationship with our son allowed him to know that his parents didn't have all the answers but that there is someone- a Creator who does. We taught our son that everything in life was created by someone. When we ask...

 Learning to embrace the TRUTH! Have you ever looked at your reflection in a mirror only to discover that you don't appear to be yourself? I have. As I went through life searching for love, acceptance, and self-worth I ended up buying the lies this world fed me.  Such as I had to look a certain way to receive love, or I had to please people to be accepted and liked. There's one thing wrong with this belief. The feeling of not being good enough when you don't receive love and acceptance. The feeling of rejection can lead to self-doubt.  The lyrics of Lauren Diagle's song entitled  You Say, powerfully express this.  "I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough. Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up. Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low? Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know." Feeling not good enough prompted me to run into the arms of God the Father. The only one who I was taught loves unc...