A God sized pool!

 This is for my Flourish Bible Study friends who've heard my stories of how God blesses me with the desires of my heart! The pool is huge and most of the time this week we had it to ourselves. Every time I swam I felt God was saying, "I haven't forgotten." I pray you know today that He hasn't forgotten your desires, hopes and dreams. He just may surprise you with a God size blessing!

The only shoes I've had on my feet since we arrived. Wishing you a flip-flop day, if not on your feet then at least in your heart!

A day at the beach stills my heart.

Don't leave home without it!

Don' leave home without it! And we didn't. Riding proudly in the back seat was our Keurig! Enjoying my coffee this morning. It might even taste a little better at the beach! Thought I would share a blog I wrote a couple of years ago. It's one of my favorites. God can teach us through anything...even a Keurig.

It doesn't make sense...but it works.

My Happy Place

I'm in my happy place. It's always the same for me, the first moment I see the ocean. For me it seems like I'm standing face to face with God. Nothing in between us. I'm faced with the expanse of His power and greatness. I wish you were here!

Sundays…a gift from God.

Today is Sunday.  I’ve always loved Sundays. It’s that special day of the week that belongs to you. The hours are yours to do with what you wish. When I was young, ‘’back in the day” Sunday was the day the busyness and sounds of everyday life were set to pause. It was the day we slept in, stayed a little longer in our pajamas and the day my dad cooked the most wonderful breakfast ever prepared.  Sometimes there were Sunday drives or backyard BBQ’s or trips to the beach. I have wonderful memories of Sundays and I cherish every one of them.

Every week has a Sunday. God has given each of us a Sunday, even if the world calls it another name. For those of us who work on Sunday it may be Friday, or Tuesday, or even Thursday. No matter the name the calendar gives, it’s our day. The day we own each hour. The day we decide how it’s spent.

Sunday’s are a gift from God. Twenty-four precious hours that belong to you. Renew your spirit, revive your soul, rest your body. Reclaim Sunday and enjoy your special day!

Psalm 118:24 “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it”

In the beginning...

 Everything has a beginning. A baby is born, the beginning of life. Vows are exchanged the beginning of a marriage. A foundation is laid, the beginning of a new home. The sun comes up, the beginning of a new day.

Everything has a beginning. I’ve been thinking about beginnings lately, or more specifically the importance of beginning right. You may have heard the saying get off on the right foot. The free dictionary defines it as to begin doing something in a way that is likely to succeed. Success! We all want it, but do we always plan for it?

There is another saying that goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Ouch! Almost everything has a plan; we just don’t always follow it. You know, like we don’t pre-heat the oven or follow the recipe or we don’t read the instructions and end up with a pile of nuts, bolts and screws, you know the drill.

I love God’s word. It changed my life. His word was the beginning for me. I found out He had a plan for my life, a plan of purpose, a future filled with hope. Have you ever thought about how both the Old and New Testaments begin? Genesis 1:1 says, In the beginning was God and John 1:1 starts, In the beginning was the word and the word was God.

I can’t help but wonder how different our lives would be if in all of our beginnings it could be written…in the beginning was God.  What if every new day began with God? What if all of the “news” in our lives began with God: a marriage, a career, and the birth of a child, a diet and on and on? What if we never tried to do it ourselves and then asked God to help us out of our failed plan but instead asked Him to be part of our plan from the start.

God’s word tells us He has a plan. His word tells His ways are better than ours. I love this scripture found in the Message Bible. It simply says, we plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it. Proverbs 16:9

My hope for you today and every day is that you will find God in your beginnings and He will make your plans succeed.

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11