It Starts Small

Category: Jesus

  • Trinity of Experience

    This morning I read one of my favorite stories in the Bible. It is the account of God using Rehab to deliver the spies from being captured. God took a known harlot and through a simple act of kindness and the promise of words exchanged, her life and the life…

  • It Starts Small

    I hate people. It is the most regrettable thing I have ever spoken. For years I have looked upon people with human labels, as inconveniences, and not having an intention to sharing the gift of life that Jesus has given me. I had no love for others outside of my…

  • Pom Poms of Possession

    I was suprised to learn my sister has pomagranate trees growing in her yard. It’s funny because they dont really care for the fruit. I’ve been sharing a little something I have learned in Exodus 28. God gives the Isrealites the custom and command of what the priests and chief…

  • Jingling of the Bells

    This morning I am continuing my writing about Aaron’s robe in Exodus chapter 28. Yesterday I wrote about the symbolic importance of linen. Linen represented us giving up all control, desires and doing our own thing our own way. There’s another bit of symbolism in Aaron’s robe: the bells. 33 And…

  • Jesus, My Regulator

    5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Colossians 3:5 I have spent the last few days writing about how Christ is our all. When we give him all, he returns his all to us. TO make Christ…

  • Jesus Dominates My Affection

    3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who…

  • Happiness is Being a Peacemaker

    Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9 We live in a world that is not at peace with itself. We live in a world where violence is glorified in the entertainment industry, and crushing your enemies is the law of the land.…

  • Happiness comes through Tears

    Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 How can happiness be tied to mourning? when i think of mourning I think about mourning a great loss. the death of a family member or friend. Dictionary.com defines mourning as, “the expression of deep sorrow for someone…

  • If….. you’re Happy and….

    You know what I love most about waking up? I love having a praise and worship song in my head. I love waking up and my heart is already singing praise before I know it. We all know that little song, if your happy and you know it, clap your…

  • The Wonder of Gardening

    I love to grow things. I had hoped I could garden this year. I started my tomatoes and other plants, but my path took steep uphill climb and although I can’t grow hose plants, I believe I’ll still have opportunity to grow something this year. I love gardening because there’s…