It was a sunny warm fall day, as I glanced at a wood pile, I remembered that I needed some to put in the Solo fire pit once I got home. It wasn't a need but a want. I knew I was going to get overcharged for something I could find around town once I got home. Thinking at what I needed to do, and the traffic, I may have to go out of my way to pick them up. This was just so conveniently right there; and honestly that's what I did. I didn't think twice. I picked up the bundle of firewood, overpaid for them, and carried them to the car. As I walked to get inside the vehicle I heard “Convenience is costly”. I knew in my heart that The Lord was talking directly to my heart. Human nature is to try to justify our actions. Make excuses as to why we do what we do. Trying to find a shortcut, saving time. I knew it was a lesson to learn. Every situation when we allow, it will become a teachable message. Because we don't want to take the long route. Because everything is w...

“We praise you for creating, crafting, forming, and knitting us together and our mother's womb”. Psalm 139:13. (God has a plan for everyone's life) God says, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 A present 🎁 is a gift. Giving without asking for it. It is not in the present BUT in His presence; Where God reveals Himself to us. In his presence, we find rest and peace. It is in his presence that we are transformed and changed from the inside out. Where we start to understand, identify, and learn about our real value and our worth. (Value and worth are two different concepts) In His presence is where the outer stuff will come out. The wrapping that we carry around starts to fade away, the fake is revealed, the illusions, the mask, the pretensions, and the fears. Is where you learn to remove, “that” which is attached to you. (attitude, behavior, action, and reactio...