Most of my life I have been thankful for good things that have come my way. Good parents, good family, good marriage, good kids, yet as I have seasoned in age I have transitioned from not only being thankful for the good things but also my struggles. I am slowly realizing that if it wasn't for the struggles, my successes wouldn't be quite as beautiful!
Embrace the valleys,
Live 2 Love,
C
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
A Story To Tell
I am convinced that each person that walks the planet has a story to tell. Yet one of the great tragedies of not only society but also the American church is that we often tuck our stories away in a drawer of guilt and shame. Over the last 5 weeks or so I have been deeply convicted that this must change. I have witnessed first hand our church community connect with individuals who have been brave enough to share their stories week in and week out. In my opinion this is what redemption is all about, humanity sharing their past struggles, then sharing how Christ came into their life and changed things. Have you shared your story?
Live to Love,
C
Live to Love,
C
Herschel is Jenksed
Nov 22, Herschel will be featured on MTV World of Jenks. Im so thankful to know Herschel Sims. He is such an inspiring young man. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him, there is no doubt it will be bright.
I took the pictures posted while we were waiting in the locker room to play Florida Plant.
Live to Love.
Traditions
This week our blog assignment was to write about our Christmas traditions. Around my household we don't have a ton of traditions, but we do have a few. On Christmas eve we gather together with the rest of our family and have ham and red beans then on Christmas day we have the usual turkey and dressing. Then we take our leftovers to homeless on the streets. Yet there is one tradition that I will never forget, and pray it will be passed on to my children's children. For dessert we always have a birthday cake for Jesus. This provides a great reminder to all of us what Christmas is truly about. 
Compassion Needs Your Help
Today, I couldn't be more proud of our youth pastor Nick Bradshaw. My greatest
desire for our staff is that they would be world changers, there is no doubt
that is exactly what Nick is doing. He is changing the world by working with
Compassion International raising money to purchase water filters. If you are
online, and you can stand to listen to country a little bit, he is on
www.coyotecountry983.com a radio station in Kansas today and tomorrow.
If you can, just don't listen, give..we did...
Your tax-deductible gift of $55 will provide a Water of Life filter kit
to a family, giving them clean drinking water for the rest of their lives.
In addition to the filter, your gift will help Compassion provide training
and education in good hygiene and health practices, as well as helping to
develop better access to water sources so families don't have to walk so
far to get water.
You can save lives today when you join Compassion and give a
Water of Life filter.
Ash and I have supported a child named George who resides in Nigeria for the last 8 years,
I am a huge, huge fan of Compassion.
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