A Smackeral Of Life

Mountains. I’ve definitely seen my share of them, both physically and spiritually.  I think everyone has.  But, lately I’ve been thinking more and more about the mountains we climb, and I’ve realized that life itself is a mountain.  It has winding paths, ones which we can choose from.  Some of them are graceful dirt paths that are easy to walk on, while others are caked with mud and tumbling rocks.  Maybe, just maybe, the mountain everyone always talks about climbing when you reach a hard spot in life is actually nothing but a little rock.  The one tumbling at you on your path up your true mountain.  A rock full of difficulty, one that can either knock you down or build you up….but in our human minds we have exaggerated the rock in our path to that of a mountain.  Giving it more power over us than we’d like to admit. Our mountain has its ups and downs, and sometimes we tumble so far that we hit rock bottom. We look up once aga...

Let me start out with this question.....have you ever been tapped by God? Just a small tap to get your attention? Well, have you ever been lovingly smacked upside the head by God too? Yeah, same here! God taught me a lesson today. But it took Him quite a few smacks for me to really get it. So, after learning some on my own, I thought it would be nice to share it as well! After all, sharing is caring! I hope you stick with me in my vulnerability, and that hopefully He can speak to you through me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As most of you probably know, today is Ash Wednesday. The day that kicks off lent. The day when people gather around and get a cross marked on their forehead with ashes to symbolize the scripture in Genesis that says "for dust you are and to dust you shall return." A day used to begin the remembrance of Jesus's life after birth, ministry, death and resurrection. I decided to start my own devotional pertaining to the ne...