~ Christ Habits ~

Being is letting go, letting time fall down around you, and being present to what is.   The illusion is that our control keeps us safe, but it actually keeps us bound. The truth is that our letting go allows God to hold us, to heal us, and to empower us.  In surrender, our control falls apart into something much greater, a larger grace, a boundless place where our souls expand.. Surrender leads us into what we can’t fully understand, hence what we cannot control. It is our first step of sanity, to becoming whole…It is our first step of grace, our first step of faith, and our first step of trust. Surrender is the art of letting go, an art we engage the moment we hit our knees and lift our eyes; the moment we worship and surrender ourselves, as we ‘let go and let God.’

As the Art is continually practiced, our surrender becomes deeper, richer and fuller.

And as we grow in Christ and Christ in us, our past, present and future begin to converge into our present. The veil of eternity becomes very thin. How cool is that.

Walk with God in the cool of the day…Today.

Cut To The Core.  Life’s Too Short For Living In The Shadows

We dance around our real source–our life in Christ.

Dive in, the water’s fine.  God understands your mess.
He can handle it. He knows. It won’t take Him by surprise.
He will change it as he changes you. Slowly or quickly.
It’s His doing.  He’s the surgeon.  He’s the healer.
Your job is to dive into what he tells you,  One on one.

Go ahead. Take a moment now. Free yourself
Because life’s too short for living in the shadows.

~Old Tree Stump In East Hill~Pensacola~

We are the work of his majesty.
We have no idea who we really are
bound by sin, time and space.
We are being masterfully fashioned
by His Hands, Heart and Spirit,
Transformed into His Image
more and more
Our brokenness Healed
Our emptiness Whole
Day by Day
As we Dwell in His Presence
As we Walk in His Spirit
Deeply touching the lives of others
Sharing, Giving and Revealing
The Love of God to the Hearts of Men

Do you like coffee, tea or maybe a  green smoothie?

I was walking back from the office sipping my coffee from a styrofoam cup, when it hit me.  I love coffee, pure and black.  It doesn’t much matter if it’s in a styrofoam cup or my favorite mug.  It’s the taste that rocks my morning world…Hot steaming coffee.

And so it is with you.  You’re the cup that’s holding Jesus inside of you, the living waters, the grace of God.  Sometimes we get all caught up in ourselves, losing perspective, that we’re the cup, and not the treasure.

You can take that coffee of yours and flavor it with all kinds of stuff.  You can make a  Liturgical Latte’ or a Pentecostal Bold, but whatever you add,  it’s the coffee that matters, pure and simple.

Christ is in you.  You are the vessel.  Share your living water with a dying world.  You   may be the only grace  that a person ever meets.  Allow the life  which is flowing into you to flow out.  Realize who you carry.

And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. Col 1:27 NLT