some favorite things

(1) iced coffee in the mornings

(2) listening to npr while driving

(3) pumping up my sleep number bed a little firmer or softer just for fun

(4) lowes

(5) dreaming about our new home

(6) praying for our baby 

renovation.

today, we became homeowners. and renovators. 

renovation,
restoration,
new life

always begins with tearing out the old
before you can replace with the new.

"if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
the old is gone, the new has come."
2 corinthians 5:17

community.

its a shame
that some
would walk through life
without others.

i'm blessed.

inspiration

recently, i have been reflecting
on the joy-filled expression of love
called inspiration

my wife possesses a fun, creative spirit
that is at its best, i notice, when i am attentive enough
to inspire

some simply label it
'bringing out each others best'
but
inspiration is more like it

i desire for everything that she is to overflow
into her day to day reality:
connecting with God
celebrating life
dreaming grand possibilities

so i must be ever mindful of ways
i can draw her out of herself
daily


who will you inspire today?

Scripture Sunday: The Lord is Good

Sometimes I forget.

This simple, yet grand truth: The Lord is good.

Pause. Let that sink in.

He is good.

The perfection of goodness.

The Author,

Originator,

Good to all: great and small; those near and far from Him.

He is good.

Simple Saturday: Free Entertainment

today was a simple day.

window shopping.

dreaming of being homeowners on friday.

free entertainment.

(except the $1 Ikea ice creams)