Sugar Sticks with Pinky

  The normal, mundane and ordinary is often the place we unconsciously choose to hang out. I'm guilty of that myself. Taking time though to stop and think on not just what God has done but WHO He is reminds us that our God is so powerful! He created the very world that we live in, Yet in the everyday its so easy to get caught up in issues and all the crazy in our world. Expecting and praying from a heart that believes changes our point of view and then we find God working in us. "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13  There is no limit to what He can do but sometimes we don't allow him to because we are wandering around aimlessly in what we can see right in front of us. However, Praying with expectation brings hope and builds our faith because we know that impossible is God's Specialty "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that

As with any parent when raising my children there were times when I would have to tell them to do something they didn’t want to do or said no to something they wanted to do. I had reason behind what I told them to do.  Their innocent adorable little selves had their own agenda. So then would come the what if  _____ or what if ______?  They had a ton of scenarios to fill in the blank! I  learned the more I responded the further down the rabbit trial we went away from what they need to do or not do. In an effort to avoid the rabbit trail distractions I would simply reply “I don’t play the what if game”    How often as adults does the enemy whisper those what if scenarios  in our thoughts to lead us down rabbit trails that distract us from God’s plans or instructions for us?  What if people don’t like me? What if people don’t approve of what God asked me to do? What if I fail? The response is simple. Stand up tall and confident in the power of the Lord and say “I don’t Play the what if g