In her book, “ Because He Lives,” Gloria Gaither said, “Ultimately, writers write because they have no choice. Even if no one ever read or praised or bought her writing, a writer would have to write.”  Most of what I’ve written or journaled or put to music will never be read by others. They were just words that bubbled up from my heart onto paper; passions that forced their way out by internal pressure that HAD to find expression!  But…

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“By faith, Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up, he was pleasing to God.And without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that HE IS and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Heb. 11:5-6 Why on earth would I choose these verses…

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Someday I’m going to tell the entire story of my life…but until then, hear THIS loud and clear; JESUS CHRIST totally, unequivocally, without ANY question, completely, and single handedly SAVED MY LIFE!!! I am nothing short of a miracle of amazing grace and I will marvel until the day I die…..and then forever! That.Is.All.

⚠️ Long, sappy post! Ok, so I’ve done a lot of these lately. Have mercy! I’m still stuck at home trying my darndest to recover from back surgery so let me do what I do… write! I’ve spent the afternoon cleaning out my boy’s rooms, mostly going through the old toy chest that has been stowed away in Jonathan’s closet all these years. (Well, that’s embarrassing !) Every time Blake came in the room, I’d be sitting there boo-hooing, he’d…

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Let me tell y’all about my Bo.He was a beautiful black lab with a big diamond of white on his neck. We got him as a pup soon after Jemima died. Jemima was my protector. She’d just as soon bite you as look at you. I’m talking a defender of her territory! I’m pretty sure she saved us from an attempted break in one Christmas Eve when Blake wasn’t home and somebody out there in a big blue van might…

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The simple testimony of one BFI in a nutshell:I am not a particularly ambitious person…I just want to love Jesus with all out, complete, crazy abandonment! I have no desire for self promotion, I just want to love Jesus so much that it causes other’s hearts to burn with love and desire for Him. It matters not in the very least How He uses my life; whether alone on my knees or in some public way, I just want to…

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