Little Tent

Photo by  Rodion Kutsaev  on  Unsplash I was thinking of 7 kinds of things I want to do with my life and with this blog. They are posted on my book shelf as a reminder. I was sitting here thinking about goals and things I would like to do accomplish or be in the months ahead. I have post it note to do lists every day stuck to my computer but this is a deeper kind of goals. They have more to do with a kind of lifestyle that I want to have. Here are my 7 things. I believe all are born out of a life of prayer and being in a intimate love relationship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Learn - I want to be a lifetime learner. I want to always keep a sense of curiosity and wonder. John 21:25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. I have not yet scratched the surface of all there is to know and experience of God. Create - I am made in the image

Photo by  Ben White  on  Unsplash I awoke to a Charley horse in my left leg this morning at about 5:30am. My first thought was STOP!!!!! my second was I must need Calcium and Magnesium. My third thought while my leg was still cramping was Lord I need your help here forgive me that you were not my first thought. In the past alarm clocks and Charley horses were a recipe for a get out of bed on the wrong side kind of day. Today I thought well, I'm up so I'm going to spend it with the Lord. So I proceeded to take a hot bath and listen to the The Healing Refuge one of 8 online Christian radio stations started by a long time friends Mark and Lori Kenney. I put the links at the bottom of this post. The station was playing a instrumental and spoken word piece that was something about joy. I just kept listening and thinking over the verses and something in me clicked and it was like Holy Spirit connected the dots for me and I suddenly had a key regarding joy that I had previously mi

Glory Prayer Tent Scarf by  LittleTent Im so excited to be able to create my designs and have them printed as prayer shaws or what I like to call Little Prayer Tents.  If you want one you can click on the picture and place your order. This first one is inspired by Psalm 16:9 and the idea of being surrounded by God's glory. It’s also possible if you like this background but want different words to customize it with names or verses of your own choosing. If you want you can add Tizt tzit (tassels) to the four corners. I plan to do a video to show you how I make them and what the wraps and knots represent. Dimensions: 16" x 72" Material: Lightweight chiffon fabric Clean rolled hem; scarves will be printed, hand-cut, and sewn by skilled seamstresses using top-of-the-line finishing machines Print is visible on both sides Hem available in 4 different finishing thread colors Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry Print may fade 5-10% after first wash, but su

Photo by  Ben White  on  Unsplash As I was praying about what to share in the 2nd Experience Prayer class I flipped through the various things that were ready to present. I felt the Lord kept saying nope - not this week. This morning I awoke from a dream in which I was hearing a pastor talking with another person about how discouraged he was. His life had become so dry and his church or ministry was in the same kind of condition. In the dream I had 6 things that I jotted down on a paper for him. I don't know who the people were. Just that I had the solution. Anyway I could not remember what I had written in the paper only that there were 6 things. As I sat thinking about what I would share for my class it occurred to me that there might be 6 things to transform your prayer life that I could share.  So here's my list of Six Things to Transform Your Prayer Life Jesus lives in you - Heaven is not far away the kingdom of God is at hand. He lives in your brothers and s

Photo by  Mat Reding  on  Unsplash We often find ourselves at crossroads during our life. Which way should we go? What is the way to happiness?   Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm in the Bible and it has funny words starting each paragraph. This is because it is an acrostic poem where each of the stanza starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Granted those of us who are not fluent in Hebrew miss the structural impact of the flawless beauty of this Psalm.   My goal in exploring Psalm 119 is to write very short pieces in which we make this Psalm and the Hebrew Alphabet a tool for praying and connecting with the Father.   I thought this was interesting "The Hebrew word for "letter" is   ot  ( אוֹת ), which can also mean "sign" or "wonder." Each letter of the Aleph-Bet, then, may contain signs that point to wonderful truths about life. According to midrash, the LORD God Himself taught the alphabet (along with the numerical valu

Photo by  Andrea Tummons  on  Unsplash “If your brother or sister sins,  go and point out their fault,  just between the two of you.  If they listen to you,  you have won them over. Matthew 18:15   NIV This morning, I thought to myself. "I need to write a blog post. Ok I'll get the verse of the day and write about what ever it happens to be." So I get to Bible Gateway and find Matthew 18:15 Of course it is a verse about an issue I have recently had to walk through with some friends. I have to say that as hard and painful as working through to reconciliation was it was worth it. I think we all learned from the process. Photo by  Javardh  on  Unsplash When we get concerned, offended or hurt or even frightened by another brother or sister's words, actions, or behavior it is easy to think that we need to go get the opinions or council of others.  Love's answer is that we don't go to others but directly to the person. We may have totally m