Sweet Tea, Advocacy and Me

'and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,     to be self-controlled,  pure,  working at home, kind, and  submissive to their own husbands,  that the word of God may not be reviled.'-Titus 2:4-5 What God calls us to do is never an easy path.  Many people will say the above Biblical reference 'isn't relative to today's society.'  I strongly disagree. That's like saying God's original and holy intention of marriage between a man and woman has now somehow changed because our society and culture have changed.  Since when does God's Word change and/or adapt?  Never.  Back to the part about God's calling is never the easy path. Yea, that's definitely been the case for me but I had a nice reassurance last night at Bible study I'm certainly not alone.   I'm not alone when my selfishness rears its ugly head and I can't help but continue to think that man, would it be nice to have a nanny or to ...

'His call, when obeyed, changes everything.' This daily article from Crosswalk.com talks about your life taking a dramatic turn when we trust Him and follow Him.   God's guidance to Tennessee is prime example for Neal and I that when He calls and we obey and follow Him, our lives swiftly, abundantly and eternally change.  How did our lives change? you ask and is this 'change' even favorable? Yes but it did come with a cost. When God made it clear that Franklin TN was the next phase in our life and that we were to leave everything, everyone we knew our whole lives to a foreign land called Franklin, for once I was completely living in His peace. He whispered to me that if I would  trust in Him, follow Him out of completely blind faith that this move would give life to my heart and would make an eternal impact. For confirmations, He gave us the story of Abraham's calling from his father's land to a foreign land where God would bless him. He also used Pro...