Double Portion Inspiration

VOSS is my new favorite water thanks to a great friend of mine that introduced me to the wonderful taste and look of the bottled water. She gave our small group members the beautiful, crystal clear cylinder bottle a few weeks ago. VOSS is a sparkling mineral water from Norway that has an ability to quench my thirst whether I drink it cold or at room temperature. When you read the VOSS story, you find out that the company was started by two friends. They attended high school together, went their separate ways but continued to share with each other their diverse experiences. After drinking the water, we decided that our small group name would be VOSS . We are a small collection of women that have overcome numerous obstacles. We represent different cultures, birth places and experiences that have matured us in ways we never thought imaginable. For us, VOSS , means: V ictory O ver s atan’s s chemes This statement defines the power we possess as children of the most High. I LOVE ...

One of the best reasons to live in Florida this time of the year is the amazing weather. The crystal blue skies and warm sunshine are wonderful considering that most of the country remains buried under snow and ice. Last Saturday was no exception. I was in the house cooking breakfast when my son started screaming, "Mom come here"! He said it so many times, I really thought one of my kids was hurt or bleeding. I ran outside to see this gorgeous sight. A sky writer had just completed writing the words " TRUST JESUS & GOD ". It was the most amazing sight ever seen in the sky. It was so impressive! I am sure for miles around you could see those inspiring words written in the sky. I quickly grabbed my iphone to snap a picture. I stood outside basking in the glory of the sun (SON). That day I was overwhelmed thinking about all of the stuff on my "to do list" for the weekend. As a full time working mom, weekends don't mean a day off. I find myself keepi...

The journey to work can sometimes seem SO long. I am sure that everyone with a long commute can agree. Lately I feel like, with two very active boys, that I spend most of my time sitting in my truck. It is almost my second home-I put on makeup, comb my hair, eat my meals, check my email/voicemail, make phone calls, sing, take a nap (on rare occassions) and hang out with my kids all in the comfort of my truck. Let's face it life is zooming by and sometimes the journey to get to each new season seems to take forever. I'm always racing to keep up with the "flow of traffic" but then the stoplight turns red and all of a sudden I have to stop-UGH! I just want to keep going, but the red light in front of me and the police officer in the next lane remind me that I better STOP . Now for the life lesson, sometimes ALL of us are racing through life just so we can keep up with the "flow of traffic". We usually chase after things (the bigger house, bigger car...

Almost daily in my subdivision, you will see beautiful sand cranes walking around in pairs. They immediately get your attention because they are long-legged (over 4 feet tall), long-necked birds that have an impressive wing span. You can learn so much from the sand crane regarding companionship and marriage. The sand cranes are believed to mate for life. Mated cranes have a “unison call” that is a synchronized duet used to reinforce the bond between the female and male birds. They stand close together while eating, flying, and sleeping. Both parents help to rear the young until the next breeding season. Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to highlight the lifestyle of the sand crane. On a day when we celebrate love and affection, there is much to be gained from studying these birds in their natural habitat. Even in the animal kingdom, God illustrates the power of companionship . I was inspired on Saturday by a single sand crane walking in my backyard. It didn’t have a mate. I wonder...

Normally on Sunday evenings, you will find my daughter and I getting her hair ready for school on Monday. This past week she asked me "mommy, I wonder how many hairs are on my head"? What a question! Even though I carried my daughter in my womb for nine months, gave birth to her after 15 hours of labor and nursed her for 12 months, I didn't know the number. Her Bratz doll was close by so we started trying to count her hair strand by strand. I think we stopped after five strands of hair. We quickly found out that it would be exhausting to try and count each piece of hair. I then turned her question into a teachable moment. The word of God shares with us that we were knitted together in our mother's womb and the number of hairs on our head are all numbered and known by Him. He knows when we sit and when we rise. He can even perceive our thoughts from a distance. Before a word is on our tongue, He knows it completely. In those moments when we feel that he must not care a...

I will warn you, most of my inspiration will come from baseball. Both my boys play and I spend the majority of my time on a baseball field. I really used to hate watching baseball, even though my grandfather was an avid fan of the sport. I always felt it was a boring sport. Now that my son's been playing for 6 years, I have developed a complete LOVE for the game. This weekend my son had a baseball tournament. He was one of the starting pitchers. I always look into the dugout to encourage him after every inning. As I peeped through the windows in the dugout this time to encourage him, I saw something different. I thought about how all the major league baseball players started in the same way as my son. Countless amount of time is spent practicing, having private lessons, working through injuries, getting rejected, winning, losing, etc. Our culture is so accustomed to life zooming by quickly. We don't want to wait. We don't know how to wait. We fail to realize that becomin...

We want to thank each of you for your support of our new blog! We are overwhelmed by the number of people that reached out to encourage us. We are eternally grateful. We praise God for allowing the blog to have international exposure on the first day! When God gently whispers direction in your life or gives kingdom strategies toward your dreams, we often feel that there won’t be a struggle in our steps toward destiny. Fortunately those obstacles are there to grow perseverance in our lives. In our pursuit to launch the blog on February 1st, we encountered SO many problems. I snapped a quick photo of the numerous medicines my family took in the days leading up to the launch. We were trying to recover and minimize the effects from the stomach flu and influenza. In the midst of my family fighting for good health, Roslyn’s computer crashed causing her to lose all of her 400+ contacts. Each of these events were distractions from the vision. They were meant to stop the will of God bu...

Welcome to the official launch of our new blog! Roslyn and I are so happy you decided to stop by. Today is the 1st day of Black History month and we are carving out our own little piece of history. Staying connected with us is easy....leave your email address and receive our new posts automatically. So sit back and enjoy a " double dose " of inspiration!