Double Portion Inspiration

Double Portion Inspiration  pray you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  We've enjoyed sharing our life journey with you over the past nine months.  We are taking time away from the blog, until the first of the year, to enjoy family and the true spirit of the season, Jesus Christ! Each day over the next few weeks we will spend quiet moments reflecting on our vision for the upcoming year.  As you move into 2012, begin to focus on the goals for your life, career, and relationships.  Here are just few questions to get you started: What is your passion? Who are you? Where are you headed (life, career, & relationships)? How will you get there? "The greatest tragedies in life are people who have sight, but not vision."                                     ...

I absolutely love the Christmas story and what it means for mankind everywhere.  This year I've found myself  drawn to Mary and the role she played in the greatest display of obedience.  Just think about the reality of the virgin birth .  A young woman, engaged to be married, receives a visit from an angel.  I imagine she woke up on that day like any other day in her life.  Little did she know, her life was going to change forever in an instant! The angel shared that she was highly favored and that she would give birth to a son.  I can already envision the questions I would have for the angel.  I would have probably held the angel up for the rest of the day with questions.  "Exactly what am I supposed to tell my fiancee", would be the start of the questioning along with the need to know when and where I would deliver.  The most important question of all......."Are pain killers involved in this scenario...

Merry Christmas This is my favorite time of year.  I enjoy seeing the lights, Christmas trees and smelling the aroma in the house as we bake cookies.  December should be filled with joy and delight .  Anticipation builds as we get ready to celebrate the reason for this holiday season- the birth of Jesus Christ . Normally, what I see in people is completely  different. Think about it. God sent His very own Son to be the Savior of the world.  Jesus' birth was a little different.  His mother was a virgin and he was born in a manager which is a feeding trough for animals. Even in that, He was the anticipated Messiah the world had been waiting for.  He was called Emanuel which means  God is with us .  The very presence of Jesus indicated new life. A miracle was performed. Fast forward to the reality of today, and you will find that most people struggle to find any  happiness.  We seem to be more stressed with longer to do lists...