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I met a dear friend at a writer’s conference a few years back. She was a free spirit and such an inspiration to my very locked down spirit. I was envious of her ability to just relax and enjoy. She made public speaking look so easy and effortless. She was a natural.  As I toiled and prayed and worried and over-prepared for my presentation, Angie kept saying, “I’m just showin’ up!” And she did. She knocked it out of the park and even enjoyed her time on the stage. Me? I did it, but there was no enjoyment on my part. I fretted my way through. Thankfully, God worked in both situations for a great outcome, but I would much rather have enjoyed the experience as Angie did.  “Just show up.” Such great advice!  If you’re like me, you suffer from the need to plan and maybe even over plan.

Rhonda Lee created a small food pantry in her basement to help those in need during the pandemic. Rhonda says she has strived to find ways to give back to the community after others helped her when she lost everything in a flash flood in 1995.

When my husband had a motorcycle, and I would ride behind him, he was forever coaching me to lean with him into the curve — yet, everything within me screamed counter-balance!  But all my counter-balance did was make his job of keeping us upright more difficult. What eventually worked for me was not to lean right or left but to lean in. When I leaned into him, it centered us and made riding together easier for him and less traumatic for me.    Jesus invites us to lean into Him in this same way.  Lean into His forgiveness, grace, mercy, and love. Lean into His promises, provision, wisdom, and strength.  When we become ONE with Christ, we are centered in who HE is and what He did. We are secure in who we are because of Him and less likely to eat pavement in life’s curves.    “Trust in the

As a year begins, I typically have a focus word or an area of spiritual growth that I feel burdened to work on.  Things like prayer, compassion, rooted and grounded, discipline… I didn’t this year…until yesterday.  Satisfied. That’s my word. It’s the longing of my soul.  I need to be satisfied…content….quieted…settled into who I am in Christ and in how that identity is carried out in every aspect of who He’s called me to be. …in this season of life, in work, relationships, ministries, in my health, in the mundane and the magnificent.  Satisfied. Isaiah 58:11 And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.     Susan E. Greenwood is a wife, a mother, and a mother-in-law :D. She

2nd Coming Family Life Church is a Spirit filled church where the worship is vibrant and the Word is relevant! Experience your best life in Christ Jesus! Thrive in your purpose by the power of the Holy Spirit!   Listen to our Community Matters Interview with Pastors Lamario and Karen Bradwell:   2nd Coming Family Life Church is located at 917 9th Street Huntington, WV 25701 Phone: (304) 691-0531 To learn more, visit their Facebook page!

“The closer to God you draw, the greater will be your disdain for sin.” Dr. Richard Blackaby It’s easy to play the excuses game and feel justified in sin, especially for a minor sin. “I’m not harming anyone, right?” How about the comparison game? “My sin isn’t as bad as ____________. At least I’ve never __________. “ What I’m actually doing is viewing sin from my perspective or that of the world, and, over time, I lose my disdain for casual sin and risk slipping deeper — sin is never satisfied with small.   The danger: the farther away from God we slip, the easier it is to view Him as the problem, and we start to feel guilty for upholding His standard.   And, yeah, God’s standard is high, but He bridged that gap to make sure ALL are without excuse. (Romans 3:23 and 6:23) Jesus paid for ALL