• Complexity of Self-Worth

    – Psalm 139:13-14 NKJV – 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Recently I lost a promotion at my job…

  • Pioneering Destiny

    – Pioneering Destiny – a poem by Mike Gates Dreams begin, a heart’s cry to send.  The pioneer awakens to a sound that beckons.  With hands to the plow, paving a way, clearing the path, not looking back. Onward unto a new frontier, bravery rises, fear will not end their…

  • Love’s Reflective Light

    – “Love’s Reflective Light” by Mike Gates – Full moon, so bright, a beacon illuminating the sky. From dusk to dawn, in the evening, at midnight into early morning, a nightlight that burns till a new sunrise appears. Serene atmosphere, enthralled, it calms all my thoughts, set adrift or maybe…

  • Keep Looking Up

    – Colossians 3:1-4 NKJV – “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ…

  • Making Sense of Trials

    – 1 Peter 4:12-16 NKJV – 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may…