Ugly Face

     Photo Credit: Antique Oil Lamps

     Recently, I've come across someone who is dealing with a great deal of suppressed anger and bitterness. And unfortunately, the damage is not being done to the person that they think offended them, but instead, it's beginning to manifest physically in their appearance. They are appearing hardened, stony, and oddly unattractive. And I don't think they even realize it.

     Do you know people like that? Where instaneously, you can sense they have a chip on their shoulder, they are angry at the world, or have spent a lifetime supressing anger, just below the surface of their skin...

     Well, I wanted to these folks...Er...us, that our spirits are saying more than our mouths ever could. There are those people that light up a room, and then there are those that drain all the electritcity and energy from a room.

     I believe that each of us is meant to light up a room, in a unique way. But clutter (Anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, etc.) only help to dim the beauty and brightness of our God given light.

     Once again, I challenge us to love more intensely this year. Love big and Love brightly. We will all take notice when it's truly sincere and authentic.

Wisdom's Knocking:

"This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine."


Crowning a King

Photo Credit: Lindsay Coleman

     I was just thinking of Sade's beautiful song, "Your Love Is King". That song makes me want to be in love and slow dance under the stars. Hopefully this scenario will happen in the near future...

Wisdom's Knocking:

Take the time to hold the one you love.


In My Top 5

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Jim (Father): Well, if it's any consolation, I love you. And if this guy can't see in you all the beautiful and wonderful things that I see, then he's got the problem. 

Samantha (Daughter): I know. It just hurts. 

Jim: That's why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they'd call 'em something else.

Samantha: But if I were Ginny, I'd have this guy crawling on his knees.

Jim: Well, let me tell you something about Ginny. Now, I love her as much as I love you. But she's a different person. Sometimes I worry about her. When you're given things kind of easily, you don't always appreciate them. With you, I'm not worried. When it happens to you, Samantha, it'll be forever. 

Wisdom's Knocking:

"When you're given things kind of easily, you don't always appreciate them..."


Invested

 Photo Credit: David Whitlow

     It's time to believe again. Dust off those weary dreams and let them speak to you. Let the voice of your Maker confirm the path in front of you. Every blow, every applause, every stumble, every kiss...Is making you become invested, more invested in your own present. You're a present. You are present.


Wisdom's Knocking:

"Where you invest your love, you invest your life."

Confetti Sweet


     I should be writing commentary on the current news headlines (New Zealand, Woman Finds Alligator Behind Sofa, Larry King Going on a Comedy Tour, etc.), Instead, I will simply share about how I almost fell into a sugar coma after eating a "Double D" cupcake (The bakery winner of the Valentine's Day episode of Cupcake Wars on the Food Network) tonight.

     It was my first experience with their cupcakes, and let's just say, I pretty much blacked out because of the awesomeness. I wasn't prepared. I should have had my water bottle handy to help me mellow out the explosion of flavor. I could only eat half of the cupcake in my first sitting, but I was ready for my second shot about 3 hours later. That's the amount of time it took for the flavor and sugar to wear off--3 hours.

     I'm a Crumbs cupcake girl at heart, but Double D has become my new number one. I know, that's saying a lot. One day, you'll have to see for yourself.

     Aside from the many references you can insinuate from the title of this cupcake bakery, the cupcake I ate today was pretty much perfect. Plus it made me drink 20 oz. of water immediately after. Yes, that's the way I like it.

Wisdom's Knocking:

Sometimes, too much of a good thing, can spoil a good thing. Pace yourself.