This Good Life

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matt 6:21) Even though this verse in its original context is really referring directly to material wealth and earthly things vs. a heavenly prioritized mindset, I’m currently seeing it in a slightly different light... I live pretty simply and am blessed to not have too many material things overwhelm my life. Thus, I feel like I do focus on relationships and living life fully. But there’s something else that complicates things… What if your treasure is scattered?? Then what? Let me be more specific… My heart is in so so many places.  And I'm not talking about a heart broken by other humans.  We all know the heartache in the world caused by our fellow man.  But this is entirely different. My heart is in Texas. In Amarillo. My heart is in Brazil. My heart is in Europe. My heart is under the stars. My heart is in Tulsa. My heart is anywhere my little brother is. My heart is on a plane. My heart is in Mo...

Well, several things… First of all, Zach graduated!!! He's so old.  Which really means that I’m so old. AND I’m about to be a quarter-of-a-century. I already go to bed regularly at 10, have frequent forgetfulness, am conscious of occasional back aches (maybe it’s just my body saying I need a good massage…: )), and think ‘tsk tsk’ to myself when observing typical teenage behavior. Does it only get worse from here?!! Anyway, Zach will be headed to Oklahoma Christian in the fall and I couldn’t be more excited for him! I will send my brother off with these words: (quoted lyrics, yet a perfect fit to what my heart says to him) “Be strong in the Lord and, Never give up hope, You're going to do great things, I already know. God's got His hand on you so, Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here. Take your time and pray, These are the words I would say.” Moving on… I recently won an 80’s...