I'm With You.  This is a beautiful song sung by Nichole Nordeman & Amy Grant.  It was playing in the background during the (in)RL session entitled "Choose Joy: Sara's story". Sara was a blogger who died.  During her illness, she chose joy and reached out to community.  I'm sure it would be easy to isolate yourself given a life of suffering but Sara made the choice to reach out to others, even from the confines of her bedroom.  This is where she spent most of her time until her death.  And Sara is still impacting people with he…

This is a week of encouragement on Heart Choices. Even the children in our Pre-K 3 class had the opportunity to help one another this week.  They were counting their fingers and tracing their hands.  They were able to trace one hand.  But they needed a friend to trace their other hand.  It was such fun to watch them work together and help and encourage one another. We need each other.  There are times when we need a good dose of encouragement. Can you think of someone you can encourage today?   Don't just think it.   GO AND DO IT! I'm linking up…

Do you open your heart to others?  Or have you been hurt by others that you thought you could trust? How easy it can be to hide our hearts.  It seems safer and yet ...so lonely. We were not meant to live the Christian life alone. So often we look at other's lives and think that they have it all together. The perfect life The perfect family The perfect body The perfect home But let's get real. We all have our stuff that others don't get to see. Nobody's perfect! As I watched this promotional video, it reminded me of how much I've come …