Kite flying

a little abstract art I did...

At the Beach

The beach is beautiful....the sunsets glorious.

Sometimes all I do is stare at the

ocean

....utterly captivated and awed by God's glorious creation.

K.E.H

not merely idioms...

What if….no reason existed? Zero order in this world? What if….no purpose lived? What if….everything was phrases and nothing rang true? What if…. que sera sera (whatever will be, will be) was the only answer? Nobody could be sane with such absurdity! In every life, something is the anchor in the core of a person. It is what they live by, it is who they are, it is meaning and purpose. Something has captured them, and they, if they are an earnest person will put their whole self into it. Ambitions, dreams, urges, cravings, motivations, everything. What is your anchor? What are your motivations? What is your“everything”?


K.E.H

Na

(photo credit to amber)

The weekend that was packed full of truth, grace, and convicting, heart changing messages was incredible. After having the “mountain top” experience at the conference and being in almost a “spiritual high”, many have found the place where the rubber meets the road a challenging, if not hard and grueling task in adjusting to normal life. I nearly dreaded coming home chiefly because I knew as soon as I entered the door, real life began. It has been an unavoidable battle to fight the endless temptations satan puts in our way as soon as we leave the flock at the conference and come home. We get used to being at the conference, a place of peace and quiet, a place where thousands are worshiping Christ and earnestly seeking His face. What glorious moments. Yet, obviously we can’t live there; everyone must go home and face real life. It is not that the home or work place is an unpleasant place to be, or that family and friends are an annoyance and hindrance to be around, rather it is where our patience is tried, our pride humbled, our high and lofty dreams squandered, our anxiety and fear multiplied, and our lives tested and tried in every way. “How can we bear this?” We ask ourselves. “Why don’t they understand? Don’t they know this stuff that I learned?” Our patience grows thin. Suddenly….. we start to become ignorant of our own faults. Then we feel like we are back to square one. How frustrating. We feel like failures. But God’s grace is so great! We can only carry on by His strength; by His blood, by His love. God works in our hearts during the “mountain top” times and we feel so close to Him and so in love with Him…and during that time it is like He is tilling and planting a seed in our hearts, and when we get home, it is our responsibility to take action, to grow in the “grace like rain” that he constantly provides. If any of you have experienced anything of the sort, be encouraged that God is always there to meet you in those seeming impossible moments. He doesn’t just “rain down grace” and then leave you to grow on your own. He’s always near, and never idle. His patience is abounding, His love amazing.

K.E.H

Keynote

“Life by light alone”…Perhaps you have a notion of what this means, yet, you may be wondering, “What does this really mean?” Scripture uses the illustration of light as truth, and essentially Christ. In 1 John 1:5 he states clearly, “…God is light…” Life is only by the truth; it is only by Christ that we can live. How blessed we are that God has shown His light in our darkened, sin tainted world. Yet, though His light shines, the only ones that perceive it are those He has chosen to reveal Himself to. Christ has shined His light, but the world has not understood it, it cannot comprehend Christ. Only by God’s grace believers are enlightened. Cherish the light. Life cannot exist without the sun. Christians cannot live without the light, which is truth, which is Christ. Not only is Christ light, and light Christ, but Christians can be light in the world. We can reflect His life if we are abiding in Christ. The world being in darkness, not only does not understand Christ, buy it does not understand Christians. If only it knew that life is by light alone...

K.E.H

a little bit of nature...

humming bird's nest...It was soo small and cute I just couldn't resist...