Here we are, a few weeks into the year 2023. Based on events over the last couple of years, it feels like people are tiptoeing into the new year. We’re dipping our toes in the water to see if the temperature is favorable for swimming. Do we just wade in the water for a bit? Should we be adventurous and swim into the deep and see where the current takes us? Is it safe to climb up on the boat and journey to the middle of the ocean or will a storm happen upon us? The world was taken by surprise in 2020, a year most were looking forward to a clear vision and blessings upon measure. Yet, 2020 was a year of sickness, death, fear, isolation, and an uncertain future for the entire world. Since that time, the new year has been a time of apprehension. Will we be surprised again? Will this year be better than the last? Is it safe to let our guard down? Some Christians seek prophetic words to help them navigate new beginnings, to understand what God has in store for us or our country. They a

  As I woke to the gentle sound of the rain this morning, I was thinking about the wonders of God. Scientists have attempted to prove God's existence with science, but they are missing the proof right before their eyes on a daily basis.   As I pondered that fact, I thought about the things God created all around us and FOR us and how His creation alone explains His thoughts about us.   God could have made butterflies drab and uninvited pests. Rather he created them to be a marvelous wonder reminding us that we can have the same transformation from a leaf eating worm to a beautiful butterfly. We are not meant to be drab or ineffective, we are meant to fly with purpose. To spread God’s word (pollinate), and have authority over Satan’s pesky pests around us.   God could have made all trees keep their leaves or created them without color. Rather he made some of them change colors after a long hot summer. Beautiful golds, reds, yellows and purples. They fall during the