Do you fellowship with your problem or with the Lord?

The devil wants us to think about our problem, worry about our problem, talk about and try to reason out our problem. God desires for us to spend time with Him, talk to Him, and think about Him and His Word. 

Jesus is the one we are to look to in order to have our needs met. If we dwell in Him, our problem has no power over us, but if we dwell on the problem, we magnify it above Him. The more attention we give our problem, the more we feed it, the more power it has over us. 

I remember when my husband and I were having financial struggles. I would give Dave the bad report, and he would give me the Word, telling me to cast my care on the Lord. He would fellowship with God while I fellowshipped with the problem. The more I did so, the more upset I became. 

The devil starts the problem rolling. The more you think, worry, reason, talk, plan, and scheme about it, the bigger it gets. If you look to Jesus, you will experience the miracle power of God as you trust in Him. 
Forget your problems. Don't think about them, worry about them, or talk about them. Fellowship with God instead, and you will enjoy life tremendously. 
Excerpted from the book Life in the Word Devotional by Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer Ministries

Shawn Growing up!

 Seems just like yesterday that Shawn was born. 

Where does all the time go? 

Love this little fellow so much!

Thank you Morgan for the great collage of Shawn growing up!!

Shawn Austin Brown

Preslie's 1st 6 months

 I so love this little girl!

9-17-12 thru 2-17-2013

Christmas Lights in Preslie's Eyes 12-7-2012

The Lady Behind the Camera

Anyone who knows me, is aware of how much I love taking pictures. Anywhere you find me, rest assured I will have my camera with me...just in case. Now that cell phones have cameras, that opens up even more opportunities to document my life around me.

Since my simply beautiful and amazing granddaughter has been born,I have already filled two photo albums,have some waiting to go into an album, have some on the way in the mail and many unprinted pictures on my computer. 

 It is impossible for me not to have a camera around this special little girl.  She has the most expressive face I have ever seen.  Her beautiful eyes are always dancing around trying to soak in everything moving around her.

(kind of like her Granny trying to absorb her surroundings through her pictures)

I often wonder if when she sees "Granny", she sees a "camera"?  

"Is that you Granny?"

 I am hoping that one day when she's looking through the many, many ,MANY photo albums I have, she may smile  and remember that I'm that silly lady that was always hovering over her, that captured all of those funny and amazing shots she's looking at. I pray she will appreciate the love and time I put into every shot.  I guess I'm hoping to leave my legacy of love through my pictures.

 I might be in very few of the pictures, but my heart and soul is in EVERY ONE of them. I'm the lady behind the camera.

Laura Brown 11-10-2012