Okay, I’ve seen this a little while ago, but had to share it right now, because it never fails to make me laugh everytime I watch it. I thought you could use a good laugh too.

This morning I attended Central Church here in Charlotte which is pastored by Loran Livingston. I’ve only been in Charlotte for almost 3 months and this morning is the second time that I have heard this pastor preach. I gotta’ tell ya, his preaching just blows me away. I have never had anyone who was so used by God to preach to me in such a way that it addressed my every issue, my every concern, my EVERY worry and just saying everything I needed to hear. It was PERFECT. Last week he spoke on money. Not how you hear most preachers do it today, where they preach on prosperity and what the steps are to becoming more prosperous. He preached on how when times get tough, people tend to depend their well-being, their success, and their “getting out of the hole” by having more money. “If I could only get that job, things will get better”. If only I didn’t get underbid by that other guy, I could’ve had the job. I needed it more.”, etc… My husband and I have been guilty of that for the past year and a half when everything became very hard for us financially. I am a photographer, but we both used to flip houses for a living as well, and most of our income came from that. When the real estate market “crashed”, we suffered pretty badly from it, because we “depended” so much on it & we had thought all that time that we were successful because of the works of our own hands, and we never really thanked Him for having His hand in it. To be honest, we are still trying to pick up the pieces from a year and a half ago. Before I had heard Pastor Livingston’s message on money, I was suffering from a lot of heartache and to be even more honest, depression. I felt like everything was my fault. That the reason that I couldn’t provide as much for my children anymore was because of my irresponsibility of money-handling and failure to give thanks to the Lord where it was due. Last Sunday I could not take my eyes off of Pastor Livingston as God used Him to speak to me. He had asked everyone who was in a financial rut to come down to the altar and just “let it go”. Without hesitation, I walked up to the front, and literally just “let it go”. I left all of my problems, all of my depression, everything. I left them at the altar and trusted that from that day forward, God would take care of me and my family. I felt lighter on my feet when I walked back up. I realized for the first time in a LONG time that I wasted so much time trying to fix everything myself, when all I had to do was simply leave it in Jesus’ hands. If this is you too, I really feel for you, and I just want you to know that there is a way out of the mess you are in. Just remember that you cannot do it on your own, but with God by your side, ANYthing is possible.

On a completely separate and random note, I just had to post this photo of my 6 month old, Oliver, and my mother’s dog Snowy. We were just playing around on my bed where Oliver would not stop laughing at Snowy, so of course I pulled out the camera and had to get some of it. I LOVE this shot. Perfectly timed to catch Snowy’s tongue on Oliver’s mouth and Oliver’s very confused and surprised face. Hehehe.