Living Above the Sun Ministries

  Photo by Allison Baker in Great Smoky Mountains 06/2021 It was Monday morning coming off a great fun uplifting weekend.  I had seen the new Space Jam movie, went to a Knights ball game, went to church Sunday morning and made a quick trip to the beach for a boat ride out on the Intercoastal and Atlantic Ocean looking for dolphins.  Best weekend!   Mondays I make a conscious effort to have a good attitude, I don't go with the flow of "Ugh!  Monday!"  I remember my Jesus Mama saying years and years ago, "Rainy days and Mondays don't get me down when I get to praise Him all day!"  And that still rolls in my head, she's a good voice in my head.   I start out to work uptown on the 74 commute, sometimes I will take the Charlottetown exit, sometimes I will take the John Belk, or the Brookshire, there's lots of ways to get to work.       Traffic has returned to normal since the pandemic.  So there was usual rush hour tr...

  Those who know me personally know that I have been writing music since the age of twelve.  Music has been a HUGE part of my life.  To date I have written close to 100 songs, maybe not a lot to boast in for a 20 year span, but nonetheless these are lyrics that tell a story.  It is even okay with me if no one else likes my music and lyrics their purpose served to bring me close to God and know His heart for me, and me express myself.   My songwriting skills have gotten better overtime, and recently I have joined in with The Getty's Hymn Writers Collective in learning to be a better songwriter.  Through their Sing! Global ministry I have been able to take part in being mentored and have access to content that I couldn't have even dreamed of even a few years ago.  I've been so grateful for the fresh drink this has been in my song writing "career" to be challenged, and given ideas to think on and develop.   Maybe we can all agree that there...

 Maybe you're like me tonight, laying in bed feeling like your life is in up in flames in all areas of your life.  Your personal life, your spiritual life, your work life, everywhere you turn is burning.  Can I pull you in close tonight, hold your face and whisper it's okay?  As horrifying the thoughts and feelings of life being on fire, it truly is okay.  It can melt, and it can harden, or blacken the soul.  There is hope still in what seems a lost cause.  Can I encourage you with tears in my own eyes, submit to the burning God has allowed in your life.  The burning away of things that don't belong, the burning that will make you shine bright as gold that is in all of us, the burning down to fertile ground where new life can begin to grow.  Where God can come into our lives and pick up all the ashes and give us something even more beautiful.  Give it to Him as an offering, and receive the new.  Don't waller around in your ashes for...