Shannon's Corner

SHANNON’S CORNER April 2020 God is good all the time.  All the time God is good.  This is one truth of God that has been engrained into my core.  I don't have to think about it.  I don't have to process it.  I just know it's true.  In this time of uncertainty, I know that God is good.  It is who He is.  I can see His goodness and kindness in each an every day.  I want to share with you God's goodness that I have seen this past month. Kite flying God's goodness in his creation all around me.  It's spring time, seeing the robins, cardinals, blue jays, the tulips, the trees budding and some are blooming.  Seeing the bunnies hopping around and the squirrels jumping from branch to branch. God's goodness in allowing me to stay healthy, physically and emotionally by getting out and walking and just being in His creation.   God's goodness and kindness in growing me in my spiritual walk with Him through a ...

SHANNON’S CORNER March 2020 The impact COVID-19 is having in our lives has caused many to fear, anxiety, doubt, unknown and uncertainty.  A few weeks ago, in my Bible study we studied about fear and our worries.  There are many verses where God tells us, “Do not fear,” “Do not be afraid,” or “Do not worry,” because God knowing that we would be afraid, fearful, worried, anxious about many things in our lives.  Yet, God’s character is unchanging even in all this unknown and uncertainty that causes our fears and anxiety and worries to escalate.  God is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, this COVID-19 did not take him by surprise.  Maybe we cannot see the big picture, but we know who does.  Take time to reflect back over these weeks and see where God’s kindness was to you and your loved ones.  Remember God’s character does not change even when it seems like everything around us is. Back in February the Dom...

SHANNON’S CORNER January 2020 Seasons. They are parts of our life where transition or change is happening.  In Ecclesiastics chapter three King Solomon talks about seasons in life.  They are the cycles of life we all go through. When I think of Peru and the ministry that I got to be a part of and the friendships I made, I think of it like “a first love.”  When I left is was bittersweet and not knowing if or when I’d ever get to go back made leaving even harder.  But God is good.  He knows the desires of our hearts and my desire was to be able to visit Peru.  God was faithful to me by giving me the opportunity to visit Kids Alive Peru.   I knew in my head and prepared my heart that going back to Peru would not be the same as when I had lived there.  God showed me his kindness and goodness by allowing me to travel with three ladies from Safe Place Ministry so I would not be alone on my firs...