Many of my friends, church, and family have struggled recently in their lives. Maybe you too have been laid off from work, your world may seem ready to explode, and your body may be racked with pain. Maybe you see no relief in sight.

There is relief in sight through God's Word. There is a Word about overcoming the tough seasons of your life. In fact, these biblical principles have helped me come through my own trials.

I'm sure everyone has a moment in their life that they remember the "light switch going on" in their brain... or they finally "got it". I want to share with you my story of when this happened in my life with being the hands and feet of Christ. If you have been at church the past few months ,you will remember that when Rev. Don Gifford came the week after Christmas he talked about passing the flame we carry on to others. Pastor Perry has been preaching about the same thing. God reminded me of that moment in my life.

This week we observe Valentines Day. The vast majority of us will use it as an opportunity to do what we should all do more often anyway... to tell and show the people we love how we feel about them.

Throughout history, the love of a man for a woman (or vice-versa) has inspired us to reach for the heights of our creative abilities in search of a way to express that love.  Look at all of the songs that have been written, the words that have been penned, even the monuments that have been erected. In like manner, man has gone to great lengths throughout history to express praise, adoration and love to God.  But all of our efforts seem to fall short of the mark.  While we can find words to express human love, we find it hard to comprehend, much less express or return the agape love of God.

I had a thought today and decided to share it.  Not that having a thought was a unique situation, but anyway... I have a number of friends that have tattooes.  Some have a couple that are small and mostly hidden... some have many and in so many places that it is impossible to hide them all (no, I'm not talking about Kelly).  I've always thought it was very cool how these friends have a story for their tattooes and they often times use those stories to share the Gospel with other people.  The tattooes give them an opportunity to talk with people as they are asked about the tattoo, what it means, why did they get it, etc.