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One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” This is an important reminder for me. It’s easy to get sucked into worry and anxiety about what might happen or what someone might think of me. We need to remember the name of our God, Immanuel, meaning “God is with us”. This verse reminds me to not worry and trust that God is with me now and every day after. We needn’t worry about tomorrow, just walk with God today.

Prayer…How often do we stop and talk to God? Is it just a quick request or do we take time to really spend intimate time with God? The Shema prayer, in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, is one of the most famous prayers in the Bible. “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. And as for you, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

It seems like a lot of my parenting moments of late have centered around encouraging my children to understand the power of their words and/or helping them to navigate through the hurt they feel due to the powerful words of another. All too often we underestimate the power of our words and how they can either build someone up or tear someone down.

What is the most commonly used word in the Bible?

Read more about the Waukesha Pizza Ranch partnered with Make-A-Wish, and other community members, to give "Captain Lydia" a boat for her and her family.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

God calls His people to be holy and committed to Him only. As followers of Christ, we should look and act different than the world.

One of the books I’m reading right now is Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist and as the sub-title suggests, the books details the author’s journey of “leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of living.” The idea of being present and showing up in your life and not being so concerned about perfect, the hustle and the push to get all.the.things. done.

“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” ― Anne Frank

The Vermillion Pizza Ranch recently hosted a community impact night for the USD Unified Special Olympics and helped to raise $691.33 for the event! Great job to the USD Unified Special Olympics group who did an amazing job promoting their event, and additionally a shout out to the Vermillion team for providing support to this successful Community Impact Night!

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” - Dr. Seuss I absolutely love Dr. Seuss and if you ask my kids, maybe it's a bit too much! Above is one of my most favorite of his many quotes, and I love the truth within in it!

In the post linked below, author Rick Warren does an amazing job of helping to bring about understanding around the subject of God's creation of "YOU". When I reflect on the post, I am reminded that I am not an accident. God create me in His image, He had a plan for my life, He made me to be me, and He made me for a purpose. You know what, He did this for you too! How incredible is this?