Devotions

TRUE LOVE. How many of you thought of some Disney movie when you read that title? I bet you're picturing some valiant knight with long flowy hair riding into the town to run off into the sunset with with redeemed princess or something along those lines. I'm not talking about that, though. Picture a famous pop-star crying on the couch reading an article that reads "[Insert Pop-Star's Name Here]: Recent Admittance to Rehab!" The pop-star is shocked when she finds that all of her fans and followers and her true friends have left her. No one cares about her when she's a nobody. When she's not famous, or worthy of their affection. True love isn't a fairy-tale, and true friends aren't those you can get into a VIP party. Something that is true, in my opinion, is something that matches up to the only Truth we have here on earth-- Jesus Christ. It sounds overused... like "Jesus is the only truth! Repent! Stay true to Him!" But I can as...

Willie. If any of you have ever wondered how I got to be so wonderfully talented at writing, or how I came to be so knowledgeable on the Bible, (I hope you can sense my sarcasm...) besides the wisdom given from God, I owe it to Willie.  At first when I was doing the Bible in a year thing, my grandma was constantly leaving comments and encouraging words. However, once I began to write about things that effected me personally, Mr. Willie Burton stepped in to give me his feedback, which was a little different than the "great job, Sweetie!"s I would get from my Granny. Both are very appreciated, of course :) Willie knew the Bible. He really really really knew it. And if I said something that was even a little bit contradictory to God's word, he was sure to let me know! If there's anything I learned from his passing, it's truth. He would always speak the truth, and he rarely sugar-coated it. He was trustworthy and a great friend to my family. And as I look t...