In the name of Jesus, THANK YOU!

In the name of Jesus, I THANK YOU!  You, God and You, my friends of “Soaking Up The Sun”.   God told me to do so in Ephesians 5:20, “Always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” You have given the website its BME! It’s the...

Time to declutter!

Have you ever bought a piece of property, or a home, or just a closet in your own home and you had to “clean house”?  I’m talking about getting rid of all the junk, excess, or just plain ole unwanted stuff. When summer time approaches, this school-teacher mom starts...

You talkin' to me?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve sat in a church pew or a stadium seat and thought that the preacher was speaking directly to you. “Ouch!  That hurt!” That would be the cry of my toes as they were being stepped on during some of those times. Then there may be times...

The cart before the horse.

“Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.” Proverbs 19:2 I had to giggle when I read this verse today.  Oh how I’ve seen this applied in my life at different times.  Sometimes my enthusiasm for something gets the best of me.  Then when I start in...

Find the Rocky in you

I was eight years old when the movie Rocky was first shown, and I grew up watching every sequel after the first.  In each film you found yourself cheering him on while often getting clobbered by his opponent.  Yet in the end Rocky would find his strength and desire...