HALO’S Daily Soul Food Finding Peace In The Present “If you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious, you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” … Read More »
Hope In Our Trials
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Hope In Our Trials You are probably ready for 2020 to be over unless maybe you are profiting during this pandemic at the expense of COVID-19. By now, you know someone who has contracted COVID-19, and you most likely know someone who has lost their life to this nasty virus. It’s… Read More »
Morbid Isolation
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Morbid Isolation Most creatures, including humankind, when ill or injured, tend to run and isolate themselves. The principalities and powers of this earth influence our decisions to pursue isolation as a solution when, in reality, we are about to be devoured. Illnesses like addiction, alcoholism, and mental illness feed off of… Read More »
Stuffed With Gratitude
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Stuffed With Gratitude Your family most likely has a tradition for how the “dressing” if you are from the South, or the “stuffing,” if you are from somewhere else, is to be served with your turkey. No one knows for sure when and how stuffing a turkey became popular. However, many… Read More »
Spiritual Gravy
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Spiritual Gravy Most of us will look forward to enjoying gravy on many parts of our Thanksgiving feast over the next few days. The term “gravy” first appears in Middle English as gravé and is presumed to derive from the French. The original medieval meaning was “precise.” Lord, the miraculous blessings… Read More »
Fear Paralyzes
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Fear Paralyzes Fear can become your master on many fronts. There was a time when what you thought of me paralyzed me. Mental health professionals suggest that as high as 80% of the things we spend countless hours worrying about never materialize. Lord, help me take my eyes off my fears… Read More »
Real Love
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Real Love There are 114 songs written titled “Real Love.” Real love is agape, unconditional, unselfish, expecting nothing in return. You must die to “SELF” before you are ever able to transmit real love. God of Love, help me come to the end of myself, so I can share the gift… Read More »
Godly Relationships
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Godly Relationships There are three important questions you should ask yourself regularly: Who am I around? What’s it doing to me? Is it okay? Father God, grant me the strength and humility to evaluate the people, places, and things I associate with and the courage to make the necessary changes. Circumstances… Read More »
The Real-Life
HALO’S Daily Soul Food The Real Life ‘To most of us, the real-life is the life we do not lead.” ~ Oscar Wilde What is the real-life? The real-life is a life lived in the present and focused on God’s eternal purpose, which equates to the constant thought of others and their needs. It is… Read More »
Burnout
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Burnout We all bring a log to the fire of faith. Some of our logs are soaking wet when we come; others are dry and ready to catch flame. Lord, allow me to stay around the fire long enough for my log to catch fire. A fire needs many logs to… Read More »