Give Me Eyes To See You

This blog post daily devotion written by Tonya Thompson, as she sees God through the everyday circumstances of life. The goal is to help the followers of Jesus Christ develop eyes that notices the blessings, teachings, love, and grace of God.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Can God Trust You?

Then Israel believed his words [trusting in, relying on them]; they sang His praise. But thy hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnest...

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Work it All

Last week I went to a personal trainer. I have been wanting to for a long time. We worked on proper form for three or four exercises....

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

He is Listenig!

Confession time! Not that you haven't figured it out though. I haven't been writing as many devotions lately. I have had my fair ...

Friday, August 12, 2011

Lessons of Falling

For three weeks, I have been sharing with you the falling stories of my life. I know we have all laughed together but I pray you have l...

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Watch for the the Little Things

When Dwayne and I were called to start Fusion, we visited other church’s that were similar to how we envisioned Fusion to be. One of th...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Pick a Fight or Seek Peace!

Well, I have finished all the funny falling stories and I am very thankful that I have not fallen in the last two weeks. I was really w...

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

What Do You Do When Others Fall?

Well, you have heard about Brittne and Dwayne’s favorite stories: that leaves Bryce and his wife Kristen who both would pick this one ...

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

What Does Panic Do To You?

Today's falling story is Brittne’s favorite story of all the falling stories. Now this is probably because this is the only fall th...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Who Trips You Up?

First let me apologize for a week break. My internet at home has been out and work has been too crazy to post from the office. I am n...

He Always Picks Me Up

Our church in Montana, South Hills, was a fellowshipping church. We had many great times together. One winter evening, we were h...

Friday, July 8, 2011

Church A Hospital?

There is something about me and ice that doesn't get along. This story is for my friend Sheila. Actually, I had forgotten about thi...

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Who Do You Depend On

I have been waiting to include somebody else in my falling stories. You know what they say; misery loves company! I can’t think of anyo...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

No Shortcuts

All personality types have quirks. I hate to admit but my personality type is no different. One aspect of mine is that I focus on the e...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Follow The Instructions

After a few years of substituting at the schools in Helena, Montana, I started working for the State of Montana and became a Training A...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Say No To Sin

When I was managing the temporary service in Fort Worth, I decided one day to clean up a testing room that had gotten pretty messy. I f...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Leaders Can Fall

When I worked as a manager of a temporary service in Fort Worth, I had to attend many meetings in Dallas. The company I worked for was ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

What is Holding on To You?

When we were in Fort Worth while Dwayne went to seminary, I worked as a manager of a temporary service. I worked in a twenty story buil...

Thursday, June 23, 2011

When Private Becomes Public

Between the last two falls, which happened in the same church within two weeks, I have now revealed to everyone what a klutz I am. Many...

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Sin Cost Others

A few weeks after my fall in the choir loft, I fell again in our Sunday School class. We had a large young married class of around 30 c...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Watch Your Step

The next incident of falling I can remember is when I around 27 years old. We were attending a large church and I was working on our fi...

Monday, June 20, 2011

Stay Away From Mud Puddles, Round 2

A year ago I wrote I confessed that I am a verbal and physical klutz! Many people have wanted me to share them again so here you go. It...

Friday, June 17, 2011

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father’s Day! I have been blessed to have many men in my life who fulfilled a father role and touched and changed my life. Howev...

Monday, June 13, 2011

Silence Is Not Golden

Often in life a marriage becomes unbalanced. You usually do not see it coming. It comes in the form of busyness. Busyness brings with i...

Monday, June 6, 2011

Do You Have Enough Resources?

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘stress’? Stress is an epidemic in the world in which we live. It is destroying people’s sp...

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Do You Have An Open Hand?

A few months ago I shared with you how a young couple in our church had a three month old baby that went home to be with Jesus. They have b...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A Great Soldier

Today is Memorial Day. It makes me humble to think of all of those who have sacrificed to protect the land that God has given us. It al...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Digging For That Which is Lost

Living in Montana gave new challenges to my motor skill dysfunction. To add ice and snow to my daily obstacle course proved to be very ...

Friday, May 27, 2011

Remember the Rainbow

If you are like me, you have caught yourself complaining about the rain lately. It seems like it is never going to stop. I was driving ...

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About Me

Tonya Thompson: I have been a Christian for 38 years. I am married to a great man of God, who has been a pastor for 18 years. I am a mother of a son, who is married and daughter who is a missionary in Peru. I work as a Wellness and HR director. Relationships are an important part of my life. I write this devotion to be obedient to what I feel the Lord has told me to do and to bless others as the Lord has blessed me!

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