Renewed hope is a beautiful thing! You can be going along, living life, doing your job, caught up in the rigmarole of another day, when suddenly someone or something knocks you out of your groove. Perhaps you’ve been praying faithfully for something that is on your heart. And with just a touch of God’s favor, […]
Encouragement
Take Things to the Next Level
Sometimes being overly busy can translate to doing things half-heartedly. As I logged on to my blog today and watched it slowly sign in, it struck me that I needed to upgrade it in someway. To take things to the next level. How? I need to do some research and look into that. I also […]
Back to School
It’s that time of year: back to school! As a child, I loved anticipating the school year approaching. I remember my mom stacking up my books, getting everything ready for the first day. My parents homeschooled me throughout all my school years. A few of my older siblings went to school briefly, but then my […]
His Blessings Often Come Disguised
His blessings often come disguised – a line that caught my eye in a book that I’m about to finish reading. The author is talking about the importance of faithful prayer and how God always answers it. He says that often our prayers are answered in ways we don’t understand, but that God’s blessings often […]
Choose the Dream
Sometimes I really don’t think well on my feet. I can be too literal and instead of figuring out the intent of the question asked, I simply hear what was said and it hangs me up. This happened to me earlier this week. I was working at the coffee shop and a random, well-meaning customer […]
Never Take Counsel of Your Fears
General Stonewall Jackson was approached by a timorous subordinate general who admitted grave doubts about a planned military sortie. “General Jackson,” he said, “I’m afraid of this. I fear we can’t quite carry it off.” Jackson replied, “General, never take counsel of your fears.” I came across this quote in a book I’ve read and […]
Fight
After barely escaping an assassination attempt, instead of crawling to safety, President Trump stood and encouraged We the People to fight, fight, fight. God bless that man and praise God for keeping him safe. He has been fighting ever since he first began running for President. At first the attacks against him were more sneaky, […]
Values Over Feelings
I so appreciate learning new ways to think about things. New perspectives and takes inspire me greatly! The other day I was listening to Charlie Kirk give a talk to some group and he brought up an excellent point – we should prioritize our values over feelings. Feelings will ebb and flow, change dramatically depending […]
Examine Where You Are
I think it is important to examine where you are. To consider where you’ve come from and celebrate the progress, and then also to ponder what is ahead. Life is an ongoing journey, with ups and downs, rhythms and unexpected surprises. Personally, I don’t want to look back with regrets or gloom, but rather embrace […]
It Takes a Lot of Work to Win
I’ve noticed something interesting, it takes a lot of work to win. Whether we are talking about your job, school or life, winning – or being successful – is much more valued when work, time and effort are put in. And really, that adds up, doesn’t it? If we didn’t have to do anything extra […]