I haven’t written anything in quite a while. Life has been crazy. I’m sure that you know just as well as anyone else that life is quite the rollercoaster. There are ups, downs, twists, and turns. You can close your eyes. You can hold tight. You can scream and shout. All of those actions, though,…
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Dump It All!
I recently saw a post from a friend about how and why to “Brain Dump.” A brain dump is when you write down (dump) everything that is floating around in your mind. All the things you’ve been thinking about doing that are now overwhelming you. Write it all out, then go back and read it.…
Fix Your Focus on Things Above; Not the Lies of the Enemy
I don’t usually do this but I just have to share this quote from a book I’ve been reading. Well actually it is a whole paragraph. I’ve been reading Winning the Battle For Your Mind, Will, and Emotions by Robert Hotchkin. He says, “The thoughts we allow in our mind drive our brain, which then…
A Promise of Full Restoration!
Starting this post differently today. God told me to write about restoration and then gave me a word for someone. More than one person I am sure. So I would love to start off with that so you don’t miss it, but please read to the end as there is good food for you there…
Dream
This is actually Day 6: Dream from “Don’t Cope; Thrive! – A 40 Day Devotion” that I wrote a while back. God has had my husband, Chris, and I setting goals and dreaming big dreams. Then today I was concerned that I hadn’t written anything to post this week so God told me to look…
Escape and Redefine Your “Comfort Zone”
What happens when we leave the “comfort zone”? So many people struggle to step out in faith because faith requires us to leave our “comfort zone.” Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the [evidence of things not seen.” (NKJV) The “comfort zone” is the place that you are most…
Where is Your Hope Established?
There are many seasons where it may be hard to hope. For example, you are trying to get pregnant and you are feeling the symptoms but when you take a pee test it says you aren’t pregnant. Another example is when you have a missing family member. The longer they are gone the harder it…
Parenting is Hard! But Prayer Works!
There is so much in this world that we want to control but we simply can’t. We can’t control how the kids act at school. We can’t protect our kids from being bullied no matter how hard we try. We can’t stop them from making stupid decisions. What we can do is pray for them. …
Baby Steps! One Thing at a Time!
If you look at progress and growth it rarely, if ever, happens over night or instantly. We live in an instant or fast paced world. You can get food within minutes. You can even cook food in short amounts of time. Time is such a precious commodity. We need to evaluate where we are spending…
God Needs To Be Our Refuge (Place of Safety)
Psalm 91 is the chapter that we will be reading today. This is a chapter that I had memorized when I was young and held tight to for many years. I had mostly forgotten it but God keeps bringing it to mind so today I share it with you. Verses 1-2 say, “1 Whoever dwells…