In honor of Martin Luther King day, I thought about one of my dreams. Do you ever just say to your kids, “Can everyone just get along?” Do you ever wonder, “Why can’t people just do what is right, what is kind, and treat others the way they’d want to be treated?” My dream is …
Renewed Spirit: Vision
God has a lot to say about the Vision we have for our lives. Even though He knows the choices that we’re going to make, He still gives us free will to choose as we please. He may not be happy with our choices, but they’re still our choices. Many people believe in the whole …
A New Type of Resolution
As I reflect on the day in November that I agreed to be a guest blogger, the thought that ran through my mind was.... “January, I love planning for a new year and making resolutions. I can definitely do this!” Being a teacher at heart, planning is MY thing! For years I have planned lessons, …
Renewed Spirit: 3 Steps to Taking Captive Our Thoughts
Capture this moment...The day is beautiful. The sunlight swims in through the blinds at just the perfect brightness to wake you slowly and naturally. The birds are singing outside. You roll out of bed well rested and ready to conquer the world. You hop in the shower. The hot water is plentiful. While in there, …
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January Theme: A Renewed Spirit
With a new year upon us, we begin to think about what it means to have a "renewed spirit." This begins with an awareness of needing a change in character and mindset. However, this awareness is not brought on through our own power. It is a GIFT given to us by the power of the …
Do You Ever Just Lose Hope?
Stay with me here to the end of this piece...I feel compelled to share my heart when I was at my lowest point over this past month. I think it is so important to be honest with each other, sharing not only our highs, but sometimes being vulnerable and sharing our lows as well. We …
Hope: When Life is too Hard…
Are you being pushed and pulled in too many directions? Feeling like you’re not good enough? Not worthy enough? Made too many mistakes? Don’t have enough friends? Is fitting into that “little black dress” just not an option anymore? Where do you go with all of these feelings? How do you know for certain what the “right” direction is? Is there hope in …
Hope: Just a Flicker
The definition of a flicker is an unsteady movement of a flame or light that causes different variations of brightness… This seems to define the way many of us are feeling during these times; trying to shine the light of Christ, but our situations create an unbalance. This causes us to teeter back and forth, …
The Season of Perpetual Hope
Have you ever hoped for something? You may have hoped for a new job, hoped that your family or children will be safe and healthy, hoped that you will get married, hoped that you will stay married, hoped that a relationship will be mended, hoped that the worst does not happen, hoped that everything will …
December’s Theme: Hope
Hope Is the Answer December 2020... Yes, here we are!The last nine months have been truly bizarre.We've struggled with our health and the economy too.Nothing is the "normal" that we once knew.Everyone is feeling sad and quite down.Hospitals are overcrowded & there's violence in our town.Things are changing, but one thing never does.Our Holy God …
