Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. Philippians 4:6 AMP This is the verse I’ve been LIVING in this year. How many unexpected things can come up and complicate an already full calendar?!?!! . . . and...
Never settle. I’m sure we’ve all had that phrase spoken to us at one time in our life to the other. It’s usually spoke by people who really, truly love us, ones who don’t want us to experience less than God’s best for our lives. The sad truth is that many of us do settle, and we do so for a...
If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume that you’re processing some bad news in your life. Maybe even quite a bit of it. The older I get, the more I realize something about this bad news. Our lives are less defined by the news itself and more defined by how we handle it. Do we believe to get past...
I love a good book. But I admit— sometimes I turn to the back to make sure I know how the ending will turn out before I invest myself into its pages. Some say it ruins it; I say it gives me incentive to keep reading. Just like in a book, in life, when you know how the story ends,...
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; since what is seen is temporary,...
Whoa! Life is an amazingly wild adventure. Stress. Laughter. Tears. Joy. In the last few weeks, I've been traversing a more challenging trail than my life usually requires. For the past year and a half, we have been house hunting for the perfect home for our family. Finally, before Christmas, we found it, and I fell in love!! What we found...