I’ve been re-listening to all Brené Brown’s books. Brené Brown is a shame and vulnerability researcher. Her work has been a catalyst for change in my life. As I have re-listened this time, I keep thinking about how we need the help of the Holy Spirit, of how we have more power than we think, …
are you experiencing the “magic”?
A lady at work and her family recently went to Universal Studios. Their 3-year-old daughter likes Harry Potter. While they were there, they purchased their daughter a wand. The family went around to the marked spots on the map to let their daughter use her wand and “do magic.” My co-worker said her daughter was …
practice being still.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 NIV You may have seen this scripture on a decorative sign in someone’s home, have it in your own home, or heard it repeated growing up in church. People recite this scripture. Have seen or heard this scripture. But. Do we do what this scripture …
practice.
Practice self-compassion. Practice compassion. Practice renewing your mind. Practice calm. You know when you are in the grocery store approaching the checkout and scanning to see which line is the shortest. Wondering which line to choose when they all are full. Then you see a line that only has one customer, so you go to …
what I learned in the wilderness…
I learned to receive Love (to believe I am loved and am worthy of love), To listen for God not just talk to Him, To sit silently in His Presence and soak up His Shalom, To practice mind-management (I have more power than I realized the power to choose what I think!), To take responsibility …
More thoughts on. Practices. Habits. Changes.
We repeat movements, routines, thought patterns. We repeat choices and each time we repeat a choice we are developing a habit. If I eat a bowl of ice cream every night after dinner, I will develop a habit of eating ice cream every night after dinner. I will begin to fix the bowl of ice …
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Practices. Habits. Changes.
“We become good at what we repeatedly do.” “What we believe determines how we behave.” If we think we will always be the way we are, if we think we are incapable of change, then we will continue to be the way we are. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater …
discovering a new Way
My human instinct in the “hard” situations of life is often to want to get out of it. Run away. Quit even. But I have learned that it is better to face the hard thing, to move through it, to keep going! I have discovered that when I rely on God to strengthen me and …
Seek and Find.
Between 2013, when my family and I moved to Tennessee, and the fall of 2016 a series of external circumstances, experiences, conversations, things that happened, caused me to seriously doubt. Doubt myself. Doubt others. Doubt life. Doubt God. But thankfully my response was to seek God. To dive into a search for Truth. Read God’s …
God Is with You!
God is with us! God is with you! God is with me! Every moment of every day. God is in us! Always available! Ever-Present Help! We have the best, wisest, most faithful, generous, kind, loving, trustworthy friend with us all the time! Our heavenly Father! The Lord Jesus Christ! Holy Spirit! Divine Flow! We have …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 