In this life, we should never stop training. We should never stop becoming. I say, “should never” because I am reminded of my favorite Andy Stanley quote from Louder Than Words, "Who will you be in five years? Ten years? I'm not referring to your role or job title. For just a moment, lay aside …
Training.
Dog training. Roscoe is our wonderful, rambunctious, full of energy 6-month-old Chocolate Lab. He is smart. He is also easily distracted. At our first dog training class learning to use a training collar, my husband and I were trying to be good students, listen to all that the trainer was teaching/explaining/ showing us, while …
transformation.
Transformation is not mere change. Transformation is altering your way of being to become what you haven’t been before. Transformation is reimaging who you are being in the world. Your “being” is your habitual way of thinking, feeling, and acting. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, Romans …
I Think I Know Best
I tend to think that I know what is best. I think I know what should happen and how it should happen and when it should happen. I don't think I am alone in this type of thinking. We tend to think we know what is best, we think we know how things, whatever things, …
Practicing What I Say
This verse keeps coming to mind…. Listen, those of you who are boasting, “Today or tomorrow we’ll go to another city and spend some time and go into business and make heaps of profit!” But you don’t have a clue what tomorrow may bring. For your fleeting life is but a warm breath of air that …
Embrace All of It.
I wanted to follow up on yesterday’s post. When I say, “we have more power than we realize, or often choose to tap into, the power of the Holy Spirit living in us helping us! May we believe in His power, ask for His help, and receive His love!” I am trying to remind us …
Memento Mori
Last month, my husband’s mom died. She had been sick for a while, but it still felt sudden and unexpected. Her death had a way of making me think about life, about time, about relationships. Then last Thursday night we were told that three runners on the Milligan University cross-country team had been hit by …
Receive Love to Share Love.
In Jesus Calling it says, as if God was talking to us, "I want you to live increasingly from your center, where My love has an eternal grip on you." What a wonderful thought! God wants us to live IN and FROM His LOVE. We must receive His Love for us! This is how we know we’re living steadily and …
“We’re all just walking each other home.”
This quote, "We're all just walking each other home." A lady I follow on Instagram posted the quote and shared, "Such a great reminder that we need each other. Are you surrounded by a community that reminds you who you are, that supports you and loves you, that you support and love?" In the book Beginner's …
Meaning.
Recently a lady told me that her daughter had told her, “You make me feel bad about me.” Or something close to that, basically that the daughter felt bad because of what the mom said. We think that what other people say to us makes us feel the way we feel, but I have learned …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 