We tend to show up and cry out to God and say, “God, make it better.” We want God to fix the situation, change the person, calm the chaos, give us peace. Then we go on with our lives doing the exact same things we have always done. I think God wants us to start …
Category: faith
Do you believe in You?
Are you supportive, kind, and encouraging to yourself or are you more apt to be self-loathing, unkind, and berate yourself? Do you Believe In You? In who you are. In how you are made. In what you are capable of. In your ability to get things done. In the power of the Holy Spirit in …
Take Your Power Back
How do we get to the point where we stop expecting others to make us feel good about ourselves and realize that we generate our feelings by our own thinking? We think if they would just do “whatever,” or if they would change, or if they would meet my expectations, then I would feel better. …
2 Steps to Help You Learn a New Way of Being
Do you ever feel like you are living that old Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day? Like every day is the same? Do you ever feel that things will always be the same? If we change our thoughts, we change our lives! We have trained ourselves to be the way we are with the thoughts we …
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Are you tired? Worn out?…
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on …
What I hope my boys know.
Believe in You! Believe in what God says about you. Practice believing. Be kind to yourself. Tell yourself a good story. What you believe determines how you behave. You have more power than you realize. You have the power to choose what you think. The power to choose what you tell yourself. The power to …
Orientation. Disorientation. Reorientation.
When I heard/learned about orientation, disorientation, reorientation in November of 2016, it was life changing for me. It was in a podcast, Rob Bell’s RobCast Wisdom # 9. It released the Thursday after the Tuesday 2016 Presidential Election if I remember correctly. Rob and Pete Rollins discussed what the country was going through and shared …
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scripture.
To set your mind on Spirit is Life and Peace! Romans 8:6 I like so many scriptures, but I use these I’m going to share as guiding scriptures for my life. I have used different scriptures at different times and in different seasons, but these are like staples for me. And I like to read the same …
Continued thoughts on TRAINING.
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 …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 