We each have our own set of circumstances in life, our own hardships, troubles, trials, challenges, illnesses, weaknesses, struggles, misfortunes, sadness’s, and our own set of joys, pleasures, happiness’s, blessings, strengths, celebrations, and enjoyments. We get to choose how we think about our lives, about every experience. We determine what the circumstances mean by our …
Tag: believe
communication.
What we say and what someone hears often are not the same. I recently received an email with the subject line, “I didn’t mean that.” A lady I follow started her email by saying, “Wait, that’s not what I meant at all.” Responding to the flood of emails she received after her post the week …
comparison.
Last week I shared that I had read “we are not judged by how we compare to others” in my daily devotional. So, God is not judging us by how we compare to others. But then I found myself judging me by how I think I compare to others. How quick we are to judge, …
continued thoughts on transformation.
It seems that sometimes as Christians we tend take in a lot of sermons and possibly lots of Bible studies. But. Are we being changed by the sermons we hear? Are we implementing the lessons learned in the studies we do? Are we going to church on Sundays just to check it off our to-do …
Transformation.
What do you believe? Not what do you say you believe, but what do you actually believe? What do the actions of your life say you believe? “What we believe determines how we behave.” Too often I think people say they believe something but then they live lives that reflect the opposite of what they …
Growth.
Sometimes I feel frozen by what to do next, knowing where to start, what dream do I really want to pursue, or wondering what I should be working on….at the same time I hear my life coach saying, “that is just your brain doing what a brain does,” and if I feel stuck then probably, …
Entangled.
I recently ordered a new bathing suit, a bottom and a tankini top. As I was trying it on the other day, I felt entangled by the top. Even though I ordered my normal size, the Lycra was so tight and the inside well I’ll just say it was complicated. The whole experience of trying …
It is good.
I one time heard a sermon on, or maybe a podcast about, how in Genesis 1 God creates and then He says, “It is good.” “Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!” Genesis 1:31 NLT In the beginning, God declared us good. We should start our …
What story are you telling yourself?
We are each telling ourselves a story about our life, a story about our worth. Sadly, it is usually a negative story. Usually, we are using the world’s standard of measurement, or comparing ourselves to others, and then telling ourselves, we are not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, strong enough, accomplished enough, and so …
Believe.
One of my favorite quotes is from the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street. In it Kris Kringle says, "If you can't believe, if you can't accept anything...on faith, then you are doomed to live a life dominated by doubt." We must practice the belief we want to believe until we believe it. We …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 