Do you ever have those days or those weeks or those months where you just can’t seem to get ahead, or it feels like nothing you do is right, or life just feels overwhelming. Maybe you had a trip or a work thing that threw off your “normal” rhythm and then it seems you just …
Tag: practice
The Condition of Being Human
Last week I read, “Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.” – Henri Nouwen I think I can come across as “just think positive, on God’s Truth, and all will be well” sometimes, which I do believe. But I also believe that we must allow what we feel. We must learn to …
Engage.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 