Listen and watch #GrowingHOPE daily by using the link at the bottom of the page. Daily Inspiration and Encouragement Saturday, September 14, 2019 Quote of the Day “It is not about having the most talent, the most resources or even the most opportunities. It is about digging in and doing what you know you can…
Planning for Purpose The motivation that I put to work in my life will either drive me towards my purpose or will knock me into a ditch. I have followed both paths with equal amounts of focus. The difference is not in the amount of energy required or the amount of time required – the…
Joy comes from God, but it is my responsibility to nurture it. That seed has to be tended regularly. It has to be weeded consistently. It has to be fed daily. Joy will only grow in my life when I make the investment. I must make that investment because the Joy of the Lord is…
Sometimes I need reminding that it will be okay. I know in my heart that things will work out but I need something outside of self to help reinforce that understanding. I have heard many people say that social media has been destroying the connections that people used to build. For me, social media has…
Change happens – I can be involved and active in its direction, or I can watch from the side as it moves and twists around me. Either way, change still happens. If I want to effect the change of my life, then I MUST show up. I will never have any say in my direction…
The path to encouragement can be easy when things are falling in order. Smiles fill my day when the sun shines, the flowers bloom, and everyone does what I need and expect. The struggle to walk out encouragement arrives about the time someone spills milk all over my new attitude. The times of struggle are…
He called me a liar, and I turned away with sadness in my heart. I had reached out. I had tried. He had rejected. All that I had left was prayer. And then he attacked my husband and called him incompetent. I shook my head with a heavier heart. We had tried. We had accepted…
“I am perfect.” I have said it in the past but always with a qualifier. Today, I am saying it with a new boldness. I AM perfect. I started down this path of proclaiming perfect many years ago during a bible study. I had been mulling over the idea and the question (rhetorical though it…
I can. I have made the same statement repeatedly over the last several weeks trying to move myself in the right direction. I know that if I will do what I know to do then I will get to where I need to be. Because I can. I have listened to others direct my path…