I want to have a healthier life. I want to be in better shape, to have more stamina, to be able to feel comfortable in my skin. Let’s be honest, some days I want to have a shape, be able to walk up the stairs and still hold a conversation at church, and be able…
The provision of God never fails. Never. God always provides provision for His direction. When God told Elijah to go to the bend in the river, the ravens fed him there. When God told Moses to lead the Children of Isreal across the Red Sea, God provided food and water there. When Jesus told Peter…
The prayer ceiling represents those times when you feel like your prayers aren’t making it all the way to God. For some reason, your professions are getting caught in the rafters and just floating around up there – with no relief coming for what your heart is spilling out. When tough times hit, it can…
Dare to live your way and you will find that the way you are living doesn’t make much sense to everyone else. They won’t understand why or how and they definitely will not jump on board the your way bandwagon. But that’s okay. You aren’t designed to follow the pack. You are designed to live…
The locking blocks of hope are those little bits of hope that lock together to give us a firm foundation for standing through the tough times. Hope locks together to be stronger – we are all stronger together (it’s why we need relationships). Hope stacks up to make us tall – so we can see…
The strength of repetition comes about because you reinforce your ability to believe, the understanding, or the message to the point that it becomes your default position. When hope is your default position then you are standing on a solid rock that will hold you in place when the storms come. But if you want…
I was annoyed at God. All the prayers had been carefully planned and shared so there was an alignment of focus. We were to end the day in exceeding abundance. To say it didn’t go as planned would be the understatement of the century – or at least of this journey. We weren’t even in…
We have to choose to hear to learn and grow. We have to listen when we dare to question. We can only hear the truth when we choose to listen to the answers. We hosted a homeschool gathering, which meant we had twenty-two children ranging from ages four to fifteen, plus half a dozen moms,…
Developing a habit of different allows me to embrace the power of unschedule. My unique journey doesn’t have to fit into any box including the box of “normal work hours.” It’s different so it will go against the expected way of doing things including the biggest rule of all: Be consistent. That near command comes…
The burden of light means we are called to show God to a world that often openly rejects Him. Being a light requires action that is driven by the light of Faith, and to use words only when absolutely necessary. We had a tough year. Your tough doesn’t compare to my tough, nor should it….