Sticking to the Plan?

What drives you? Does a conscious decision you made for your life and your family drive you, or do your feelings and emotions blow you around like a leaf on a tree leaving you to remake the same decisions over and over again? It’s too mentally exhausting and energy taxing to live in groundhog decisionContinue reading “Sticking to the Plan?”

Nobody Likes Being Rejected

The thought of rejection can sneak into a good idea or answered prayer & strip the joy & motivation right out of it. Don’t confuse “not meant to be” with “afraid to be” because you can’t get past the fear (or even the possibility) of being rejected. Jesus was born with the fact of facingContinue reading “Nobody Likes Being Rejected”

Got Grit?

Who are you when things aren’t perfect? Our lives are filled daily with imperfect situations and relationships where God has given us this beautiful, unique ability to reevaluate and modify the way we manage. While we can’t control what’s happening TO us, we can certainly control our actions in response to imperfect circumstances surrounding us.Continue reading “Got Grit?”

What’s Big Enough to Pray For?

Sometimes I don’t think about praying for “little” things because I feel like they should be my responsibility or because I think “I can’t bother Him with that.” Wow. How foolish to insert my judgment over His. God should get to decide which prayers are important & which ones aren’t. He already knows what’s onContinue reading “What’s Big Enough to Pray For?”

Being Belligerent vs Having a Backbone

“I just don’t like to argue” sometimes just means “I don’t know how to stand up for myself“. And sometimes arguing for the sake of arguing is just you being belligerent. So what’s the difference? The difference is in what the end game is. If when it’s over you’ve given up pieces of yourself soContinue reading “Being Belligerent vs Having a Backbone”

Don’t Make it Worse

All day I’d rather be the one getting hurt than the one doing the hurting because there’s something to be said for being the stone and not the stepper. Standing out doesn’t always mean being the loudest. Sometimes standing out just means standing up for what you know in your heart is good to doContinue reading “Don’t Make it Worse”

Floating a Little Too Far from Shore?

If you’ve ever floated on a raft at the lake, the gulf or ocean, you know that feeling when you think you’ve been relaxing but you open your eyes only to realize you are nowhere near where you started. You can’t see your chair, nothing looks familiar, you might even be in dangerous waters, andContinue reading “Floating a Little Too Far from Shore?”