Remember when you prayed for the things you have now? Enough money to buy groceries, a home, a car, to have a family and meaningful friendships, or to start your own business…Remember praying for those things? I do. I remember praying for my own real estate company, for my kids to make their way, forContinue reading “Remember When You Prayed for…”
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But Will He Give You the Last Piece of Chicken?
You may have heard the saying about mothers… A Mother Is A Person Who, Seeing There Are Only Four Pieces Of A Pie For Five People, Promptly Announces She Never Did Care For Pie. Tenneva Jordan I love this quote because it’s so accurate in how mothers love and sacrifice for their families. So, whenContinue reading “But Will He Give You the Last Piece of Chicken?”
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?”
Rearrange Your Furniture
I’ve decided life is too short to hold grudges. Tomorrow I might change my mind about this…but today I realize you can’t expect people to be something they’re just not capable of being. So why be mad about it? Never try to teach a pig to sing. You will just frustrate yourself and piss offContinue reading “Rearrange Your Furniture”
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?”
What’s Your Morning Routine?
“Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.” Hellen Keller What’s the first thing you did this morning? Check Facebook, check your bank account, your email, read the paper, turnContinue reading “What’s Your Morning Routine?”
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?”
Excuses vs Reasons
So what’s the difference between a reason to put something off and an excuse? A reason is a factor you can’t control, something that actually affects your decision, something to consider when making a plan. An excuse is something we say to make ourselves feel better about not doing what we know we should beContinue reading “Excuses vs Reasons”