Hugs are a good thing and we probably don’t do this enough. We all want hugs, but do we give them enough? I am learning to be more free with hugs. You never know how you may touch someone or make their day. And what if it’s the only hug that person received all week? … More TO HOLD AND TO BE HELD
The world will harden your heart if you let it………so, let your heart remain soft. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like it when the world grabs my heart and tries to harden it against the needs of my fellow man. I don’t like it when I turn away in disgust because I know … More LET YOUR HEART REMAIN SOFT
Are you living your best life now? Or are you just going through the motions from day to day? I know I have lived that way, where a day was just something to get through. But when I let GOD in, into ever part of my life, things changed. There was purpose, meaning and spiritual growth. … More YOUR BEST LIFE
About that waiting you are doing right now………learn to embrace it and to be alright with it. Waiting is a good thing, not a bad thing. Our society however hates to wait for anything really. Patience has all but disappeared. My pup Emma does a lot of waiting and as I watch her, I know I … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
We can either focus on what we do have or what we do not have. We can be grateful for GOD’S mercy towards us, or we can be resentful for the unanswered prayers we say. GOD answers them all in HIS own way and in HIS own timing. Today, take some time to recount HIS … More RECOUNT HIS WONDERFUL DEEDS
Life gets messy sometimes and so do relationships. It is a reality and it is a given. Right when we think all is going along so smoothly, then boom, a huge change happens and we all grapple with the wanting things to go back to normal. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS THERE IS A … More LIFE IS MESSY
JESUS was a man of few words……. our SAVIOR spoke every single word with great meaning and context. Those listening to HIM realized there was a great lesson in all HE said. Imagine the crowds listening to HIS Sermon on the Mount and being completely…….amazed and awe struck! Shouldn’t our words be few too? If … More USING WORDS ONLY WHEN NECESSARY
For everything there is a season……. ECCLESIASTES 3:1 “…….AND A TIME FOR EVERY MATTER UNDER HEAVEN.” There is a time to live and a time to die and there are times of war and times of peace. Such are the matters of life as we know it. Our lives have a beginning and an end. … More MATTERS OF REFRESHING
GOD’S Holy desire for us is to be merciful to one another and in so doing we must humble ourselves and consider others before we think of ourselves. We need to be selfless and extend the hands of mercy all around us. Another word we can use for mercy is lovingkindness. I love that word! … More EXTENDERS OF MERCY
I’LL ADMIT IT: I AM GUILTY OF JUDGING PEOPLE…….ARE YOU? Sometimes, I will size something up or someone up with one look and a swift verdict. But I know in my heart that this is NOT what GOD calls me to do, so I am seriously a work in progress. And I’m not happy … More WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE?
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