Are you looking for JESUS today? See HIM there, laying in the Manger. HE has come for you and for me! And the good news? HE never stops coming for us. HE is a faithful GOD, HE is a pursuing GOD of the universe. HIS love and beautiful grace is steadfast and true. This Christmas … More THINGS CHANGE WHEN YOU LOOK FOR JESUS
Are you full of wonder this season? If you are going through something hard right now, I get it! Life can take all our wonder away. TO WONDER IS TO BE ASTONISHED OR AMAZED. Maybe we don’t see the wonder around us because we go through life noticing all that is wrong with the world. … More WONDERFUL THINGS DO HAPPEN!
If you have candles everywhere, light them, light them! If you have strings of lights, then light them, light them! Because I think we all need a little Joyous Noel in this season of light. Joyous Noel translates to Merry Christmas with Noel meaning Christmas in old English and French. In French it is: Joyeux Noel. Noel can mean … More JOYOUS NOEL
Recently I read that small acts of intentional love actually trigger our brains into releasing oxytocin, which literally lifts our spirits into a natural high state. Giving gives us a positive emotion and a natural high. Maybe that is why GOD calls us to give to others. GIVE OF YOUR TIME, TALENT AND RESOURCES Give … More KEEP GIVING
There are things we often put in the it doesn’t matter category……..but they do! I wonder when we get to Heaven will we be surprised by all the people and things we dismissed in this life only to learn how important all of it was! There might have been situations and people we just brushed aside only … More IT DOESN’T MATTER…….BUT IT DOES!
There is nothing like being weak either physically or in mind or spirit to bring us to a place of needing to stand upon GOD’S strength for us. I recently started on a new drug due to my breast cancer and the oncologist told me well, you will feel ok the first week, not so … More IT’S NOT ABOUT OUR WEAKNESS
YOUR gracious and good FATHER holds your world……….did you know? Our GOD holds all of it, not just some of it. And HE holds all of you and all of me too! GOD MADE YOU HIS WORLD BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN That thought should be quite a comfort to you……..I know it is for me! … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
GOD DOES NOT WASTE A THING. I LOVE TO KNOW THIS AND TELL MYSELF THIS OFTEN. YOUR STORY AND MY STORY IS CONTINUING EVERY DAY GOD WAKES US. With GOD watching us and guiding us nothing we do or say is a waste because HE has HIS hands upon us. GOD PURSUES US FIRST When … More YOUR STORY IS NEVER A WASTE
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
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