Have you packed for a trip lately? Years ago, when I packed my clothes and belongings for a flight, the items you could bring seemed endless. Two suitcases per person, weighing fifty pounds each, enabled you to pack effortlessly.

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙡. If I don’t own it, God can’t change it.

𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙩, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙩.

Listen, I’m not surprised when Christian leaders or human beings fall. Why? Because 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, and I know what I’m capable of without confessing 𝘮𝘺 sin, repenting and submitting 𝘮𝘺 life to God and a small circle of Godly friends 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘵 hold me accountable.

When was the last time you sat down and made a list of positive adjectives about yourself? A specific list generated only by you and about you? A list that was crafted by you without anyone’s help

I’m not sure how old I was when I realized that we didn’t have a dad. Growing up in a home with just my mom and my sisters seemed normal to me. Our life was pretty female-centric, with no living grandfathers and uncles that we rarely saw…

Do you ever feel like you are not enough or like there isn’t enough of you to go around to all the things that you are responsible for or need to do? Or, maybe you do get every area and keep things moving

Recently we traveled on a beautiful vacation to Cancun with my twin sister and her husband. The climate and accommodations were outstanding, and also the precautions for COVID-19.  When I travel with my sister

Have you ever lost something, and you asked yourself, “oh where it could be?” Have you ever found something that you were looking for, but it took more than a day, or maybe a month, or even a year until it magically reappeared or it was found?

Waiting.

Finger drumming, foot-tapping, deep breathing, clock glancing, nervous twitching: waiting.

No one is really fond of the delay in itineration that slows our course to get from point A to point B. The hindrance in time until something else happens can cause great agitation in our lives.

I’ve always loved stories. In my middle school years I discovered what is known as NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). This event takes place during the month of November, and the goal is to write a 50,000-word novel in the short span between November 1 and 11:59pm November 30.

“Here come my beautiful daughters” would be the words that greeted my twin sister and me walking toward our mom’s room at the nursing home, where she spent the final five years of her life.

Dreams are within all of us. The desire for a dream to come alive is in everyone. When our desires are aligned with God’s word we can CONTEND and PRAY for the dream that is deep within us to come forth.

Earlier in the spring, I had a “bird’s eye” view of something very sweet. A young, baby bird was perched high atop a tree. With all its might, he kept flapping its wings in an effort to lift off the branch and fly like all the other birds around him.

Have you ever been there? Things not going as planned? Your vision on panning out the way you thought it would? I think we have all been there at one time or another, and those times can shape our perspective on how we respond and shape our expectations in the future. 

Several years ago, we were in Florida for meetings and decided to tag a family experience to the end of the trip. Our oldest son and his family joined us, and we treated everyone to Universal Island of Adventure and Sea World.

“Our family recently celebrated our 20-year Americaversary – 20 years since we sold up and moved our family of 6, almost 7, across the pond from the UK to the USA. It had been a long and emotionally exhausting process….”

“We have no heat in this house, it’s freezing!” were the words from my husband in a text message a few weeks ago. In which I quickly replied, “oh no!” but in the back of my mind I thought, “well our furnace is pretty old and maybe it’s time to get a new one”, but also hoping and praying that it was a quick and easy inexpensive fix…”

Springtime! As nature awakes and thaws during this beautiful season, it is what we cannot see that will bring forth the truest beauty. Tulip and daffodil bulbs wouldn’t make a pretty bouquet, yet they yield a delicate flower with a soft sweet smell.

I could feel the vibrations of the MRI machine as it started. The clicking noise and jackhammer-like sounds were barely acknowledged as I was deep in thought. Around September 2019 I began to experience what would be months of debilitating nerve pain, brain fog, and fatigue, along with other symptoms.