My mom never went to college, but you would never know it from her remarkable vocabulary. She loved words and the power they had to help her escape into a controlled reality or to solve a problem. She endured the shattering words of broken and hurting people as a little girl. As an adult, she loved to find words of…
What would happen to your mind, heart, and life if you lived like anything was possible? How many more opportunities would be open to you? What lessons could you learn? A 22-year-old Virginia woman, Lauren Kornacki, lifted a BMW off her father who became pinned under it while trying to fix a flat tire. Anne Frank, a young girl, sacrificed…
Are you conscious of the thoughts, images, hopes, and fantasies you are allowing to saunter into your mind through your daydreams? Are your daydreams full of possibilities or negative emotions? Are your daydreams good or bad for you? Eric Klinger, professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota says, ‘We think of daydreams as scatterbrained and unfocused, but one…
As a child, you couldn’t wait to grow up, to drive, and to be in control of your life. As an adult, you spend your time waiting in lines, for a better job, a vacation, or the circumstances to change in your life. Everyone will wait in this broken world because God created us from His master plan within the…
What if I choose the wrong thing? –FEAR How can I make sure people will like or accept me? –STARVING FOR APPROVAL, LOVE, VALUE What can I fix so my husband will love me and be in a good mood? –ANXIETY Why can’t I be thinner, smarter, or sexy in my husband’s eyes? –DEVALUING SELF Why am I such a…
The birth of Jesus reveals that God knows we are a work in progress. God didn’t send Jesus as a grown man down to earth. Jesus started life just like we did as a helpless dependent infant. What a comfort to know that God understands human nature and the process of growing from infancy to maturity. God protected…
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:13-14 NIV Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Miracle of Christmas play, by the…
Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 NIV When my kids scraped their knee my heart wanted to heal the tear in their flesh and make it all better. When they faced the hurt and pain of other children in school I wanted to…
“Truly, I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 Yesterday, a young boy in the produce aisle politely asked his Mom for graham crackers. His Mom agreed to pick them up because he’d made a good snack choice. She told him they had twenty aisles to go through…