Are You Drinking Your Water?
I’ve debated for a while whether I would share this. But knew only when the time became right. As it’s been on my heart all week, I believe it is time and I’m sharing in the hopes it will help someone else. Around two months ago I had a health episode. I hadn’t been feeling […]
One More Step
Have you ever wanted to give up and throw in the towel because what you are doing is incredibly difficult? I came to the conclusion recently that I wanted to be a runner. Apparently this has been an on and off desire for many years. Somehow I had made up in my mind that in […]
Life More Abundantly
As each year begins, I start asking God for a word for the year, and sometimes because I’ve forgotten mid-year, I’ve taken to start writing it down in the front of my journal when I know my word. The word for this year is ‘Abundance’. Oftentimes, as I have the word, I have no idea […]
Fear is a Liar
This past week was filled with many pool days. And, many learned lessons, of which I’ll share a few that were highlighted for me. As we were hanging out in the deep end (yay for progress), a cute little boy jumped into the lane. As I’m an overly cautious mother, I said ‘little boy, can […]
Fresh Perspective?
I’m sitting in my backyard and wondering why I never did this before. As I want to get annoyed with myself I realize a few things. I never made the time. I was always busy. But even more importantly, my backyard was not what it is now. Over the last few years of living here, […]
Meaningful Connection
I’ve mentioned in my last few posts that I sense God calling me to slow down. In a very unusual occurrence, I started pondering a solo trip. For reference, the last time I took a solo (non business) trip was 11 years ago for 24 hours, before I became a mom. I enjoy traveling with […]
Be Encouraged
I recently stumbled across an article in the NYTimes about a runner who was not the traditional runner. He was running a marathon and going very slowly. Someone on the sidelines yelled out a derogatory comment about how slow he was (power of words). Instead of being discouraged by what was said, he used it […]
Words Have Power
My girlfriend and I have been discussing just how much our words have power and I continue to see examples of just how true this is. There is a verse found in Proverbs 18:21 ‘The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit’. A young lady […]
Use What You Have
‘Use what you have’… These words have been on my mind for the last few weeks. I tend to want to solve something by going out and getting the next thing. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the Lord is calling me to slow down. I really thought I had slowed down significantly over the last […]
Childlike Faith
I’ve noticed something recently with my daughter. For me, it’s funny and frustrating all at once. She asks for things frequently, as do most children her age. The thing that I’ve observed with her though is once she’s asked me once or twice if I don’t flat out say ‘no’, even if I haven’t said […]