I hope this post will validate your practices and remind you to take care of YOU. From the book, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily and and Amelia Nagoski provide research on the importance of finishing the stress cycle. Your body responds to stress. You may think you’ve got it all under…
Category: Soul Work
His Work
Finally Home
You appeared at the door and gently walked in. At first glance, I called you by another name. The closer you came to me, I could see the little girl I once knew. I got up from my sleeping, and I walked to you. My eyes focused with more attention to the details. I adjusted…
In Your Loving Arms I belong
Can you imagine the day in which our bodies are transformed into perfect peace? But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humiliation so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,…
Let us be glad
Monday, November 2, according to my “Pray as you go” app was “All Souls” day. This was a time to remember those who have gone to their heavenly home. Having the perspective and lived experiences of being with my dad his final years and moments, I have felt heaven in my heart. I was glad…
A Belly Laugh
I usually write with a title in my mind; however, this time, I just can’t wait to get all of this on electronic paper. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I’m pretty open to a certain point. I want to hold some things to my heart, and I share openly in…
A Time for Everything
A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes 3: 1-14 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,4 a time…
The Farmer in the Dell
In the small hours of the morning of my father’s celebration of life, I was in a state of restless sleep. In and out of sleeping, thinking, dreaming, and remembering. At around 4:30 a.m., my brain decided to remember the song lyrics to “The Farmer in the Dell.” I laughed and thought that it was…
Value-Based Affirmations
There is is this place in our brain that helps us with motivation, reward, and handling the critics. It is called the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC. This region of the brain also has been implicated in several complex cognitive functions, such as empathy, impulse control, emotion, and decision-making. I listened to an amazing podcast…
Eirene-Peace
A recent study led me to view the word “peace” differently. I’ve often been told, and I have said to others, “If you don’t have a sense of peace about your decision, you should reconsider.” Or, “God would never place confusion in your life. He is not a God of confusion, so if you are…
Ocean Isle, NC Plum Coastal Cottage
THEME OF THE WEEK: GREAT JOY! Sunday, August 9, 2020 Travel Day “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and all the memories we’ve made along the way.” – Unknown “Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?” – Zig Ziglar Today we…
ARRESTED BY GRACE 