God’s Glory Gratitude Walk

Gratitude and stopping to see God’s glory can literally change the chemicals in your brain!  If you want to feel better about life start counting your blessings within your own home and right outside your door!  A great “on purpose” therapy is to go on a gratitude walk!  ( We learned this in our workshop…

I Live To Worship You

I know I start off with these sentences OFTEN!  I just can’t help myself.  I have so much inside of me, and truly I could post continuously it feels at times.  I went to a conference last week on trauma care and met the most AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING woman who has spent the last 30…

Getting her feet wet…

Vivian (my 13 year old’s feet) in Indonesia, mission trip… I know God will use this experience for years to come….

Get Your Feet Wet

The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson, Chapter  10 “Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.’”  Joshua 3:8 I don’t know about you, but I don’t particularly like getting my feet wet….

Seize the Day!

Do you know the feeling from coming home from the best vacation ever and you want to share every detail?  You hope to convey how incredible the time away was to you and wish that they could have been there?  My prayer is that when you read this you feel like you were there with…

A Heavenly Experience

In a conversation with a friend who asked me if I had seen her mind, for surely she had lost it, I shared that it was in safe keeping, and then asked specifically how I could pray.  I had recently gone to my 8 year old’s school to hear her sing in her sweet little…

Healing Words

Proverbs 12:18 “Some people make cutting remarks.  But the words of the wise bring healing.” Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.  I just finished a paper on her leadership style and how she faces the adaptive challenge of women in leadership.  A Harvard graduate has learned more from her experiences in leadership…

7 Non-Negotiables

Family Life/ Moments with You  (October 14, 2012) Living by the List 1.  Seek God, not sin. 2.  Fear God, not man. 3.  Love God, not the world. 4.  Believe God, not the world. 5.  Obey God, not your appetites 6.  Serve God, not self. 7.  Worship God, not comfort. Taking turns, pray your way…

Humbled at the cross and lifted in His love

Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Dear Jesus, We pray for wisdom beyond books, classrooms, education.  Lord we want to be wise in YOU! We want YOUR glory to shine so bright in…

Connecting with Readers…

Below are comments from  two readers in response to Lift Up Your Eyes!  It seems many of us have been enjoying God’s heavenly display!  I had folks at work today comment on his handiwork too!  WOW!  You know how much I love to connect through the work of the Spirit and His love.  Toni made…