The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 NLT Only the sounds beyond my window could be heard — the sparrows chirping, the cars traveling in the distance, voices of people taking their morning stroll through the neighborhood. And in that tiny place of quiet I could hear the […]
Tag: encouragement
“When Fixing the Fracture Seems Impossible”
Gathering, coming together, uniting … it all leads to oneness. We long for it because we were created for it … relationships. Living in a fallen world, however, doesn’t always avail us to the relationships that we hope to have in our lifetime. When you think you’re doing all the right things to show others […]
“Keeping My Focus In a Blurry World”
And they remembered His words. Luke 24:8 AMP How many times have I started out my day ‘knowing’ that if I keep focused, my day will go smoothly, only to get three steps out the door and forget where I was headed? I’m not referring to some mental hiccup or menopausal cerebral glitch in time. […]
“One Foot in Front of the Other”
The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1 NLT I cannot image being in Abraham’s sandals when GOD called him out — literally — to leave his homeland of 75 years and travel to ‘where […]
” The Perfect One vs Perfectionism”
A do-over — I labored as a child to avoid hearing those words. Erasers were my forever companion — the big ones that didn’t tear away at your paper after the umpteenth rub. The goal was to get it absolutely right the first time — perish the thought of having to fix a project or […]
Titus Two 