Choices In Change I used to think I liked change, I enjoy taking different routes when driving to learn different ways to get around and see other things along my drive. I like to eat different foods and get tired of making and eating the same meals all of the time. A couple weeks ago, […]
Finding Peace When the Holidays Hurt This year, I read a devotional the day before Christmas that encouraged me to feel my feelings and accept the realities of my past experiences of the holiday season. Christmas is a time for celebrating the greatest gift ever given, Jesus, which can be filled with immense joy. At
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I grew up in a home where knowledge was considered of importance. I can be a voracious reader, learning much about many different things. While I do think it important I seek knowledge, the reality is that it alone is not enough to get me through this life. It is something static, I can know
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Shifting my perspective allows me to see everything from my circumstances to other people differently
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I must be diligent in my journey with God to keep complacency from stunting my spiritual growth
Comparison Comparison is a necessary part of life that allows me to make everyday decisions. I use comparison to decide whether I would like to buy this or that, what things I prefer, if I want to go here or there, or what I would like to do. It is simply a tool I can
Ask God Last week, I was texting about finishing up a job that I started working on and someone else is now responsible for completing. However, I have some responsibility to make sure that this job is done correctly and completed in a timely fashion. I was very angered by this person’s seemingly uncaring response
Forgiving others of small things can free me of what binds my heart and mind
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Speak It Out God’s Truth One day a couple of weeks ago, I was having a challenging morning where I seemed to have a case of butter fingers where It seemed as though I dropped everything I touched and had a general clumsiness. I was getting a little irritated, stacking a bunch of little things
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Prayer As a Christian, I think prayer is something that I so often do and offer to others as a go to when I see people struggling and going through something. Sometimes I ask how I can be praying for them, other times I simply say that I will be praying and once in a
Change Takes Change Oh how I long for things in my life to change…I want to have more time and feel less rushed, lose weight and get in better shape, my house less cluttered, less angry and more calm reactions to other people, my life to be more peaceful, have better relationships, the list goes
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Seeing and accepting my good and bad through God’s eyes grows my self-esteem
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When I am weary God will lead the rest I need with Him
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Learning about myself and enjoying the life God has given me
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When I Am Ready I am a person who loves to save all of the handouts and my notes from small groups, conferences, retreats, bible studies, classes, sermons etc. Invariably, this means that I end up keeping papers from these events that are scattered around the house as I don’t have a great way to
When thoughts of the past resurface it is an opportunity to connect with God
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I am learning I am responsible to God, myself and others but not for others
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Anger can indicate to me an action I need to take to move one
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Moving forward when I cannot change what I have already done
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Living out gratitude as an expression of my faith
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As I surrender my feelings to God, I gain self-awareness and freedom in allowing myself to feel
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Let It Begin With Me As I look at the people around me, it is very easy for me to make a list of things I wish they would be or do. Often this can revolve around the people closest to me with a desire for better communication, courtesy, not picking up offenses, or maybe
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Honesty When the word honesty was brought up as a discussion topic, my mind instantly went to being honest with others. While that is obviously valuable in relationships, it is also important to consider what it means to be honest with myself. As I look at myself, I believe that I have often struggled with
I had to choose to be willing to be willing for my will to align with His will for Him to change me
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My choices have power and importance in how I respond and interact with others.
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Embracing Conscious Choices As I continue to grow in my self-awareness and make choices that allow me to experience more of God’s joy, I am also learning there are so many areas of my life that I have choices which affect how I experience my life. I have found that there were many places in
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Finding Joy I have often struggled to find joy; it seemed to be elusive and hard to find no matter what happened in my life, good or bad. Recently, I have discovered a powerful revelation that is slowly transforming my life and bringing me increasing peace and fulfillment. It’s the realization that joy is a
Self-Pity, Gratitude and Acceptance On Mother’s Day, my experience with my 4 adult children varied. While the oldest called me in the morning on her way to work, I didn’t hear from the middle two, and my youngest daughter spent the day with me, attending church, planting flowers, and cooking dinner. That evening, I found
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Jesus’ crazy love makes me new and offers me a life I never could imagine
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Partner with God to find freedom in forgiveness
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Resolutions are best realized living in newness of Christ.
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In a world that often demands perfection, it is freeing to embrace them by having a lighthearted approach.
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Saying ‘yes’ to everything is not God’s will and leads to resentments & bitterness.
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Surrendering the picture of a perfect life leads to peace and freedom.
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Pride in oneself is an opportunity to be grateful to God.
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Acceptance is a gift to myself and is not the same as approval
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Our awareness allows us to be able to let go and let God
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