Pursue.
What do you think about when you see this word?
A group of girl friends of mine responded with:
• What you desire to be.
• Chase after something you desire.
• Go forth.
• What a guy should do when he likes a girl.
• Cop chase.
• To be chased down.
• Seek after something/someone.
The words that stand out the most? CHASE. GO. SEEK. DESIRE.
The word pursue is such a profound word in our culture. We are culturally...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Want want want .....
Why is it that we always want MORE? It's come to my attention lately that most of us aren't satisfied with what we've got and we focus on what we want more and more. Single ladies can't wait to find someone to date, then they WANT to be married, then they WANT to have kids, then they WANT this and that and as soon as one want becomes...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
change
When you see the word "CHANGE" what is the first thing you think of?
Some may think of the jingling sound in their pocket with different types of coins! My mom always told me never to think less of a penny, because pennies lead to nickels, nickels lead to dimes, dimes lead to quarters, and quarters to dollars.
Others may think of "change"...
Monday, June 29, 2015
The light at the end of the tunnel
It always seems to me as if things tend to get easier when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. When I am unable to see the end nearby, things tend to be tougher. John 8:12 says: When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
A letter from God
When my human mind tries to think about what a letter from God addressed to me might look like, I'm defeated. 1 Timothy begins with, "To Timothy, my true child in the faith..." WOW! I'm pretty sure I read this same verse about 20 times in awe! "My true child in the faith..." That's powerful! Then my [human] mind begins to think about what...
Friday, May 15, 2015
my prayer is this ...
My
prayer is this: God I thank you for safety, for love, and for guidance. I ask
that you continue to remind us that "gut feelings" are really
"God feelings" and that tough decisions are really a test of our
trust and faith. I pray that we not only pray to ask, but that we listen with
ears of faith. God I thank you for sending your son to die on the cross to save
an undeserving child like me. I ask that I see others through...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
"that kid"
To my teacher friends,
Take a minute and think about "that kid". You know, the one who grinds your gears because he refuses to try. What about the boy who is defiant and thinks it's funny? How about the girl who is just (for a lack of better words) plain mean? Yeah, "that kid" (let's be real ... this is a plural thing -- KIDS) These are the tiny humans that make me want to cry during the day and the voices I hear as I'm...
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ...
other than hanging from a tree in Atlanta and white water rafting in West Virginia ... all of the other pictures were taken in the beautiful state of North Carolina! (and I am mildly obsessed with the NC "home." decals right now)
If you weren't hiding under the "patience is a virtue" rock, hopefully you aren't...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Patience is a virtue
If you haven't heard the saying, "Patience is a virtue", please come out from under the rock you've been hiding under. If we replace "virtue" with synonyms, we might have phrases like: Patience is ethical. Patience is moral. Patience is righteous. Patience is worthy. Patience is respectable. Patience is honor. Patience is simply ......
Sunday, March 29, 2015
SPEAK!
I started my first draft of this post on March 1st, but things just didn't seem to be connecting the way I wanted them to. After church this morning. it was clear that I knew what direction God was leading me in to finish this post.
We've all heard the saying, "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all", and it's...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Own it... OWN YOU!
So often I am afraid of really being
me. I omit things that could potentially lead to being made fun of or thought
of "differently". A question I am beginning to ask myself is:
"Why not be different?" Why should I hide what truly makes me happy
just so that I can have a mediocre time with mediocre people who live mediocre
lives for fear of being different? Well my answer is, I shouldn't. And not only
that, but I'm not going...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
WORD!
Just a little something to think about ...
An "ah-ha" moment for me has to do with promises. A couple of weeks ago, a dear friend mentioned that we are to speak God's promises through our prayers. Along with an amazing conference, a few motivating podcasts, some in depth devotionals, and talking with more than admirable people, I came to the realization that the Bible is God's word. Ok, let me state that again ... the Bible...
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Read the Bible FOR a year.
I've never been one to look forward to sitting down each day and enjoying quiet time reading through the word. I think it may be for the simple fact that every plan I tried was just over my head and not really relevant, therefore I was not interested. I met with a dear friend a few weeks ago and she said "I'm not here to tell you this and that are wrong, because you know that. And even if you have the knowledge...
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