January is an interesting month. It starts with all the excitement of the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations, and it moves into the heart of winter. There’s an atmosphere of excitement around the first few days of January. It’s full of promise and new beginnings, but by week two resolutions are broken and realityContinue reading “Endless Winter”
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20/20 Vision
If you’re really goal-oriented, then making New Year’s Resolutions and setting goals for the new year is a relatively easy and life-affirming task, but if you’re not a goal-oriented person, it can be overwhelming. Sometimes it’s hard to envision yourself a year down the road, decide who you want to be at that point andContinue reading “20/20 Vision”
Choose Joy
Life is hard. Sometimes life is really, really hard. Right now, I’m experiencing the really, really hard part of life. It’s an on-going struggle with good days and bad days. The trials we go through in life often make us wonder where God is in all of this. These are the times when we haveContinue reading “Choose Joy”
As Far as It Depends on Me
At some point in our relationships, we’re going to have conflict. It could be a disagreement over something small. It may be a huge fight. But at some point, conflict is going to happen. We know that the Bible urges us to have unity in our relationships with others. God’s power is best displayed inContinue reading “As Far as It Depends on Me”
Coffee With Jesus
Every year our church begins the month of January with 21 days of prayer and fasting. We call this tradition “Pray First“. The title is supposed to remind us that whatever we face in life, whatever happens during our day, we should pray first. It seems like such a simple thing. Pray first. But oftentimesContinue reading “Coffee With Jesus”
What Are You Full of?
This year is brimming with possibilities. Already, I feel a release and a sense of lightness and newness all around me. The past year was hard, and I am happy to put it behind me and step into this new year full of God’s promises. I really feel as if my word of the year,Continue reading “What Are You Full of?”
The Comparison Trap
I’m sure your Facebook newsfeed is as full as mine is with New Year’s Resolutions lists and friend’s goals for the year. I love seeing posts that celebrate what a person accomplished or where they’ve been, but sometimes those posts get to me. Sometimes instead of celebrating with the other person, I find myself comparingContinue reading “The Comparison Trap”
Looking Back on 2019
New Year’s is a time to look ahead, but it’s also a time to look back on the year we’ve just left behind. 2019 was not a terrific year for me. The section of my planner/journal that documents highlights of the year is conspicuously blank. That isn’t to say that nothing good happened at all,Continue reading “Looking Back on 2019”
Impossible Dreams?
This is the time of year for making (and hopefully keeping) New Year’s Resolutions. The time of year when we put pen to paper and make a list of all the things we need to change–all the things we need to stop doing or all the things we need to start doing–to have the lifeContinue reading “Impossible Dreams?”
New Beginnings
So today is January 1st. The New Year. A new beginning. Each year around this time, we think about all we accomplished–or didn’t accomplish–in the previous year, and we dream big about what we hope to accomplish in the future. New years bring with them anticipation, excitement, and determination. No matter how many times we’veContinue reading “New Beginnings”
A Beautiful Mess 