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Keep Anxiety Calm

“Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.” Proverbs 12:25 What a week this has been. If you’re in the United States your Monday possibly started similarly to mine, where you were going about your daily routine and dealing with each thing as it came. Nothing too out of the ordinary,Continue reading “Keep Anxiety Calm”

Trigger Happy

“May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:5-6 This week was a roughContinue reading “Trigger Happy”

Why are you angry?

“What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take itContinue reading “Why are you angry?”

Loyalty Complex

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 As I sit here writing this I’m thinking of all the things that I have to do tonight, tomorrow, and the day after. I think about the consequences of not finishing before the credits roll on the movie playingContinue reading “Loyalty Complex”

Perfect Love

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love ofContinue reading “Perfect Love”

Thicker Than Water

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 Blood is thicker than water. How many times have we heard this phrase, which is meant to remind us that the bond of family is stronger than the bond of friendship. Now I have beenContinue reading “Thicker Than Water”

Love Is…

“Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth.” 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 Sometimes I sit andContinue reading “Love Is…”

A Self Pruning Plant

“Seest though a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” – Proverbs 22:29 How many times have you applied for a position and been rejected for one of these reasons: not enough training, not enough experience, or both? I know I can’t be the onlyContinue reading “A Self Pruning Plant”

A Powerful Voice

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” 1 John 5:14-15 Think back to a time inContinue reading “A Powerful Voice”

Yes, I Can.

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” – Phillipians 4:13 When I was a little girl, I loved the stage. I loved anything that allowed me to be in front of everybody. I also had the worst stage fright (I still do) and there would be times when I would go upContinue reading “Yes, I Can.”