Category Archives: Thoughts

Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? How do you use them to service others and glorify the Lord? Click on the link to take the assessment and be ready to move into who God created you to be. TAKE THE ASSESSMENT Take a look at your spiritual gifts assessment and reflect on whatContinue reading “What are your spiritual gifts?”

When will you be ready to break through that stone wall? What is in the way is making a way? I don’t know about you but sometimes I’m my own worst enemy. I can come up with all kinds of excuses for NOT being able to do something. Or not being able to tackle aContinue reading “Are you ready to break through?”

“Life is not a problem to be solved but rather a mystery to be lived” – Very Wise Person (my fortune cookie from last night) Do you love fortune cookies? I do! Sometimes they are not so good but sometimes they provide a tid bit of a thought provoking message. I read this and itContinue reading “Problem or Mystery”

What is that other world for you? How do you rate yourself on contentment? I have found through my 60 years of life that there has been times, many times, that life just was not what I envisioned. Not what I dreamed. I found myself empty and desiring that which I didn’t have. I realizedContinue reading “Contentment”

How stubborn are you? Is your head hitting against the wall a lot? I once heard a very wise statement: Only fools and dead men don’t change their minds. Fools won’t and dead men can’t. Sometimes we all fall into this category. Our thoughts, our opinions or preconceived notions hold us captive from being ableContinue reading “Fool or Dead”

“Never Alone” with God and Prayer We can all learn from the story of others.  Not only does it show us that we aren’t alone in our story but it also shows us how to recognize God in them. In Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 it says, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward forContinue reading “Not Alone”

Karen Kingsbury says there are 3 ways to Embrace Joy. We have to understand that… Jesus loves us Rom 5:7 Jesus calls us John 15:16 Jesus saves us John 3:16 Guaranteed Happy Ending When has there been a time when embracing Joy was difficult? I can think of several but the most intense one wasContinue reading “Embracing Joy”

Is waiting hard for you? Are you wired to fix it? Do you jump through hoops to make it happen?I feel you! I used to live in that mode! And I sometimes still find myself there. But learning how to trust in God’s timing made all the difference in the peace in my soul thatContinue reading “God’s Perfect Timing”

I’m going to be perfectly honest with you about a weakness that I’m finding myself falling into. I’m not tracking my time! I’m falling behind! I’m at a loss! This is a new thing for me. Normally, I am a make a list, get it done and have free time kind of gal but I’mContinue reading “Where does the Time go?”

An attitude of gratefulness is wisdom for a fruitful life. I picked up pears off the ground today to make fried pears. These pears were dropped from the tree and I had to look around to find those that had not been bruised from the fall or over taken by bugs feeding off of them.Continue reading “Fallen Fruit”