Little Given with Much Gained

Today, I felt small. Not because I stood beside the ocean, but, because I found myself trying to carry the weight of the world's needs on my shoulders.

Warmth for A Chilled Soul

His word remains in us and flows from the inside out to bring His unspeakable grace to others with a calm and gentle spirit.

Five Questions To Help You Study The Bible

Early in my walk, a pastor, from a former church, offered help with reading the Bible by suggesting this method.

A Show Don’t Tell Gratitude

"What do you suppose would have happened, if I had parked that bicycle and never learned to ride it?'" I imagine my parents would have been sad and felt I didn't like their gift even though I was filled with excitement and joy the day they gave it to me. I now know what they wanted was to watch me enjoy their gift

Five Reasons For Growing Your Faith

Although I didn't realize it until I was an adult, my mountains moved. I was ok and thriving.

Finding God in Your Shadows

Remember when you first discovered your shadow? Chances are you were just a child. Shadows can be scary until their source is identified. A small toy can appear to be a giant monster when the light hits it just right. As we grow, we begin to understand shadows are harmless and they disappear when the...

A Message of Hope

A Message of Hope: Hello everyone, it’s Saturday. Today I want to share a short story with you to revive your hope in an ever present, almighty God. I needed this myself. Struggles are real aren’t they? We all have them, but, we don’t have to let them get the best of us. I was...

The Things I’ll Bring With Me

As we approach the turning of a new year I hope this post finds you and your family healthy and safe! I don’t know of a single soul who isn’t ready to be rid of 2020 and embrace a new year full of hope and promise. I’m right there with you! As I prepare myself...

Learn to Run With Endurance

Identify Your Race Before one can learn to run with endurance, they must first identify their race. It’s been many years since I set a goal to run my first ever 5k. I was working out in a local gym and one day I told God I would run but I didn’t know how to...

Simply Growing Through Grief

Stages of Grief Experts tell us there are five to twelve stages of grief we may experience from the loss of a loved one. I suppose, depending on how that loss occurred, whether sudden or anticipated, one could possibly go through twelve stages of grief. I have experienced both types of losses and I can...

Provision Through Learning

One of my favorite scenes and quotes from Little House on The Prairie is from season one episode two, when Laura, not thrilled about starting school, asked Caroline how long all of this learning was going to take. Caroline’s reply is listed above. So true are these words of wisdom. We should all strive to...

Prayer Tip For All Who Compartmentalize There came a time in my life when my prayers seemed to be all over the place. I try to stay in an attitude of prayer all the time because I receive prayer request daily. In order to do this, I learned I needed to stay focused and intentional...

Provision Through Giving

When Darrell and I married we both worked in retail. Our weekends rarely lined up with us both having the same days off. Neither of us would attend church without the other, so needless to say, we didn’t attend very often. That all changed with the birth of our first child. I became a stay...