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Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness. – Psalm 37:3 AMP

It’s difficult to get back into the groove of blogging on a regular basis. I always thought that my friends who published posts daily (or close to it) were superheroes. Now I see how smart they are, because consistency in any area will strengthen the muscles in that area. The more we nurture our creativity, the more inspiration we find to continue.

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Hello, Friends! I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve missed the community here, as I have only posted six times this year! So with tomorrow being World Gratitude Day, I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to post.

Many of you know I’m a big fan of gratitude. But I also know that life can be hard. And some days it’s difficult to think about or care about gratitude. And with the evil we see in our world, it’s so easy to feel down.

However … I have seen firsthand how gratitude trul...

No matter what we are up against, we have to keep our faith going. Each day we have to make the decision to keep praying, believing, praising, and thanking.

Keep Praying

Daily we should take our cares to the Lord in prayer. Of course God already knows what’s going on in our lives. He already sees what we are up against. And He knows better than we do what we actually need. But there is power in the asking. There are several instances in the Gospels where Jesus instructs us to ask and pray....

I often spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the future. It’s not that I am planning for goals or future events. Rather, I fret about how life will unfold, or I wish for certain hurdles to be behind me, or I worry about what may come. I can easily obsess over the “if only” and “what if” scenarios.

The Bible tells us to take every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5). I have found this can pertain to so many different thought patterns we have, such as worry, negativity, fear, and c...

The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”

The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!”

Luke 17:5-6

According to Oxford, faith is defined as:

complete trust or confidence in someone or something.strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

As Christians...

Admin Note – I don’t know when or how often I will be posting in the coming weeks. Grief has brought me down and I haven’t had the motivation for much of anything. But I will try to pop in when God puts a topic to write about on my heart. Thanks for understanding. Now for today’s post. This is something that happened a few weeks ago, but I am a bit delayed in writing about it…

My tip for the day – Don’t schedule a flight to land twelve hours before a funeral. When I scheduled my flight, ...

Caution before reading – if losing a loved one is a sensitive topic, you might want to skip this post, or grab some tissues…

When you left this earth
You took a piece of my heart
I miss you so much
It hurts to be apart

There are many things I’d like to ask you
Many things I’d like to say
Hear one of your funny stories
Or just hear about your day

Time slips by so quickly
I wish we had more days
Special moments together
Memories to tuck away

I will choose to remember the good days
The specia...

Happy New Year!

If you have been following my blog for a bit, then you likely know that I enjoy picking a word to guide me through the year. Or rather, I should say that God picks the word for me.

My one word for 2025 is Trust.

This is a great example of God picking the word for me. I admit that I didn’t want this word. I wanted the word Prevail because it rings with victory.

However, God kept leading me to the word Trust. God wants us to fully trust Him in all areas of our lives. Th...

As you might recall, my one word for 2024 is presence. At the beginning of the year, I was eager to turn my focus on the Lord’s presence in each moment. As all years do, this year had ups and downs. And I was thankful for the Lord’s presence through it all.

We might not always feel the Lord’s presence. But our feelings and emotions aren’t always a good reflection of truth. And the truth is that God is always with us, whether we feel Him or not.

We just have to choose to believe it. And tha...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving in the US – a day to celebrate all that we are grateful for. The people that reside in this country are of varying heritage. We have people from every descent, nation, and religion. We have differing views and opinions on many topics.

Yet I think this one day each year – Thanksgiving – is something the majority can agree on. We can agree that this day of giving thanks is a special day, and one that we look forward to.

However, for those of us wh...