It’s a few days into the New Year, and I finally got to do one of my favorite things – start my new journal. I always start it with an entry on my word for the year, and this year was no different. As I looked back on 1/1/15, the word I had in my heart was CONTEND, and it ...
I’m a little behind. Four words that perfectly describe my life right now. As I write, it’s just past Thanksgiving, and I’m already behind on my Advent devotional. The calendar says November 27th but my daily Bible says November 12th. My goal of exercising four times last week turned out to be zero times. Sigh. How will I ever lose this weight? ...
So….I ran today. For the first time in over 6 weeks, I ran. It wasn’t pretty. It was short. It was slow. I couldn’t breathe. I had a cramp in my side and my ankle was aching. In fact, I’m pretty sure this applied to me today. We’ve all suffered injuries. I did six weeks ago. I trained all summer for a 5K. ...
Some days I wake up, and it’s great. I have a verse in my head or a song rolling around in my heart. I’m happy from the minute I wake up and I get joyfully out of bed at 5 AM (without an alarm…I just wake up) and glide gracefully down the stairs to the kitchen and start the process ...
Stress. It’s the exertion or weight you put on something, like bridges, airplanes, humans. We can only take so much of it before we break. Stressful situations come. It’s our choice how we respond to them. Jesus said over and over. Don’t worry. Don’t be anxious. Don’t let your heart be troubled. It’s our choice what we do with stress. Whether ...