The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Bloom Where We’re Planted
Our flower beds are beautiful this year. I was admiring them one day last week when I noticed a lone pink flower poking through one of our bushes in the rocks off to the side. Getting a closer look, I was surprised to behold exactly what it was. A beautiful poppy. The...
A Busy or Full Life?
Is your life busy? Or is it full? There's not one of us who isn't busy. We all live busy lives. But, it was about this time a year ago, I chose to stop using the word "busy" to describe me and my life. "Busy" is word that I believe many use as a badge of honor. The...
Praising God, Even Through The No-So-Sunshiny Things
It's a beautiful day in our corner of the world. I love seeing the sunshine, the green grass, the flowers blooming. I enjoy hearing the birds singing, the whisper of the wind, and an occasional train whistle in the distance. Life is good here in the country. But if I...
Love Makes The Ride Worthwhile
My husband and I have spent hundreds of miles together on our tandem bicycle this summer. It's been quite the process for us both learning how to ride together and in sync. That'll be another post for a different day. But on these rides, I've found we've had some of...
Five Minute Friday – Belong
Friday. The day many of us come together to write for five minutes on one word. We let our minds and fingers fly, as we forget about the normal concerns of writers...grammar, spelling, punctuation. It's quite freeing and a whole lot of fun. Normally we meet up at...
Life Is Not A Competition
What would happen if we encouraged one another in life, instead of competing with each other? The response to yesterday's post was one I didn't expect. It was overwhelming. Friend, our lives are not a competition. We are not called to compete with each other. We are...
