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
Live Authentic – 4 Ways To Live Fully Alive
Authentic. Real, genuine, original. For these next few days we're pondering ways to live fully alive. I shared four ways at our recent BYOB and B event, and I'm sharing them here individually. Today we're exploring the first way: live authentic. When we think of...
The Difference Between Being Alive And Living Fully Alive
Alive. Yes, you and I are alive... we’re breathing in and breathing out. Most of us don’t even think about it because it's pretty easy for us to do. My dad, however, had emphysema, and breathing in and breathing out wasn't so easy for him. He struggled many days to...
BYOB and B – Living Fully Alive
Am I alive or am I living fully alive? Fifteen months ago God placed upon my heart the desire to host an evening of encouragement for women. I didn't know how it was going to look, or where it would be held, or really any details for that matter. I just knew I was to...
When All We Can Do Is Trust God
As she hesitantly shared, the tears began to flow. She did all she could to stop them, but being bottled up for so long, the tears needed a way of escape. Finally free, they cascaded down her cheeks and splattered on the table between us. Shock. Sadness. Disbelief....
Revive in 2019 – What’s Your Word?
REVIVE. It's my word for 2019. For the last number of years I've joined the #oneword world. Each January I spend time praying, listening, reading, and looking for what my word might be for that year. It never fails, one single word becomes clear to me as all the...
Living Fully Alive Or Just Going Through The Motions?
I typically start my day reaching for my reading glasses as the sleep fog clears while I'm still in bed. I read from two devotionals. One of them this morning, from Chuck Swindoll, got me pondering. It was about how we respond when struck by an arrow of affliction. He...
