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
A Letter To My Younger Self On My Wedding Day
Happy Wedding Day, Julie Ann! I'm writing this to you today on your 27th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! You and Bill have experienced much in 27 years, and it's a great day to celebrate all God has done in you and your marriage on this sunny, low 80-degree day...
You Can Do This (Even If You Think You Can’t)!
Friend, you are stronger than you think you are. You are more talented than you believe you are. You are capable, brave, and unstoppable. Yes, you can do this! No matter if it's a goal you're striving to achieve, a task you're committed to finish, a challenge that...
Friend, It’s Your Day To Shine!
News headlines are filled with horrible acts and devastation happening throughout our world. Is it me or is the world we live in becoming darker and darker? Now, I don't mean dark as in lack of physical light, but dark as in grim and corrupt. This reality might feel a...
So, What’s On Your To-Do List Today?
Today is an amazing day, full of opportunities to grow, to give, and to experience God and His goodness. I don't want to waste one precious moment of it. I imagine you don't want to waste it either. After all, we'll never get to live this day over. One tool that helps...
How To Start Your Day Uplifted (And Keep It That Way)
Here we are, blessed with another day. I'm guessing you'd like to start it uplifted. After all, it's more fun and refreshing to be encouraged rather than discouraged, right? But, sometimes we can't control what's happening around us or to us. Some days we wake up...
Team Lefebure Gears Up For RAGBRAI 2019!
It's that time of year... where all we seem to be doing is eating, sleeping, and riding our tandem bicycle. Yes, RAGBRAI 2019 begins this Sunday, July 21! RAGBRAI is the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. (The Register is the Des Moines newspaper.) It's...