How to have more joy when life knocks you down
How do you have more joy? That was a question I asked myself numerous times during the turmoil of my final two years of corporate life. I was a Christian. I should be happy. I…
When God calls your heart home – eliminate the stuffocation
Some women face a struggle to quit their full-time job when God calls your heart home. I know I did. Before I gave my four-week notice at work, I struggled with the should-I or shouldn’t…
How to get your creative juices flowing
How to get your creative juices flowing. If you’re anything like me and other creatives, you have those moments when the creative flow stops. You need and long for, even pray for, a creative breakthrough.…
When Mother’s Day Hurts
When Mother’s Day hurts, sometimes we moms don’t want to admit it. This year I went against the grain. I posted in Social Media on the day after that I really “got it” when some…
How to make your dreams come true
How do you make your dreams come true? Have you found yourself saying, “I don’t have time to ________?” You can fill in the blank with anything you’ve wanted to do but ‘didn’t have time…
When Life Throws You Curveballs
When life throws you a curveball, what do you do? I know the old cliche is “hit it out of the park.’ Let’s face it, that’s a cliche. Sometimes cliches can get on your nerves.…
National Encourage a Young Writer Day
National Encourage a Young Writer Day is observed each year on April 10th. While we may not know who originated the day, we can still have fun celebrating and supporting the young writers in our…
5 Gratitude Thoughts a Day
Here is a very simple journal activity and I would like to challenge everyone to finish out the month doing this (if you haven’t been already). Write down 5 different things daily that you are…
Creative prayer ideas to revitalize your prayer life
Has your prayer life become boring and ho-hum? Has the popular ‘bullet’ journal type prayer activity become cumbersome or too detailed for your busy life? Then you, my sweet friend, may need to find some…
When You Pray and Don’t Get An Answer
Have you ever prayed about something and it didn’t seem as though there was an answer from heaven? You prayed daily about it and it just didn’t seem as though God was listening. We Pray.…
What’s today’s headline in your head?
Today’s Headline! Breaking News! I’m going to make it! That’s a refreshing headline to read, isn’t it? When’s the last time you saw happy and uplifting headlines like: I’m Blessed! Things are working for my…
If you’re happy and you know it tell your face
If you’re happy and you know it…..tell your face. Not quite what you were expecting? Did you start to sing the little song that you teach kids in Sunday School? Have you ever had a…
Six Ideas To A Creative Breakthrough
Whether you are twiddling the Saturday away wanting to ‘try something new.’ Or you are sitting at your office desk, staring at a new assignment wondering where to look for inspiration for…
Painting Life with Connected Brush Strokes
Painting Life – the brush strokes are all connected…. There WILL be some days that are thorny. Life is NOT a bed of beautiful roses all the time. The thing is, we so many times…
What does it mean to be poor in spirit
Poor in spirit doesn’t mean having no money, or does it? I’ve been studying The Beatitudes in Matthew chapter 5. The one that I’ve had to study to truly understand is “Blessed are the poor…
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