Category: Encouragement & Hope

My thoughts are jumbled this morning, my mind is heavy with thoughts of loved ones hurting. Sick. Mourning the loss of a loved one. There is life before and life forthcoming. People taken too soon, in my opinion. Time spent with family, realizing how precious is each time we have. I find myself this morning,…

We have had four days in a row of no sunshine. None. I keep looking to the heavens waiting for the break of sun. I think we are supposed to get some rays today. I’m not going to hold my breath, but I sure would welcome. This is exactly the time when I need to…

I walked today while it was still dark and my glasses were foggy. As I look out now, there is no sun, only gray clouds. My approach to my day can be marred by the weather, not only mood related, but also with pain. The Lord is teaching me what a battlefield my mind can…

So, I have been taking collagen in my coffee for over a month and i was so excited because my nails were getting long and strong. I showed off my nails. One of my children thought I should cut them down. (Blows raspberry.) Then, on Tuesday, I started getting rips. Tears. And now, we are…

I have a goal that I wrote down and then erased and now, this morning am reconsidering. I want to start waking early. The holiday season has lulled me into a later morning. A calmer, quieter start to my morning, rather than rushing, is my hope. So, when I started up the Dwell app, I…

I know I probably should bring our little Christmas tree down, but i can’t do it. I love the lights and the color it brings to our gray days. I have a Christmas village that I painted for my grandparents that I put up this year. And Joshua put out light projectors outside. That was…

Yesterday’s post spoke of dread and fear that enveloped me in the early morning hours. I’m here to say, I made it through the day. Yes, I knew and know God’s presence. I made it through work and busy and loud. I did come home and collapsed into bed, BUT I made it. Rather than…

The heat in our house was on the fritz and we would wake up and be freezing. It was sixty degrees in the house. It is so weird to me that I love sixty degree weather in the fall and spring, but in my house, in the middle of winter? Nope. Not having it. The…

I began this season of Christmas watching every Christmas movie I could get my hands on. Old favorites, old movies, new Hallmark, etc. I even watched a cartoon of the Christmas Carol. Here’s what I find as I watch these movies, I begin thinking, I need to do these things to have a happy Christmas.…

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us, [looking…