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Today was one of those days that push me toward gratitude. The kind that make me notice all that is right instead of allowing the weight of what is wrong to burden my spirit. I remember to: Soak in the moments Laugh more Love bigger And be thankful. After a weekend filled with activity from…
Navigating through life keeps us busy! So busy that we forget to notice the subtle. The subtle moments that are filled with great power. The world is noisy and God isn’t in the business of forcing Himself on us by simply being louder. I think He is more in the business of waiting for us…
I’m so glad it’s Monday and I get to share hope with you again! Praying you have been blessed this week. May went so quickly and it thoroughly wiped me out. Anyone else? Remember the weariness I mentioned last week? Shaking it has been tough. And isn’t it interesting that just as I am hosting…
This week’s topic in the series is “Betrayal and Lessons Learned”. Learning lessons from betrayal is nothing we stand in line for, but the learning and growth we can make from these seasons can bring us a strength we never knew we possessed.
“When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions. John 16:21-23 MSG
Betrayal stinks. However, as much as it stinks, if we do the work, God will use that pain to create a good. It is a good that we most likely won’t recognize in the midst of the hurt, but a good that will someday amount to more than we can ever imagine.
“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success.” – William Saroyan
From the vantage point of today, I have a clearer view of the pain of my yesterdays.
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” —Henry Beston, Is there anywhere more beautiful than the beach? To me? Not a chance. We are here. I’m not just inhaling, but long deep exhales,…
