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How are you feeling about a new month? Is life moving forward again? Are you gaining some distance from the events of 2021, feeling empowered to start planning and dreaming again? Many people and families are still being affected by the changes in the economic, political and even business world as a result of the …
I’m pretty sure I have lived most of my life frustrated. Angry even, if I’m really honest. Perhaps this is the “curse” of the creative and the called. I know many of you get this! The older we get, the more our vision of creating something amazing and life-changing haunts our dreams and taunts our …
The Father shared this word with me a few weeks back as I was preparing to share with my coaching group. Such a powerful word, inviting and urging us to come up higher, dream bigger and believe for more than we ever thought possible!! I encourage you to hear his voice today and respond with …
And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has. We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings as …
Lately, I’ve been hearing Abba talk to me about spiritual mothering. Honestly, I think he is issueing a call to many of us in this season to become spiritual mothers. Some of us, like Sarah, are past “childbearing years” and yet, he is calling us to be mothers again (or perhaps, for the first time!). He is asking us to nurture a new generation of young women, to model intimacy with Jesus and live out the supernatural in a way that inspires and instructs others. And this call is not one to take lightly. In fact, it comes with all the pain and burden of having a mother’s heart.
And this Light never fails to shine through darkness—Light that darkness could not overcome. (John 1:5) Are you in a dark season today, friend? Unfortunately, in life, we are often faced with situations that feel so dark, so hopeless, so overwhelming that it seems all we see is darkness. I hope this won’t relate to …
I need to stop writing to you from my breakfast bar surrounded by dishes! HA! I guess you know you are free to read this surrounded by your own mess, if you have one! Today, I want to remind us that worship doesn’t have to be some formal, hyper-spiritual exercise. It doesn’t have to happen …
Mondays are highly overrated…so let’s just start today, shall we? In fact, let’s forget about yesterday, last week, this past month! And while we are at it, let’s leave behind any lingering disappointments from the weekend, your last fight with someone you love, your last bout of self-pity or fear, whatever has you feeling down or down on yourself this morning and just start fresh! I am all for that, how about you?
Last week we talked about delighting in the Lord, and allowing ourselves to find joy and have fun even in the midst of our current situation. Today I felt like the Lord just wanted to delight in us…to remind us how pleased he is with our attention to him, how much joy he gets when …