Filling your cup with the good
Have you ever woken up and "just didn't feel like it"? Didn't feel like going to work. Didn't feel like being mom. Didn't feel like being the go-between in the family argument. Didn't feel like making dinner or planning the upcoming event. Just flat didn't feel like adulting? I have been there too. Those days... Continue Reading →
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 20:7 NIV Good morning! Trust...such a powerful word. One that holds weight. What or whom do we trust in? Trust - (noun) assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something... Continue Reading →
Good morning! There is an overwhelming desire to "have it all together" in the culture that we live in. Mostly due to social media and all the technology that goes with it at our fingertips. We take the perfect photo, apply the best filter, and post for thousands of people we don't know to see.... Continue Reading →
Good morning! Sometimes life can be flat hard. We all go through things that are difficult, painful, and challenging. BUT... Jesus came to hold us together. He is before all things; and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 Where is Jesus holding you together today? Where is he working out the details in... Continue Reading →
Good morning! I wanted to share a passage with you today found in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (MSG): So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without... Continue Reading →
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 Happy Thankful Thursday, I am so thankful today that we have a God bigger than our circumstance. Bigger than our hard days. Bigger than all our fears. Today I want to encourage you to cast ALL your cares; every worry, every... Continue Reading →
Good evening! Why is it that when we encounter other alpha personalities, we feel the need to release the alpha from the inside of us? I was getting the oil changed in my car the other day and the woman behind the counter was all alpha. She gave every indication through her body language, her... Continue Reading →
I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. Psalm 120:1 Good morning, As I read this verse early in the morning hours it made me stop to catch my breath. Where do I take my troubles? As I thought for a few moments about who I... Continue Reading →
Happy Thankful Thursday! As we were putting the boys to bed last night I grabbed "The Wonky Donkey" off the bookshelf along with the story of Noah's Ark. Qwade immediately sat up with excitement as he loves The Wonky Donkey. "I love that book mom!!" he exclaimed as I handed them to Chase and laughed... Continue Reading →
Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! Psalm 116:2 (NLT) Good morning! What are your deepest prayers? You know, the ones you yearn for deep inside of your soul... healing for a loved one peace in the middle of heartache salvation for a family member for a... Continue Reading →
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV) Good morning! What is the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning? Today you might... Continue Reading →
Good morning!! Who else needs a little revival in their soul this week?! Anyone else need a pick-me-up and coffee isn't quite doing the trick? Our boys have been sick the last couple of weeks with a croupy cough and congestion virus that has made sleep scarce and any kind of normal routine nonexistent. You... Continue Reading →
O Israel, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. O priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. Psalm 115: 9-11 Good morning, It was around midnight when the coughing... Continue Reading →
I will thank the LORD with all my heart as I meet with his godly people. Psalm 111:1 (NIV) Happy Thankful Thursday! How am I going to get it all done? Words I have thought to myself as I'm sure you have as well. The pace that we live this life in most days is... Continue Reading →
Good morning and happy Thankful Thursday! To say that I have been overwhelmed with emotion the last few days is an understatement... our boys started kindergarten this week! Wow!! Where has the time gone? It seems like it was just yesterday that we peered into those incubators at them, so tiny and frail. I remember... Continue Reading →
