Friends Do you have a favorite Christmas song? I have lots of them. See if you can figure out which one I am humming today! +++ “But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 - NIV Mary, did you know? What were you thinking as you clung … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Did You Know?
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Monday Motivation: Distant Shores
Friends Independence Day is almost upon us. Thanking God for our country, our freedoms, and the brave men and women of the Armed Forces who serve and protect us so that we might live free. Today, let’s visit the sandy shores once more. The ocean seems to offer a great source of analogies for … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Distant Shores
Monday Motivation: Pouting
Friends Is fear making you doubt that God can work it all out? Banish fear and doubt. The Lord your God is with you where ever you go (Joshua 1:9). +++ Now Thomas (also known as Didymus ), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Pouting
Monday Motivation: Truth Or Consequence
Friends How would you describe yourself, trusting or skeptical? I am not proud of it, but I think I demonstrate a fair mix of both. What about you? +++ But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Truth Or Consequence
Monday Motivation: Water Walking
Friends I am thinking about the storms of life; how they toss us about, shake our courage, leave us feeling desperate and alone. But here’s the truth we so often forget in times of trial. No matter how rough the waters, our Savior still walks with us through it all. +++ Immediately Jesus made … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Water Walking
Monday Motivation: Paradise
FriendsI use to think that paradise sounded like a palm tree on a glistening white sand beach, the pristine aqua waters of the Caribbean lapping at my feet. Yet, the older I get, I find my idea of paradise looks quite different. It looks a lot like heaven! +++One of the criminals who hung there … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Paradise
Monday Motivation: Wish To Give
Friends Thanks be to God for the blessings of family time this Christmas! What a joy it was to spend Christmas morning with my fabulous parents and awesome mother in law, to gather around the table for a delicious brunch, and later through the power of technology, celebrate a long distance gift giving session with … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Wish To Give
Monday Motivation: Red Alarm
Friends Merry Christmas! The watching and waiting is almost over. Christmas will soon be here. Amid the hustle and bustle of this busy season, may we take the time to pause and ponder the events of that Holy Night that changed everything. +++ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Red Alarm
Monday Motivation: Paradise Found
FriendsHoly Week is upon us! The parade of Palm Sunday has passed. Now our gaze shifts to the cross. Upon that hill so long ago and so far away, Jesus paid the ultimate price, and because of His sacrifice, you and I have the promise of paradise. To Jesus, we sing, “Hosanna, Hosanna in the … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Paradise Found
Monday Motivation: Today
Friends Is their a song in your heart today? Is it a ballad of woe or a hymn of praise? +++ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me. Psalm 138:7 - NIV … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Today
Faith Beyond Sight 