Friends Do you like to play games? What’s your favorite game? I like checkers, but it’s been years since I played it. Board games can be fun, but there are other games we shouldn’t play. May we know the difference today. +++ He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Surrender
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Monday Motivation: Moments
FriendsWhere are you this morning? Are you near a window? Can you step outside? Can you see the brilliance of the blue sky or the blissful shade of an oak tree? Is there something beautiful for you to notice this morning? Don’t miss this moment! +++ How abundant are the good things that you have … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Moments
Monday Motivation: Serenity
Friends Are there things that are disturbing your peace today? You know where to take them. Lift them up to our Lord and find the peace you seek. +++ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Serenity
Monday Motivation: Pine
Friends Are there hurts that are heavy on your heart this morning? Give them to God and let His healing presence restore you once more. +++ My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:17 - NIV Well, if you have been following my … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Pine
Monday Motivation: Bundle Of Nerves
Friends Have you ever felt like a bundle of nerves? I have. Today, I share with you some wise advice my dear father shared with me. +++ But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 - NLT So there’s a reason my son is an only child. Actually, several … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Bundle Of Nerves
Monday Motivation: Grudge
Friends Have you ever seen a bald eagle? I have, and I will never forget it. What an amazing creature! What an amazing God we have! +++ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 - NIV His … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Grudge
Monday Motivation: Cracks
Friends Are you, like me, a fan of flowers? What’s blooming in your yard? How about your soul? +++ Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 - NIV I adore Vinca. It’s my favorite flower. Every spring, I … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Cracks
Monday Motivation: Canna
Friends What memories do you savor this morning? Are there good memories of a grandmother that make you smile? Did she teach you even as she loved you? Praise God for loving and faithful grandmothers! +++ She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Proverbs 31:26 - NIV I can still see … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Canna
Monday Motivation: Double Rose
Friends Do you love roses? What’s your favorite color? I love yellow! +++ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 - … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Double Rose
Monday Motivation: Home
Friends There’s no place like home. May the God of love and grace bless your home today. May His love live there always. +++ My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:18 - NIV This week marks 32 years since the day the moving van … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Home
