Friends What hassles are you dealing with today? No matter how much we wish they would disappear and never resurface, the reality is that hardships and hassles are part of life. The only thing we get to control about them is our attitude. +++ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Hassles
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Monday Motivation: Courage
Friends Sharing a little story from my childhood archives about my sainted mother. Join me in wishing her a “Happy Birthday!” later this week. Mom, consider this jaunt down memory lane an early birthday present! +++ Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Courage
Monday Motivation: Inconveniences
Friends How do you handle being inconvenienced? Are you easily frustrated when things don’t go the way you had planned? +++ For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 - NLT As we step into summertime, … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Inconveniences
Monday Motivation: Coming Home
Friends On this Memorial Day, let us remember the sacrifices of our Armed Forces personnel, the brave men and women who serve to defend and protect our great nation. Let us remember the fallen, the wounded, the deployed, and the families they leave behind. +++ The Covenant of Mizpah... “May the Lord watch between you … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Coming Home
Monday Motivation: Tossed
Friends How’s the weather where you are? Sunny and bright or dark and gloomy? Perhaps you are being tossed about by whipping winds? Maybe not physically, but perhaps emotionally? Wherever you find yourself this morning, embrace the blessed truth that you are never alone. Your Savior watches over you now and forever. +++ Be on … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Tossed
Monday Motivation: Welcome
Friends Have you ever experienced a warm welcome? Did it lift your spirits? Did it fill your heart with joy? As we walk through this Holy Week, may we welcome Jesus into our hearts and homes, and may His Presence renew our spirits and transform our lives. +++ The next day the great crowd that … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Welcome
Out Of The Cornfields
Friends Happy Valentine's Day! My heartfelt thanks for your continued support of my writing. On this day that celebrates love, I want to share a heartwarming story about my father's heart attack in 1981 and the exceptional care our family received from the hospital staff and the kind people of a small Ohio town. On … Continue reading Out Of The Cornfields
Monday Motivation: Pouring
Friends Are you strolling in the sunshine today or being pounded by pelting rain? Wherever you are, God is there. He knows your circumstances and He will see you through whatever lies ahead. Find peace in that promise today. +++ “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Pouring
Monday Motivation: Everybody Has Something
Friends Reflecting today on an encounter I had in a hospital waiting room. Praising God that my recent eye exam showed that my vision was stable without any significant losses this year. To God be the Glory!! +++ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Everybody Has Something
Monday Motivation: Keeping Pace
Friends How is your pace this morning? Are you in a rush, reading this message quickly so you can get to the 500 others awaiting you? Perhaps it’s a good moment to stop and pause, to stare out the window for just a moment and enjoy God’s creation. It’s all just waiting there for you … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Keeping Pace
