At times the ride of life is tough. I am here to tell you to keep going, keep riding. I have been dealing with a particularly frustrating situation, and there are days when I really want to say that’s enough. I want to let someone else do the adulting for the day. But, you know what? I realized that I am the adult and only I can handle my frustrations. I have to keep going. I have a poem hanging in my office directly above my desk. It’s a picture of a carousel horse and a prayer. The poem reminds Read More
Mindset Mondays: Courage
Courage is the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. Do you have courage? I was watching a movie earlier this week, and the female character was in a domestic violence relationship. When she was growing up, her parents would constantly fight. Her dad would beat up her mom, and she was subjected to this violence daily. Her dad actually beat up one of her boyfriends. Do you know what I loved about this female character? She had the courage to end the relationship to protect herself and her daughter. She did not want Read More
Mindset Mondays: Lazy in Faith
Some, myself included, are lazy in faith. We know we are already healed, but we fail to utilize our faith. Healing is part of our covenant with God. We were healed by His stripes. Notice the ‘were‘; it’s already done (1 Peter 2:23-25). From the Old Testament and throughout the New Testament God continually reveals to us His plan for us to be whole. I know people who are in need of healing, and I pray for them daily. Some of them know they are already healed, and others need a reminder of what Jesus did for us on the Read More
Mindset Mondays: Focus on the Good
It’s important that even in the midst of adversity, we focus on the good. I recently returned from a beach trip. It was supposed to be a week at a beautiful beach house and time away on the beach. Well, Hurricane Debbie had different plans. We took a trip to Virginia Beach to visit family and also to relax on the beach for a few days. Debbie decided she wanted to visit Virginia Beach during that time; therefore, our beach time was cut short. We only got to walk to the beach a couple of times but did not spend Read More
Mindset Mondays: I Don’t IMPLY!
I Don’t IMPLY! Imply means to suggest something without saying it directly. I don’t imply. One of my favorite TV series is The Last Ship. It’s about a navy warship that was sent to help find the cure for a deadly pandemic. The captain of the ship is Captain Tom Chandler. He made a statement to an adversary, and the adversary asked what he was implying. Captain Chandler said, “I am a military man, and I don’t imply!” We need to have that same attitude with the devil. We, too, are military men and women in God’s service, and we Read More
