The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Truth About Dark Days And Choosing To Live In Hope
I told my friend yesterday, "My heart is stirring." In explaining why, she understood. Her heart was stirring as well. So, she and I made a decision. We decided to draw a line in the sand, so to speak. We are choosing to live in hope each day, despite the negativity...
Today Is A Good Day To Make Someone’s Day Better
I love the promise of a new day, don't you? A new day is filled with hope, with God's fresh mercies, and with wonderful opportunities to make a difference in this world. It provides you and me moments of growth, filled with God's grace. A new day blesses us with ways...
Making The Best Of Our Current Circumstances
I sit here early this morning in my office. It's my sanctuary of sorts, especially during this season. In the midst of these current circumstances: the pandemic, the derecho and its devastation, our country's divisiveness, and living in times unexperienced before....
I’m Tired Of This Pandemic, And Other Real Life Issues
Friend, can I be frank with you today? I find myself tired of this pandemic. This is where I am. I'm tired of wearing masks in public. I'm tired of the pandemic always lingering in the back of my mind. I am tired of the present underlying fear that resides in much of...
The Truth Of What Happens When We Get Bumped
What happens when you and I get bumped? What spills out? I had an experience this morning that explains exactly what happens. It was 6:43 a.m. Pick up time at the vet began at 6:45. I parked my car in the parking lot, got out, and made my way in line behind a man...
Hope For When You Feel Like You’re Losing Control
Am I the only one who feels like I'm losing control these days? Because this season has proven there isn't much I can control. I can't control the weather, otherwise I would have stopped the August Iowa derecho. I can't control this pandemic, otherwise it would have...
