“Show courage. People need to see what it looks like. Show it. Then feel it.” -Beth Moore
Blessings!
Category: Sunday
Sunday Thought
3rd Day of Advent – Luke 1:26-33 (Joy)
The Birth of Jesus Foretold (NIV)
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Blessings!!!
Sunday Thought
Sunday Thought
1st Day of Advent – Isaiah 7:14 (Faith)
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Sunday Thought – Mom and Food
“Sometimes you cook stuff for holidays that your mama made, not because you like it so much but because you liked her and miss her the most.” – Beth Moore
Wanting kraut and missing Mom.
Blessings.
Sunday Thought
Reset. That is the thought for me today. Resetting of my thoughts and actions. Regaining composure and strength. So going back to the basics. One step at a time.
“See the thing through. Every road worth taking offers a mid-point to get bored, scared or distracted. Quit quitting. It’s meant to be hard.” – Beth Moore
Blessings!
Sunday Thought
Needs versus wants. I really thought I had everything I needed, until I met someone without a home. A friend from my past posted that they needed help, and I jumped. I have gotten burned again, but it doesn’t stop me from giving. Although would I do it again? Yes. I will always help but in a different way. It is my heart that hurts to hear that someone might be sleeping in their car.
We live pay check to paycheck as I am sure a lot of people do. We have over extended ourselves, and are surviving. All I could think about was not having my home. Just one more job loss, or tragic event and we could be in the same boat.
These friends just can’t seem to crawl out of their despair. I was warned before I helped them, as apparently, they have done this to several friends. They have gone to them over and over asking for help with no apparent way out. Lost. Stephen asked me why they couldn’t stay with family. They had said they couldn’t go back to them. I believe that they have exhausted themselves with most everyone here.
They wrote to me after an altercation with David (he came asking for more money) saying that they felt like scum, and ashamed. That they wouldn’t be coming to us again, that we have helped enough.
I don’t believe we have helped them in the correct way. Giving them money wasn’t the answer. I am not sure how to help them at this point because it has gone on so very long, but my heart wants to help. I continue to search for answers feeling lost.
“People need to know that Jesus set us free from cycles of destruction we’d been in for years. People CAN change. Give somebody hope.” – Beth Moore
Blessings.
Sunday Thought
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus
I work with a Negative Nelly. You know, the kind of person that is never happy, always has something to say which is typically negative. I don’t like being around her. I work down the hall, and it is near impossible not to hear her. She deals with the customers, in her own way, positively. But the constant no or negative wears on me.
I have to make an effort to stay positive. I have to or my anxiety sky rockets. I am certain that there are people who are always happy. They exude a positive attitude. I have a couple of friends that are that way. I love spending time with my friends who are really positive and encouraging. I have the tendency to be negative or vent too much it seems. Again, I have to work on being positive.
Surrounding ourselves with people who love us sometimes is enough. Surrounding ourselves with positive, encouraging people is best. I am still trying to find my purpose. I know that I encourage some, but not all. I want to be better. I want to strive daily to be better – positive – to encourage and uplift.
Trying to be positive with Nelly. Trying to reflect the negativity and turn it to something positive. Continuing to be a team player, and step in and help where needed. It is harder than I have dealt with in the past. I realize that time is too short for us to have to be around those who bring us down. We want to be around happy people. I want to be a happy person. I want to be around happy people. Struggling.
What do you struggle with?
Blessings!
Sunday Thought
“When my alarm goes off hatefully early, I try to console myself with this: No one is going to get to Heaven and say ‘Man, I wish I’d slept more.'” – Beth Moore
I so feel this way since surgery. I feel as though everyday I must be doing something, because for years (yes, years) I wasn’t able to do anything but sit and watch life go by.
Yesterday, David and I participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at our local mall. The walk wasn’t timed or for anything but to bring awareness. Two years ago I would have felt guilt for not being able to participate. Now, grateful I can. Honored to walk for those who have left us too soon. Honored to walk for those who still fight.
Up early…not liking it…but I LOVE it.
Blessings today.
Sunday Thought
“We can’t grow in knowledge and grace and never change our minds. When an identity is built solely on a fixed systematic theology, we’re terrified to change our minds. Let’s grow in knowledge.” – Beth Moore
“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” – 2 Peter 3:18 (NET)
Grow…it is hard to think the same way all of the time. To change, or grow in our thoughts is difficult. Thoughts impact actions. I want to change my thoughts, opinions, and actions. Growing is hard. Changing is difficult.
So I come back to baby steps. One day at a time, one moment at a time. Taking time to believe in myself, and giving thanks whenever I can. Every step we take impacts the moment after. Do we not take the step if we don’t know the future steps? We always go forward, but do we go in God’s grace?
Reflecting today. Taking in God’s grace. Taking a step forward in the knowledge of His love.
Blessings.
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