3 Steps to Overcoming Strongholds

Most people that are close to me know that I have control issues and it wasn't until lately I realized how I needed to overcome strongholds in my life and that control was one of them.  I thought that at one point I had my issue under control!!  Get it?  Under control?!    Boy, was I mistaken.  Giving up control actually means you have to trust someone else to take care of things and that is a very difficult thing to do.  Most of us have…

Time Well Spent

One thing I have learned is that time well spent doesn't happen on its own. My husband and I just returned from our annual vacation and it is during this week that we have become intentional in making better use of the time away from home.  Vacations in the past always involved too much activity with very little time for refreshing.  I will never forget complaining about getting up at the break of dawn to rush out the door so we could beat the crowds. …

Trusting God’s Plan when You Come to a Fork in the Road

Following God's plan seemed easy at first, because of the excitement associated with a new adventure.  Then, I came to a fork in the road, where one path was wide open and easy and the other was less travelled and a little scary.  Though I could have gone in either direction, I did something far more dangerous and did what Peter did when he tried to reach Jesus by walking on water.  He knew Jesus had told him to come, yet when confronted with the waves, the wind, and the darkness…

A Burning Bush Moment that became a Missed Opportunity

Have you ever had a burning bush moment that became a missed opportunity?  This morning as I read my devotion, the verse in Colossians 4:5-6 jumped off the page at me.  It reads, "Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.  Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."  I realized I had missed an opportunity. A couple of weeks ago,…

4 Ways Scripture teaches How to Handle Conflict

When conflict arises, what do you do?  How do you handle it? I would love to say that I handle things the way God instructs us.  It seems lately however that conflict has risen its ugly head.  A lot of Christians think we will be free of conflict and controversy, but if you are following God's plan for your life, you will face such things. One morning last week I was reminded that in the midst of conflict, I can handle things God's way or mine. This involves…

From Hope Deferred to Delight In The Lord

Proverbs 13:12 tells us, Hope Deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Have you ever been so disappointed that it caused you deep sorrow?  I have experienced disappointment in: myself, my family, my job and even God, but this was different. I had never felt this depth of disappointment until this past week.   Scripture tells us to capture every thought but I was filling my day and my thoughts with other things to get my mind off…

My Hometown

  My hometown!  When you think of your hometown, what kind of emotions do you feel?  Do you feel nostalgic, proud or is it a place you couldn't wait to get away from?   I think I have felt all of these emotions and more at one point in my life.  Today, I am grateful and more appreciative of the town I call home.  Do I still wonder what it would have been like if I had left?  Well, of course but…

Living Life Inspired

I have really struggled with this first post!!  I guess every blogger/writer frets over those first words.  I have struggled with thoughts as to whether anyone really would be interested in anything I had to say and asking, "Did God really say do this?", and the answer was always YES!!   These last few years I have been in a battle with the Lord without realizing what I was doing.  I sensed something was wrong but basically ignored it.  He has been speaking and I haven't…