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You Have A Purpose
Psalm 139:13 You[God] knit me together in my mother’s womb. Knit- to join together, put together. I am as unique as a snowflake. My fingerprints are unique to only me. God has a plan for me! God gave me purpose! God has a purpose for your life- unique to you as well! Comprehending this statement is important because life without direction and purpose is futile. Please do not confuse busyness or achievement or success with purpose. Some people think…
Growth-What I’m Learning about My Purpose
Each of us is born with a unique life purpose. For some of us, our purpose in life is obvious and clear. Some of us are born with a set of talents and through persistent practice, we develop our talents into skills and it may help lead us to our purpose. Yet for others, myself included, it isn’t easy to identify your purpose. We are told to find something you like and pursue it with a passion. I like a…
Are you living out loud?
Living Out Loud? There are so many things that shout for our attention and devotion: our jobs, our kids, our spouses, our hobbies—the demands and distractions of life. To which we respond “If only I had an exciting job, a loving spouse, good children, vibrant health or money for more things – life would be great.” But in reality, we know that isn’t true. So why do we frustrate ourselves by re-visiting these thoughts over and over? I believe it’s…
In the midst of chaos, what do you choose?
I’m sitting here in my family room with clothes and papers sprawled over the floor and luggage everywhere. My daughter is preparing to go back to grad school this weekend. Any other time I would be quite annoyed with the mounds of stuff heaped through out the house. But today I am so thankful for each pile. That is a huge statement coming from me! I like order, clean lines, clean floors, and schedules. My daughter can function quite well…
Packing the Backpack- 10 Must Haves!
It’s back to school time and parents all around are scurrying to purchase school supplies to fill their kids backpacks. We frantically search for notebooks, binders, composition books, writing utensils, pouches, calculators, scissors, glue sticks, etc., but I think we habitually leave out one thing they MUST have. Inspiration. Our children need us to fill them with what they aren’t seeing and feeling right now. Let’s purpose to fill not only their backpacks but them with phrases, verses, and…