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Today, I’m counting blessings.  Anyone that knows me, knows I love summer.  Summer is a blessing to me.  The trees are green, the sky is blue, the sun is bright and the flowers are in bloom.  I love all that beautiful color.  Creation is full of God’s blessings. One of my neighbors down the road has a small patch of sunflowers in their side yard.  I see them as I drive by, standing all nice and tall.  Have you ever noticed how sunflowers naturally face the sun?  I saw a whole stretch […]

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog on Trust and Obey.  I talked about my own lessons of learning to be obedient to what God is calling me to do.  I believe every day I wake up, I have the opportunity to practice trusting God.  Whether I feel little nudges or hear clear messages, God speaks to me and I have an opportunity to respond.  I think you have the same opportunity.  The great thing is God did not leave us to learn these lessons on our own.  […]

  God is so amazing!  Last week, I had much encouragement after I published my blog, “Still worrying and what to do about it“.  If you missed it, click the link.  The response was incredible.  I began getting comments that same day.  And the next day, I received this text picture from a friend of mine.  See calendar entry below. Her text message read, “Coincidental?  I think not.  XOXO”  I took it as confirmation from God and realized that my worry had indeed diminished.  Outloud, I thanked God that God was carrying my worry, […]

I always seem to end up back at the same place.  Today, I find myself worrying about my future, again.  God has done amazing things in my life, yet I am still worrying.  I want to figure it all out.  I want to know what it will look like, when we will get there and how we will pay our bills.  So many questions.  Do you have one constant worry that you can’t seem to shake?  When I boil it down, the finances scare me the […]

I am learning to find joy in the journey.  Do you know what I mean?  This little wooden plaque sits on my desk as a daily reminder to find the joy.  In the day to day humdrum of life, I believe there is joy to be found.  I’ve missed it for far too long.  And now I’m beginning to recognize it in the most unusual places. Last week, I heard from many of you in response to my blog, “Who is God calling you?”.  I was […]

A couple months back, I found myself sitting in church service listening to a message entitled, “God Given Opportunities.”  It was an unusual Sunday morning for me because my husband wasn’t with me and neither was my son.  It was just me.  Sitting there listening to this sermon which should have been titled, “Who is God calling you?”  It wasn’t two minutes into the sermon and the pastor said “You have a God given name.  Who is God calling you?”  In that moment, I heard God […]