Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Happy New Year 2021! I am so very thankful for your encouragement. It means so much. The year 2020 definitely brought many challenges and blessings. And the year 2021 holds its own challenges and opportunities. This scripture came to mind as an encouragement to not fear the future but to… Continue reading Being Watchful and Thankful
Tag: Discipline
Reflections
In just a few days, we celebrate the beginning of a New Year. It is time for 2020 to come to an end. (Do I hear a “Hallelujah”?) Traditionally, we evaluate lessons from the past year and make resolutions for the coming year. So many of us reflect on 2020 and wonder how we made… Continue reading Reflections
The Reason We Give Thanks
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! The translation of this psalm is absolutely beautiful. It is a reminder of why we celebrate the goodness of God each day. He is worthy of our praise. He is the reason we give thanks. Our Faith Connections Challenge: Read this psalm slowly and thoughtfully. Meditate on each verse daily.
A Day of Rest
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Rest. We need it. Every single one of us. God rested on the seventh day as an example to us (Genesis 2:3). So, we follow His example. In Mark 6, the disciples were quite busy. In fact, they were so busy, they did not even have time to rest. They… Continue reading A Day of Rest
Thankful for Rest
Welcome to Connections2Excellence! Thank you for being here. May you be refreshed today. There is just not enough time in the day! Work. School. Life demands. It never stops. There is no end in sight. Does this sound familiar? Sometimes it seems life is a constant roller coaster. So much to do, so little time.… Continue reading Thankful for Rest
Journal of Thanks
Welcome to Connections2Excellence and Happy November! This month we celebrate Thanksgiving, so we focus on just that—reasons to be thankful. We have so much for which we can be thankful. Yes, there are definitely times we find it difficult to express thanks. A day in which nothing seems to go right. An argument that deeply… Continue reading Journal of Thanks
The Solution to the Struggle
How about a little fun with tongue twisters? Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he? If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose? I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck… Continue reading The Solution to the Struggle
The Most Important Thing
Do you get distracted easily? Whew! I thought it was just me. I’m glad I’m not the only one. The most distractions come when I try focusing on something especially important to me—time in prayer and Bible study. Thoughts that definitely could wait a while inevitably come and remind me to do something today. So,… Continue reading The Most Important Thing
Removing the Bandages
When I was a child, my sister and I would stay up with my father watching the classic movies. Not just any black and white vintage movies. The scary movies from the 1930s-1950s. To me, no one is a better Dracula than Bela Lugosi. Only Boris Karloff perfectly portrays the Mummy and Frankenstein. And the… Continue reading Removing the Bandages
Lessons Through the Flood
I love the rain. It’s so cozy when you can stay indoors and watch the raindrops and listen to them land on the roof and windows. So peaceful. Sometimes, however, too much rain causes unrest and not so much peace. Flooding. Disruption. Detours. Setbacks. A recent day trip proved this point. We drove a couple… Continue reading Lessons Through the Flood
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