Are we in a movie? Is this all hype? It almost doesn’t feel real. Yet here we are battling a virus that seems to have a mind of it’s own. My heart wants to fear. So many questions. Everything feels uncertain. I know we face major issues in our world every day, but this one feels different. I’ve […]
Live Intentional
So Much Better!
What’s better? Coffee or tea? Coke or Pepsi? Chevy or Ford? City or rural? iPhone or Android? Indoors or outdoors? It’s a matter of preference, right? In a room of twenty people, we might get twenty different answers. We all have opinions on what’s better. Yet, there are certain things that are simply better. No debate […]
Ditch the 2020 #GOALS and Try This…
It’s 2020! Can you believe it? Some of us weren’t sure we would survive Y2K. Yet here we are 20 years later. (If you are under 20, google it.) I love the new year because it feels like a fresh start. A new beginning full of energy. So what do we do? How to we embrace […]
Hope is Not Magic
Where does hope come from? Good circumstances? Right people in our lives? Enough money? Well behaved kids? Or does it magically appear on our emotional doorstep? That’s wishful thinking. And if I’m honest, that’s how I often live my life. If something good happens then I’m hopeful. If something bad happens then I’m discouraged. I sure […]
The Good Thing About Waiting
Do you like to wait? I don’t. Especially in long check-out lines. It’s like the worst kind of waiting. And don’t we all try to guess which line will move the fastest? Aren’t we usually wrong? Thank the Lord for self check-out. At least we can control how fast it moves. Isn’t that the goal? […]
How to Overcome Disappointment
Have you ever been disappointed? Recently we had a major hail storm hit our area. It damaged our roof, flattened our garden, and destroyed most of our crops. Local farmers said it’s the largest and most damaging late-season hail storm they have ever seen. What a year to start farming. To see all my hard […]