Are you doing your dream? Are you taking steps on a consistent, daily basis to see it come to pass? Or are you hoping and praying something will change without much effort on your part? I know this may sound harsh, but what have you done for your dream lately? When God puts a dream … [Read more…]
How devoted are you to pursuing your God-given dream? What are you willing to sacrifice to make the dream happen? Or are you in the camp that if God meant it to happen, it will? You don’t need to bother with the details? Guess what? God created us for a purpose. He created you, yes, … [Read more…]
Just have a little more faith. Those words of advice, even from well meaning friends, can be tough to hear. I could be praying my guts out for something and the situation seems stagnant. There isn’t any movement to my problem no matter what I do. Then I hear those words from well meaning friends … [Read more…]
What if work life balance a myth? Actually, I hope the whole work life balance thing is a myth because right now it feels like my rainbow colored unicorn – clearly mythical and unattainable. There are days when the job that pays the bills is all consuming and the 40 hour work week stretches to … [Read more…]
Over the course of the last month, we’ve been talking about getting around to doing rather than doubting. What happens if you have everything knocked out, we’re all set to go and our heart isn’t into the task? This is more than I don’t feel like it. This is more than being tired and needing … [Read more…]
Results. We are a results-driven society. It seems that if we don’t have something to show for our efforts, then there was no reason to go through the process. I’ve wanted to hold God to an agreement. If I do step A, B, and C, then He’ll come through with step D. Unfortunately, God doesn’t … [Read more…]
I don’t know how God wired you, but He wired me to love checking things off my “To Do List.” I will color code my list and create little check boxes to cross off my completed tasks. Tapping the screen on my phone to cross something off doesn’t give me the same thrill or sense … [Read more…]
Last week we talked about Getting Into Motion and how I overcame my fear in the flash-over chamber to earn my shield as a firefighter. Even though I doubted my abilities, my Lieutenant thought I was ready to check off this task, but I needed some help to get through it. There is an old … [Read more…]
Dreams come at a cost. The price we pay is up to us. There is a cost to doubting our dreams will come to pass and losing faith. Without faith and believing in doubt, we stop doing the small steps to catching our dreams, not just chasing them. When we believe the lies, rather than … [Read more…]
Do you know the difference between thriving and striving? Even though they sound similar, they couldn’t be further in meaning from each other. I strive. I admit it. Striving is my natural inclination. If something is not happening the way or in timing I think it should, then it’s up the superhero, “Fix it, Kris.” … [Read more…]