When I mention the word, grace, what pops into your head? Maybe the famous song, Amazing Grace? Or something extended to you in a moment of weakness? I previously wrote about a police officer extending me grace by not giving me a well deserved speeding ticket. Then there is the ultimate grace. God’s grace. The … [Read more…]
As the kids put on masks for Halloween, I wonder how many masks I wear in a day to get through until I crawl into bed at night. There is the happy mask I slap on at the office when clients are yelling at me for things in which I have no control over. Then … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]