Letting Go
The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men…
Often Go Awry. “Has someone seen the life I planned? It seems it’s been misplaced I’ve looked in every corner It’s lost without a trace…” ~ Beth Moore~ From the poem: “The Life I Planned “ Do things always turn out the way we plan? I don’t think so. I dreamed a lot when I…
Practicing What I Preach
Today I’m having a chance to practice what I preach. After getting lost in cyberspace this morning before doing my devotion, I decided to take my computer in the living room and journal about the Bible study I’ve been going through. It really helps me to grasp the concepts when I blog about what I’ve…
Do Not Worry
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Mt 6:25 My grandma was a worrier. My mom is a worrier. I’m a worrier, and unfortunately…
I’m a Goalaphobic!
Okay, there! I admit it! I’m a goalaphobic, but I haven’t always been this way. I used to make lists and write out pages and pages of goals and plans for my life five and ten years down the road. Then I had kids and the exercise, career and life long goals in general went…
Patience!
It’s funny that you had to wait for this post entitled patience! I’ve been really busy right now in my life, but those details will have to wait for another post. Patience! That’s one of the words God spoke to me at ACFW this year. And no word is more dreaded to a choleric then…
Humble
Proverb 29:23 “A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.” Humble is not a word I’d use to describe myself. Confident, insecure, teachable, stubborn, though contradictory at times, they better describe the real me. I admire the humble in spirit. Many great men of the Bible were humble…
Pride! Can You Relate?
1 John 2:16, 17 “For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”…
Mary DeMuth on Publishing
Reprinted with permission Gina and Mary at ACFW Someone I respect in the publishing business recently made this statement: Publishing doesn’t validate your life. How true. I have to admit before I was published, I thought that if I reached that nirvana called “published author,” I’d have sweet validation. Every day would be smiles and…
Why?
I think the most dreaded word in the English language is the word WHY? Why you ask? Well, most of our unanswered questions from God start with the word why. Go ahead, take a moment to ask your own why question of God. So, did you get an answer? Maybe you did, but chances are…
What’s Your Goal?
In preparation for the ACFW conference I’m going to reprint several articles I did for WIN. What is your goal? As a writer? A person of faith? A mother, father, spouse, sibling, you get the point? Imagine if you will, that you’re a character in novel. What is the one thing that you want out…