I am imperfect yet I am beautiful. I am afraid yet I am courageous. I am hesitant yet I am determined. I am uncertain yet I am filled with faith. I am weak yet I am strong. I am timid yet I am confident. I am insignificant yet I am important. I am lost yet [...]
In 2019... Be intentional and determined to be the best you can be. Be more than you think is possible. Be courageous. Be kind, loving, and compassionate to yourself and others. Be grateful with what you have and who you are. Be someone who sees the best in others. Be confident knowing who you are. [...]
Take some time today for YOU! Christmas Day is almost here and the New Year is around the corner. You will be busy cooking, cleaning, wrapping gifts, visiting family and friends, traveling, doing the many things this busy time of year requires. Yet in the midst of it all you need to take time out [...]
Life is a journey. A journey filled with many ups and downs, good times and bad times, turns and choices, expectations and disappointments, sadness and happiness. Having the right person next to you on this journey makes it more enjoyable and memorable. Knowing you have someone who has your back, someone who encourages you to [...]
No one really knows what the day may bring or can predict what will happen next. No one can confidently foretell if life will last beyond today or how many years remaining we may have. All that is certain is this moment. This precious moment that is gone in a heartbeat. This moment that can [...]
You can’t be authentic and true to yourself by pursuing or fulfilling someone else’s dream for you. You can’t live a fulfilled life pleasing others and checking off their list of expectations for you... this is unrealistic, it is frustrating and will lead to regret. In order to fulfill your purpose you will disappoint some [...]
“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey So true! If we give our attention to the things we don’t have and are not grateful for what we do have right now, we miss out [...]
Four years ago, during a South Lancaster Academy baptism, at the fully packed South Lancaster Village Church of Seventh-day Adventists, our then six year old Joel managed to get away from Joanne, ran towards the platform, and began to climb trying to get into the baptistry. As everyone looked on, I asked him, "Joel, what [...]
Using gender roles to define what a man or woman can do, is missing the point of why God created us in the first place. God never intended for women to solely remain at home, take care of the children, the husband, and the home (not that there is anything wrong with it, I have [...]
