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The best way to improve or make a life change is to love yourself right where you are.  You have to see your beauty to build on it, or every improvement will be a mask.  You have to embrace your body to transform it or every attempt will be unsuccessful.  You have to love your heart to want to see it healed, or every relationship will be a band-aid not a stitch (a cover not an aid to healing) Right where you are you are in perfect shape to move forward.  Right where you stand you can love yourself enough…

The Bridge to Becoming Brave:  How to Confront Fear with Faith  I would have never described myself as brave.  I’m a calculated risk kind of girl.  I make plans.  I can be flexible, but very rarely would I say that I do things that require bravery.   I just couldn’t see myself as brave. An opportunity came about on our one day of sight seeing while I was in Ireland on a mission trip with my church.  During a briefing for the next day the lead pastor of the church we were working with asked, “How many of you are…

Oprah recently did a special with a few high power guests about the notion of daddyless daughters.  I watched the show and I was moved to tears at some of the testimonies and a few of the follow up reconcilliations. One of the notions that struck me was that I think that a biblical aspect may have been missed.  So for every daughter that may be stuck in bitterness and anger toward their dad, I would like to minister healing and reconciliation in this area from the Word. About a year or so ago I wrote an article that was…

“Single but looking” is a category that includes many women.  Many women are looking for something.  Here is my question:  What are you looking for?  Defining your standards helps you find the one you are looking for, instead accepting what you are looking at.  I want to encourage every single woman who is preparing for marriage to be diligent in prayer and fasting for direction so that you will recognize the difference between God’s man and a good man (or good enough man).  Here are three ways to define what you are looking for: 1.  Look to the Word not…

It makes sense to me.  Blurred vision becoming clear.   Sometimes I have dreams and when I wake up I recap the whole thing.  The details, as strange as they may be, replay in my head.  Movie – like.  Vivid.  Real.  I usually recount the details while asking questions.  Why did that happen?  Who is that person?  What did that mean?  And before I swing my legs off the bed and the soles of my feet hit the floor I am paralyzed with an interpretation.  God floods me with the meaning of one part of the dream, then another part….

Reading my devotional this morning, and the first line in all caps was, “THIS IS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU MUST LEARN TO LET GO: of loved ones, of possessions, of control.”  I paused and stared at the sentence for a moment – had a little internal argument about not wanting to let go.  I kept reading and I knew exactly why God placed these words in  front of my eyes today.  On Friday I learned of the passing of a woman that blessed my life in many ways.  She hired me for my first job, took me…

What if I told you there is someone out to get you?  Do you know there is a predator that wants to destroy you, your purpose and your destiny.  Would you leave your doors unlocked?  Would you cover your eyes and walk blindly into whatever happens?  Would you let your loved ones know that there was danger?  If you value your life you would prepare as best you can to be victorious if danger ensued.  You would be in a constant state of vigilance to make sure you didn’t go down without a fight.  RIGHT?  The Bible alerts us in…

Philippians 4:8 – 9 NIV says, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” We can train our brains to kick hell out by not inviting hell in!   My mind races!  Sometimes I feel like I’m in the starting blocks as soon as I wake up, and if left…