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  • It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

    Photo by Gregory Culmer on Unsplash Don't let your bucket list go empty . Keep things moving out, but replace them regularly. Plan to die with some things undone for others to take up and do. Never stop looking forward. Eventually, your gaze… Continue reading

  • On Your New Journey

      You may be moving into some new, unknown, precarious, and frightening territory in your life. You are proceeding with caution and trepidation. It is a place where you must go, but you do not know the terrain or the… Continue reading

  • The Divine Incline for Moments of Decline

      Master of Isabella di Chiaromonte, active 1455-1469 In times of decline, we seek the Divine Incline.Perceived or received, something declines for us,And lofty edifices of our pride sink low.  Yet we …The "we" that is truly "us …"Shall not… Continue reading

  • Nevertheless, We Lay These Aside to Serve

    We set aside our preferences for the good of others because that good is in the heart of the One to whom we have pledged our total loyalty Continue reading

  • Have an Amazing Day of Success!

    We were never called to be merely ordinary. We were called, fashioned, and equipped to do the one job no one else in the world can do: be ourselves under God in a world that needs the uniqueness we have… Continue reading

  • Consider the Lilies

    We are God’s masterpieces – not that we ought to become arrogant or inflated with self-importance. However, in God’s eyes, nothing is more precious that a man or woman in whom He sees His own image. Continue reading

  • Keep On … Keep On

    Losing heart is simply not an option – even when we know that the heart that can be warmed by a loving embrace can be broken by pain. No walls are allowed here. All protective devices are disabled. We must… Continue reading

  • Travel Light

      Sometimes you just have to travel light and walk on tiptoe … … like a cat … … or a lamb … "Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.… Continue reading

  • A Good Land

    Wherever God plants you is a good land. It may not be the place you would have chosen, but it is good. It is very good. You are there and He is leading you deeper into that land of fulfillment… Continue reading

  • Yes Today!

      T – A TIC on the tic-toc scale, a TIPPING point in TIME, TO-BE written O – OPPORTUNITIES abound, obstacles obscure, but do not overwhelm. D – DOING is immediate. I cannot just be. It materializes into doing. I… Continue reading