Merry Christmas!
From my family to yours! Here we are in our Christmas moose pajamas. And here is Louie who absolutely loves Christmas wrapping paper. I pray you have a wonderful Christmas wherever you are!
Blessed Dependence
Merry Christmas Eve! I pray you embrace a life of blessed dependence. Let all the ways you aren’t perfect drive you to the Lord. Around the holidays, I know that so many readers here don’t feel the best. You maybe feel like it hasn’t been your best year, like you’ve made too many mistakes that […]
A Fun Expression
On the radio today, I hear an advertisement that ends with a word of wisdom: “Remember, if it’s over your head, it’s still under His feet.” I remember Isaiah 66:1: This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.” I love the image of everything being under the Lord’s feet.
Homemade Baby Yoda
My nephew wanted The Child (Baby Yoda) for Christmas, but the toy won’t come out till next year. So my oldest daughter came to the rescue with her crochet skills. How cute!!
Anticipate the Blessings
You know how people can enter a room and live out their rejection-sensitive identities? I’ve written about this before in my Bible study, Included in Christ. Rejection-sensitive people read their experiences through the lens of rejection. They anticipate it. They look for it. They learn to seek evidence for rejection wherever they go. I believe […]
It’s Not Always Junk
I enjoyed a classic Live with Flair moment yesterday when my oldest daughter decided to check her Spam folder from her gmail account. She found a vital email from a university involving a scholarship application that was due on the very day she happened to check her junk mail. She quickly filled out the application […]
Thanks and Yes
This image came across my email today from the Center of Courage and Renewal. I love the intention to embrace all that will be. I love the simplicity of it as a prayer. Thank you, Lord. Yes, Lord!
“Just Show Up and Get to Work”
My husband reminded me of a quote that I now repeat to myself when my writing days feel uninspired. The painter Chuck Close famously quipped: “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to […]
Active Recovery
I like listening to the wisdom of athletic people. I recently heard someone talk about how, during a workout, you want times of “active recovery.” Some people think of recovery as stopping all movement–of giving up and shutting down–but really, to stay healthy, you want active recovery if you’re letting your body recover from anything. […]
Connection and Laughter
What makes a great holiday isn’t how wonderful the decorations, how tasty the food, or how glamorous the gifts. What makes a great holiday is connection, and for me, laughter. Laughter, after all, signals mutual understanding. I love to laugh with others. I pray that for you and me this season. May you connect deeply […]