Remember the Bonsai: Patience, Small Improvements, and Invisible Labor
My husband and I enjoyed a beautiful day at Longwood Gardens. I found myself returning several times to the bonsai display of azaleas. When you see the magnificent blooms here, know they represent sometimes 60 years of training (if not more). While I only observed a select number of bonsai (since the display was under […]
We Take Sunset Drives Here
What We Need Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It
This morning, as I help a writer edit some of her devotional writing, I discover a quote she writes about from Elisabeth Elliot that I haven’t heard before. I just love it! “What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.” […]
It Seems Impossible
I wander to the garden to feel the morning air on my skin. I sip coffee and meander about, just observing. I look at the ground cherry and marvel how the seed I planted once sat in my palm, no bigger than a grain of sand. And now? The whole plant seems impossible. One seed […]
3 Reasons to Start Your Own Record of God’s Faithfulness and Power
This morning, I read Psalm 68:19. It’s such a simple declaration about God, but it changes everything about how we approach the day ahead. We read, “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” It’s the daily part that comforts me and challenges me to remember this astonishing offer from […]
So Satisfied
This morning I remembered my favorite AW Tozer quote: “God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful that He can, without anything other than Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature, mysterious and deep as that nature is.”― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine Don’t […]
God Is Always On Time
Hello! I have some great news! Last fall, I wrote a children’s book based on Seated with Christ about a little girl who can’t find a seat in the lunchroom. We follow her journey to discover she’s already seated at the best table with Jesus! I showed my agent and publisher this book–called This Seat’s […]
Thank You for Your Patience! And a FREE GIFT for You!
Hello! After several days of migrating all my email subscribers to a new service called Follow.it, you all should now receive the daily email updates just like before. I’m so sorry for the interrupted service! (For inquiring minds: the old service called feedburner is ending–that’s why I need a new email subscription service) As a […]
Maintenance for the Next Day or Two
Hello, Readers! I’m figuring out how to transition my blog email subscriber list to another service, so you may experience a temporary disruption in your daily email from Live with Flair. Hopefully, everything will be back in order ASAP! I’ll keep you posted!
And Then Help Others
Do you remember how I had to learn new things this month? Remember all the technical writing skills I studied? And what I didn’t mention is how I’ve learned excellent online course design techniques. Our university’s course management system, Canvas, allows you create a great course for your students. It’s easy to use Canvas (it’s […]