When life get crazy, it’s time for a heart check. What can I be grateful for today?
Category: Joy
The Joy of Being Chosen
The desire to be chosen, to feel special, and treasured and loved is one of our deepest desires. Did you know God chose you?
The Bumper Sticker
It’s amazing how often God wants to speak to us, when we pause to listen.
Joy in the Recounting
When I’m in an impossible situation and can’t see the solution, I need to start recounting how God has always shown up before.
“You Were Worth It” Jesus
Even though we can easily point to personal failures, Jesus chose to go to the cross for you, and for me.
The Joy of the Lord is My Strength
When all hope seems lost and I’m all out of everything, God reminds me that the joy of the Lord is my strength.
Prescription for Joy
What is joy and how can I get it? Maintain it? Jesus gave us the prescription for both.
Choosing Thanksgiving
I sit this year with a full heart. But it wasn’t always that way. A few years back, my heart was burdened with a weight I never thought I would lose. Our family had just come through a very difficult time. Two daughters had significant, different health diagnoses. Both required constant monitoring and awakening in…
Focus: People, Not Perfection
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to…
Jump-Start Joy
“Joy to the World” begins a classic Christmas carol. Do you feel joyful? How has this year been? Do you feel you have much to celebrate? When you’ve had a tough year, a year of character building, shall we say; it can be wearing, causing warring emotions inside. As Christians, we know the “right” answer….