Earlier this year I prompted the question ‘What would be the theme song of your life?’ For myself I had trouble coming up with one. I think I decided – at least for now – the song would be theme to the Mary Tyler Moore show. I love the words ‘you are going to make […]
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Every day I ask myself the question “What is enough?” Everyone has a different answer to the same question. And every day, the answer can be very different than the day before. “Enough” seems to get lost in the chaos of life. We give more than we want to. We continue to carry a load
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As we approach the middle of the year, I look back and see the journal prompts have taken us in various directions. This week as I work on creating a workbook for my “Defeating the Lies of Negative Self-Talk” I am journaling the prompt asking me to face a lie I tell myself and replace
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Whether you have been journaling along all year or are taking your first step in to the weekly journal prompts, congratulations. I hope you find value in taking a few moments to sit back, clear your mind, and let your thoughts flow. This week’s journal prompt asks you to write about something you are really
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I cannot believe it is already week 23 of 2019. Have you been following along with the journal prompts? This week week we look at peace. What is it? When do you feel peace? Jesus says He is giving up His peace (see John 14:27). Peace doesn’t mean there will be no difficulties or that
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We go through struggles and often get caught up in the chaos of life around us. It is sometimes possible to get caught up in this that we forget to celebrate the successes. Okay, let me reword that. Sometimes I get so caught up in the drama and chaos around me I forget there are
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It’s never too late to start journal writing. Pick up a cheap spiral notebook or find a special bound one, it doesn’t matter. Join in! If you enjoy reading, or watching movies, what character do you admire the most? What do you admire about them? This week, consider if you could be that fictional character,
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This week journal prompt asks you to look at your life. As children, we have dreams of what life will be like when we grow up. Did life turn out as you dreamed? What surprises you about your life?
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I am in a couple of Toastmasters clubs. In one club there is a member who is blind. I am awe-struck whenever I see her. This woman sees through hearing, and she ‘sees’ a lot. She picks up on things people do simply by listening and notices things those of us who are watching don’t
My ‘verse of the year’ is Psalm 119:1. It reads “You are blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God.” I can walk that road, but I get flustered when I find a road block on it. OK God, now what? Do I find a detour? Should I turn
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As we get older it is easy to look back and say ‘I should already know this’ or ‘I should have already done that’ or any other phrase discounting our personal successes. It is important to remember, each step we take, each season of life, every day and every year is a lesson. We need
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I always thought people by this age had it all together. Oh my, how wrong I was. As I look back, I realize age is a number. Every day is an opportunity to learn more, to share more, to love more. I am not who I was at 20, at 40, at 50. Each day
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I am creative person. I like working a number of various crafts, particularly knitting and crochet. The creativity of that craft led me to create the Knit and Crochet Bible Study and publish 2 personal devotional journals as well as 2 group versions of those books. I was intrigued when this quote came across in
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This phrase has become a favorite of mine; spoken by the lovable character, Yoda of Star Wars. When I hear someone say “I will try” I now hear “it’s not that important, I will play at it”. Either you will do it or you will not. Trying is not a commitment. Doing is a commitment.
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