Daily Devotional

You hear it said often: Communication is the key in relationships.  This also applies to your relationship with God.  James 4:2 says, “You do not have because you do not ask.”

When I’m having a hard time, the last thing I want to hear is, “Have faith!  Everything will work out.  You’ll see!”  I feel like smacking that person in the face, because there is no way on this planet Earth that they understand what I’m going through that day.  At least, that is what I’m thinking at the moment.  But [...]

Lets face it… waiting is a part of life.  We wait for the bus.  We wait in line.  We wait for our next paycheck to arrive.  Wait, wait, wait- it’s all we seem to do!  And waiting causes us to get impatient.  We avoid so many things, because we might have to wait!  But the peculiar thing is that life tends to [...]

The beginning of my second year of teaching, I decided to start something new.  When my kids walked through the door each morning, they picked up a slip of paper and were asked to write one positive thought on it.  During our “morning meeting” we would pass around a jar and each child would say their thought, [...]

I have had many friends who have lost their faith in there being a God, because they say they never hear from Him.  For a long time, I couldn’t come up with something to say to my friends, because, personally, I hear from God all the time.  God promises He will guide us IF we let Him.  Our [...]

People are experts at “One day” statements, as in: “One day, when I am ______________, I will finally be ______________.  The statement points to the idea that there is an end to growth; once you figure this or that out, or do this or that, everything will be as it should be, and you can finally [...]

Would your life change if there was no such thing as time, age, or beginning and endings of days?  If everything was continuous and had no starting or ending point would you be under less stress?  I was really tired last night.  And when I get tired, I have really bizarre ideas and thoughts.  If you really think about [...]

I have struggled personally with perfectionism for as long as I could remember.  In school, I used to rewrite my assignments over and over again, because they weren’t “good enough.”   I used to avoid things because I was afraid of failing, and I would avoid situations because I was afraid that people would think I wasn’t good [...]

Some days it seems like “when it rains, it pours.”  Every single person on the face of this Earth has difficult days.  They are inevitable, and not something we can control.  But the one thing we can control is HOW we react to our difficult days.  Yes, we get to choose  how we are going to handle them.

I hear people saying all the time, “Well, that was lucky!” You know, as if the world spins by its own accord.  “Good Luck” has been a part of the human race since it began. People wonder why or hope that good things will happen to them, and they don’t know who or what to give the [...]