Short and sweet post for today .. came to me on my prayer walk this morning. What are your thoughts, dearest BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever)? Blueprint for a life of Jesus-Joy Acknowledge painful losses when they come. And they will. Weep deep. Grieve what could have been. Thank Papa God for all that is. Look ...
To Do or Not To Do
Spouse and I were vegetating through the movie Rocky 3 the other night – don’t ask me why – when an ingenious quote I’d forgotten slid from the lips of the immortal fighter Rocky Balboa and stopped me in my tracks. (Yo, why hasn’t anybody ever written a book called, “Everything I Know, I Learned ...
Look What’s New!
I’m excited to introduce the second Box of Blessings my publisher has just released as a literary companion to Bless Your Heart: Daily Devotions to Warm Your Heart & Feed Your Soul. As you may recall, the first Box of Blessings, released about six months ago, was called “Bless Your Heart: 52 Ways to Bless ...
Offbeat Blessings
In honor of my newest devo, Bless Your Heart, I’ve been trying to become more aware of offbeat blessings … things we don’t ordinarily think of when asked about our favorite blessings, yet we’ve come to totally depend upon. Unheralded everyday blessings. You know, little things we’re sincerely thankful for but don’t necessarily dwell on … like ...
3 Incredible Promises of Blessing
Don’t you love it when a scripture suddenly jumps off the page and speaks to you in a powerful way you’ve never experienced, even though you’ve read it dozens of times before? That happened to me this week while I was studying Psalm 139, the wonderful psalm of David that is chockful of multiple assurances ...
Anniversary Blessings
Today is my anniversary! WooHoooo! I feel blessed from my split ends to my toenails. No, it’s not my wedding anniversary or the yearly remembrance of the day I first became a mama, although I do celebrate those milestones too. Today I commemorate – with total praise from the very core of my being – ...
Easter Blessings
My favorite Easter decoration is this little sign I post in my front flower bed. It’s not new. It’s not fancy. It’s not eye-snagging in the least. But it’s honest and blatant and bare-bones about the message it brings: That you may be missing a vital part of yourself this year (notice the bunny’s missing ...
Fishy Blessings
For a time, my 7-year-old grandprincess wanted to be a professional fisherwoman when she grew up. When I was her age, I dreamed of being a ballerina or a grocery store cashier (both equally glamorous jobs in my estimation), but with two brothers and a dad who loved nothing better than gripping a rod in ...
Conduit for Blessings
I’ve been rereading one of my all-time favorite books, God’s Smuggler, about the true experiences of a Dutchman called Brother Andrew in smuggling (then illegal) Bibles behind the Iron Curtain in the 1950s and 1960s. The remnant of faithful Christians in repressive Communist and Socialist countries was being systematically snuffed out when God placed it on Brother ...
Inspirational Word for 2024
Happy New Year dearest BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever)! Like many of you, I like to spend a few moments at the beginning of each new year reviewing the old year, thanking Papa God for His blessings (better to dwell on those, right?), and seeking a specific word to tape to my computer desk as motivation ...