“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.” – Helen Keller #Hope #Hope #Perspective #Quote

A way to determine how you can serve others is to ask yourself such questions as: What do I really enjoy doing most? When do I feel the...

From Pastor Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional Jesus waited until the disciples got concerned before He did anything in the situation. Maybe...

From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional – originally entitled, “Will You Give It All?” God will sometimes wait to see what we’re going to do...

In life, we constantly have decisions to make:  What are we going to wear?  What are we going to have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? ...

From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional –  This particular devotional spoke to me because it is so terribly easy to get distracted for both...

“ Sow an act, reap a habit.  Sow a habit, reap a character.  Sow a character, reap a destiny .” -Charles Reade (attrib.) I normally have...

From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional My brief thoughts on this devotional: As you read, I hope something jumps out at you; these words...

A poem by Dr. Connie R. Shipman ©2017 From their homes, their place of safety, our ancestors were stolen.  Brought to a foreign land and...

From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional “As you enter your Decade of Destiny, it is important that you understand your work can be an act of...

From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional What does it mean to meditate? Well, it doesn’t mean to put your mind in neutral and go “ohm.” That’s...

I could not have expressed the below thoughts any better. From Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional: God will not only use your gifts to...

Below is a prayer regarding the concept of helping others.  Kudos to the author of this prayer at Koinonia Christian Center in...

“It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.  It means to be in the midst of those things and still...

Be kind. No exceptions. Selah. #Encouragement #Kindnesd

“Proceed as if success is inevitable.” Unknown #Encouragement #Inspiration #Quote #Success

“While I breathe, I hope.” From the movie Redemption. #hope #Encouragement #Quotes #Life #Hope #living

Below is a prayer regarding friendship, of which I have fallen in love!  Kudos to the author of this prayer! “Father, I thank You for the...

“Hope is a choice.”  Choose hope and not despair, and then take action. #hope #encourage #choosehope #Encouragement #Hope #Quotes

Yesterday, I learned that an 8 month old who I’d had the pleasure of meeting, holding, interacting with, had died. I knew she was sick...