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I've been thinking about my purpose... The empty-headed treat life as a plaything;the perceptive grasp its meaning and make a go of it.Proverbs 15:21 (The Message) I find it hard to stay on purpose with all the distractions in my life. This week we have been "staging"...
I've been thinking about overcoming... John Piper, Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bethehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1980, is a respected theologian and author. He is credited with writing a powerful piece entitled What Cancer Cannot Do....
I've been thinking about decision making... Several years ago, my life coach, Carol Travilla, asked me to put together some kind of a grid for making decisions. I went to work not really knowing what I was supposed to be doing with the assignment. After wrestling with...
I’ve been thinking about saying farewell... farewell n. 1: a wish of well-being at parting In Acts 20:24, the Apostle Paul said, “I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and my ministry that I have...
I’ve been thinking about ping pong... Many years ago my husband and I attended a worship service at the Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, California where Chuck Swindoll was a very popular pastor at the time. That morning he shared an illustration that I have...
I’ve been thinking about faith and fear… One day Jesus got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” Note that Jesus charted the course to the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The area was largely...
I’ve been thinking about morphing… Seldom in life is one blessed with the kind of personal satisfaction that I have experienced in formally mentoring women over the past seven years. Since beginning Prickly Perspectives, Inc. in the fall of 1999, I have been...
I’ve been thinking about heaven… When things get tough here on earth sometimes it is good to think about the wonders of heaven. After David Kraft died, his six-year-old daughter, Karen, introduced me to this little song. Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory...
I’ve been thinking about happiness… Does God want us to be happy? Yes. But it is not the happiness we seek through self-fulfillment, and it is not the feeling that ebbs and flows with circumstances and possessions. God wants us to have the kind of happiness that...
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, SHIMMER, SPARKLEGOD REJOICES OVER MEONLY WHEN I REST IN BEING TREASUREDCAN I BE THE LIGHT I LONG TO BE! I’ve been thinking about sparkle… At this stage of my life, I find myself with an undeniable desire to “sparkle” as a mature daughter of God. To...