Browsing: Encouragement

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3) It crashed to the floor, breaking into an explosion of pieces. Beyond repair. My favorite mug, now being swept into the trash. Broken things are common in my household. If certain broken pieces are able to be fixed, they normally find a temporary home on the shelf, awaiting the super glue repairs. Or maybe just tossed away if unable to be neatly pieced back together and strategically repaired without hint of a patchwork of super glue lines. Often, it takes too much work to fix what is broken. It’s easier…

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No matter how positive you try to be, inevitable problems may arise. Your plans will not always go your way. Or for some women, hormones will get in the way of a rather promising day or week. You will feel lousy no matter how optimistic a person you are. Here are ways to counter that abysmal feeling and feel great any day. Think happy thoughts Peter Pan can fly with happy thoughts (plus fairy dust of course). Your mood will improve and you will feel lighter when you think of happy memories. It’s all in the mind. So, the…

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“Faith it till you make it”. I don’t know who came up with that quote but I love it. Basically it’s saying to keep the faith until the manifestation of God is done. Now how many other than me find this very difficult to do sometimes? It’s hard to stay faithful when all in the natural feels so hopeless. But you know what I have learned? Giving up is easy, real easy! Anything worth having sometimes requires a fight. Keeping the faith and waiting and allowing God to work things out takes more strength, but it is so worth it…

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 Lord, today I pray for Dedication. Help me to be the devoted and committed person You want me to be. I may not be where I want to be, But thanks to You, I’m not where I used to be! In Jesus name, Amen! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ~Matthew 22:37

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