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The Top 3 Things To Leave in 2016

The other day as I grabbed my purse to head out,  I realized that my purse had grown extremely heavy. I kept adding quite a bit of items and before long, my purse was too heavy and my shoulder was paying the price for it. I realized that in order to lessen the load on my shoulder, I would have to let go of some things. I mean quite a few things.  Likewise, the same is true for our lives....

3 Ways To Live An Impactful Life pt. 2

If you knew you had  “X” number of days to live, what would you differently? How can we maximize today, knowing that tomorrow is not promised us? In the last post, we discussed how to live a more impactful life by focusing on people. This post is the 2nd post in this 3 part series. There is nothing more disappointing and frustrating than giving my daughters instructions, have them acknowledge the instructions and later come to find out, they failed to...

3 Ways To Live An Impactful Life

The average life expectancy in America is 78.8 years old, but we are all aware that everyone may not get that length of years. This past week, a young, vivacious, loving and beautiful individual passed away unexpectedly and my heart was heavy.  I literally saw and spoke to her on Sunday and got the news of her death a couple of days later.  This really had me thinking about the fragility of life and how we tend to take life...

Are You Really Ready For Something New?

My daughter received a pair of black boots for her birthday a few years ago. She literally wore those boots to school, to church, on the weekends, whenever she was asked to put on shoes. It wasn’t long before there was evidence of wear and tear on the boots. It started with the ends of the strings unraveling and then the heels  and eventually, the soles of the shoes started to fall apart. We replaced the laces eventually, but after...

4 Ways To Be More Aware of God’s Presence

In Psalm 46:10, the psalmist reminds us that God wants us to be still and know that He is God. If you are like me, it’s hard to just be still. I can only go so long and then I feel like I need to be on the move, I need to be doing something, anything. A sense of guilt sometimes overtakes me if I am not engaged in something for a significant amount of time.  My mind starts to...

God is With You