Do you ever struggle with what to pray for? Do you ever sit down and think “I should pray…” but then have 1,000 other things running through your mind? Do you ever wonder how the monks do it? Maybe beside that point, you wonder what it would be like to live in that much solitude?…
I was driving down a country highway the other day and there was a billboard plastered against the fields of corn that read… YOU BE YOU. Like every billboard, it was standing for something. Luring us to some sort of ideology. A way of thinking. A certain perspective. I guess I was caught up in…
Just think about it, GOD CANNOT BE STOPPED. This truth alone will either put you in awe, or cause an incredible amount of anxiety for you, knowing that you can’t do everything in your power to stop your current situation or change your circumstances. I think we often go through life thinking that we can…
I merged onto the highway, on the straightaway home. I had 2 hours ahead of me to process what had all just happened. After spending numerous hours in testing, not that they were necessarily physically draining, I was emotionally and mentally spent. Trying to comprehend all that was being done, trying to understand all the…
I’ll admit. I am an online shopper and a returner. I’ve never been a shopper, but when I need something, I’ll often browse online first, looking for the best price. Some call it being Dutch, I like to think of it as being a good steward of our money. I mean the latter sounds a…
I’m a perpetual “yes” sayer. I struggle to let no be a part of my life. It makes me feel uneasy. Unfulfilling. Unworthy. Incapable. I mean really, quite lousy at times! That’s why sometimes I need to not just give my best yes, but my best “no”. So many opportunities come our way, don’t they?…
