Weekly Ration   “…be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” Heb 13:5b (NIV) How many times have I forgotten all that I have…  (and it’s a lot!) Only to be wanting more and more. Think about all that you…

This is one of my favorite acronyms and I didn’t even know it was. My family knows it is very well.   Many people I work with know it is too. It stand for the way I react when I am asked a question about something: It stands for: Always….

Weekly Ration “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” Prov 11:14 (NIV) Simple yet powerful words for us this week. Wisdom surrounds us if we will just turn and ask. Seek wise counsel in your decisions!   Need a daily…

Meetings. Conflicts. Discussions. Family time. Parenting. They all involve people and how we interact with them. How many times have you been in a meeting and someone talks over someone else with their idea to make sure that they are heard? How many times have you corrected an employee or…

Weekly Ration “…For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”  Luke 18:14b ESV We all want to be on the top of the hill.   In charge. Commanding respect. But Jesus continually taught the opposite when it comes to who will…

I pulled this subject line from a book I just read called “The Four Agreements” by Miguel Ruiz. It has stuck with me more than almost anything else I read in the book. How well do you “do what you say”? How well do you “watch what you say”? Do…

  Weekly Ration “A fool’s displeasure is known at once, but whoever ignores an insult is sensible. “ Prov 12:16  HCSB Many times my body language shows how annoyed I am… I don’t even have to speak –  it is so obvious! Can I instead ignore the thing that is…

I worked in a place once that was almost like a morgue.  I mean, every time I came to work, no one was smiling.  No one was talking to each other; no one even looked like they wanted to be there. It was a sad place. Needless to say, I…

Weekly Ration “…I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.” Psalm 26:1b NLT Have you ever done this? Not “wavered”? What does wavered even mean? It means to doubt, hedge, fluctuate. I admit there have been times when doubt has crept into my mind, I’m not sure about you… TODAY…

With my birthday happening last week, I came to the realization of just how fortunate I am. And it caused me to be very grateful. I take for granted so many times, throughout the day, what I have and what God has done in my life. The family I have;…