So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit. Ezekiel 33:31 HCSB These words captured my attention, yet taunted me with the deep truth that is found in them. So... Continue Reading →
Hope Focused {#Write31Days}
A friend and I were recently talking about when people lose hope and become depressed and even suicidal. As a social worker, one of my professors taught me that one of my roles is to come alongside people and bring them hope when they feel hopeless. As a Christian, I am called to do the... Continue Reading →
Focus on Self-Acceptance {#Write31Days}
Today's #FMF word is belong. If I belong to God and want to focus on His will for my life his opinion is the one that I have to seek. If my focus becomes belonging to another group, seeking their approval, I will not likely complete what He has designed me for because there will... Continue Reading →
Shared Focus {#Write31Days}
The Bible talks a lot of about sharing with one another, sharing burdens, joys, sorrows, in needs, in sufferings, resources, visions, and inheritance to name a few. In order to help focus on what God has called me to do there are certain things that I need to share. First I have to be willing... Continue Reading →
Focus on Why {#Write31Days}
Why? It is one of the most important questions that we can ask ourselves. So often we get stuck on the "Who?" and the "How?" that we never get to focus on the "Why?". Why we do something is so important; whether we are looking back or looking forward, our motive for action needs to... Continue Reading →
Focus on What I Believe {#Write31Days}
Another thing that keeps me from truly focusing on the things that I know I am called by God to do is what I believe. What I believe can be more powerful that what others believe about me. What I believe can be more powerful than what God says about me because I can not... Continue Reading →
Afraid to Focus {#Write31Days}
Another reason that I have found it hard to focus is that I am afraid. It is easy for me to look productive. I am a task oriented person. I find accomplishment in finishing things, and there are a number of things that I am good at. However, just because I can do something,... Continue Reading →
Focus on Your Story {#Write31Days}
Much of my life I have felt called to share my story. I have in a sense shared most of it at some point or another, but I have felt like I needed to write it out, for at least the better part of the last six years. My life has been a broken path,... Continue Reading →
Focus Your Mind
Join me for the next thirty-one days as I join other bloggers around the world for the #Write31Days challenge of October 2018. This is my fifth year to participate in the challenge, and honestly one I was not planning to do. In 2014, I wrote on 31 days of Living In 2015, I wrote on... Continue Reading →
Growing Community {#Write31Days)
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 1 Corinthians 3:7 NLT I love people. I love hearing personal stories, helping others, and being with others. However, working with people every day often leaves me wanting to retreat to the privacy of... Continue Reading →
