Recently I shared a personal insight with a trusted person in my life, someone I allow to help me stay emotionally healthy and accomplish my goals. Her response caught me by surprise. She described my behavior using a strong label loaded with negative meaning for…
Do you believe you have a specific life purpose? If you do, how would you define it? Some people believe that God has given us certain gifts and talents to steward, but He does not have a specific direction for us. Others believe that God…
Like many kids, my granddaughter often drew pictures for her beloved preschool teacher, Tina. After she moved to another classroom, she continued to draw beautiful pictures for Tina and expressed great delight when she responded. “Grandma,” she said “Tina said I have a light bulb…
According to a study at the University of Arizona in 2007 (Dr. Matthias Mehls), the average person speaks about 16,000 words a day. That is a significant number of words, even for a talkative person like me! With so many words spoken daily, the quality…
One thing that defines our relationships today is easy access to hundreds of people online daily. We have more facts about people – their likes, personal photos, and life events – but know far less about WHO people really are. The quality of our relationships…
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines destiny as the things that someone or something will experience in the future. This sounds an awful lot like “fate.” The problem with this dictionary definition of destiny is that it implies that our destiny is fixed and we have no…
What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:12 What Defines You? King Solomon’s identity was established by God. He loved God. Unfortunately,…
