Living God's plan for your life
New Year – New You
The New Year is coming! Are you ready to be more awesome? 🙂 Resolutions With the new year, we often make resolutions or set new goals. Unfortunately, we never achieve many of them. Maybe "being more awesome than last year" isn't your exact resolution for the coming...
How to live by the Paul, Barnabas, Timothy principle
Do you have a Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy in your life? Do you live by that principle? Living by this principle means you have three specific people in your life: Someone speaking into you Someone walking along with you Someone you are investing in When we live by...
You are here ……….. X
Have you ever been lost or confused and needed to look at a big map to find out exactly where you are? Maybe you were somewhere new and you had to ask for directions or you had to stop and pull out a visual map to get your bearings. Or maybe it was even somewhere you...
Catch your family members “doing something right” — great for family relationships!
If you're like most people, you're probably good at noticing when your spouse or children do something wrong or something that you don't like. Let's face it, we all have things that just drive us crazy! Sometimes we become so focused on the negative that we don't...
Is your life balanced?
When you hear the phrase “life balance”, what comes to mind? Does it seem like something that is attainable? Do you have life balance? Do you wish you could have even just one day (or maybe even 1 hour) of balance? We’re so busy in our culture. We seem to always be...
What will your life be like ten years from today?
Do you ever sit around and think about the future? When we're young, we often think about what life will be like when we grow up. Who and what will be become? But as an adult, we sometimes quit dreaming or thinking about the future. It's more of a day-to-day...
Sometimes you need to be a snob
Are you a snob? Before you get worried, this post probably isn't what you think. I suggest reading it all the way through. 🙂 I realize I’m a snob when it comes to certain things. For example, I only use certain brands of products for some things like dish detergent,...
Loss History Timeline
Losses often go unrecognized and are never addressed. This can increase the intensity of other losses later. Losses are not just those experiences involving the death of a loved one. Any event that destroys a person’s understanding of the meaning of life is felt as a...
The Normal Crisis Pattern
Phase 1 — Impact Hours to days Response: Should you stay and face it or withdraw Thoughts: You are numb and disoriented. Your insight ability is limited and your feelings overwhelm. Direction You Take to Regain Control: You search for what you lost. Searching...
Surviving and Rebuilding after Loss of Spouse
There are 3 periods involved in surviving and rebuilding after the loss of a spouse. Bridging the Past During this phase, the widow or widower will begin to accept the death of his or her spouse and loosen the ties to the deceased spouse. Shared experiences become...
