When I employ self-discipline in one area of my life, the benefits tend to leak into other areas of my life. • I tend to be more intentional about my exercise when I'm disciplined about what I eat. • I have more clarity in my productive time when I'm mindful of what I do in my spare time. • I'm more likely to give others the...
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Self-care can be crazy hard. There are usually a handful to a hundred reasons we should be doing something, ANYTHING other than care for ourselves. Gah! The past five weeks have been eye-opening for me. As we've studied spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical self-care, I've learned that I've got a lot to learn! This week was no exception. The social part...
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I knew a man whose work took him all over the world. He would tell of his global travels, and I would sit in awe. Until one day, he said, "Cindy, the truth is I'm world-weary. I just want to go home." We don't have to be globe trotters to be "world-weary." Life is hard. It's impossible not to long for...
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The older I get, the more I appreciate my physical health. The perceived immortality I carried in my youth has worn off. Consistent reminders of how the body no longer responds (or recovers) help me appreciate how good it feels to feel good! It would be easy to think that challenges regarding physical well-being are limited to folks who are getting...
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I’m a "feelings" kind of girl. When I'm sad, I feel it deeply. When I'm joyous, I'm over the moon. My emotions tend to run more like a far-reaching pendulum than the steady tick-tock of a clock’s gears. Emotions are a gift, but sometimes we have to be careful what we DO with how we FEEL. Knowing how to tend to...
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Last week my Mama's heart was pulled on every front. Each of our adult children was dealing with a challenge of some type. Physical. Emotional. Or both. As a dear friend said, "We only do as good as how any given kid is doing badly." When our kids hurt. We hurt. Period. Before last week I knew I'd be launching into...
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One more beat of the drum because "new" never gets old! We've explored different ways God gives us new the past three weeks. New beginnings. New mercy. New "wine." This week's new is more personal. It's the new He does IN us THROUGH Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things...
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I don't know if the shine has worn off anyone else's New Year, but for some reason, I'm still there. Reading about new. Thinking about new. Hoping for new. "But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved." Luke 5:38 NKJV Perhaps that's why this verse jumped off the pages. I read it and immediately slid into this...
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I'm a fresh air freak. The moment the temps warm up, the furnace goes off, and the windows go open. Even if it's just fifteen minutes. Out with the old air, in with the new! I know I'm not alone in hoping that 2022 ushers in "fresh air."We hope, right? I have many hopes for the new year. Some that may...
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There are those who would call 2021 the year of limbo. Limbo––a state of delay or postponement. But there’s another definition of limbo––betwixt and between. Things happen in the “in-between”. We just don’t always see it! Today’s post offers encouragement if you’re ready to see God do something new in your life. Hope is bubbling up friends. It truly is....
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