Even Mistakes Can Become Blessings
My word for today is MISTAKE: error, slip-up, blunder, miscalculation, misunderstanding, oversight, misinterpretation, gaffe, faux pas. Goodness gracious, I didn’t realize that a mistake had so many synonyms. Now I can see how easy it is to feel so guilty from making a simple MISTAKE. My cousin (who lives just a few blocks from me)…
The Pursuit of God
Pursue: to follow, run after, chase someone or something to catch them Pursuit: the action of pursuing someone or something. Yesterday, my word of the day was RESTORE. In studying for this word for today, PURSUIT, two scriptures from Psalm 23 jumped out at me. David, the shepherd boy, before becoming King David, wrote Psalm…
RESTORE – All Things New
My word for today is RESTORE: return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position. One of my all-time favorite reality shows is HGTV’s “Fixer Upper”, not just because I love the hands-on builder and interior designers, Chip & Joanna Gaines, a delightful couple with their four young kids (soon to be five),…
Does PASSION Drive You?
My Word of the Day – PASSION: more than just enthusiasm or excitement, PASSION is ambition that is materialized into action to put as much heart, mind, body and soul into something as is possible. What is it that drives you, motivates you and causes you to jump out of bed each morning with exuberance?…
Epiphany – The Manifestation of the Lord
Epiphany – The Manifestation of the Lord My word of the day is EPIPHANY. Yesterday, January 6th (the day after the 12th day of Christmas), was actually Epiphany – which commemorates the revealing of Jesus as Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi and the baptism of Jesus. But today is when…
Build Your House on Solid Rock FOUNDATION
My Word for Today is FOUNDATION: the base on which something stands. Remember the story of the Three Little Pigs? The scandalous words that raised our concern for the little pigs were “And the wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down.” That children’s story described the plight of those tormented little pigs after…
Live as Children of the LIGHT.
My word for today is LIGHT: the brightness that dispels darkness. Christmas LIGHTS are getting scarce now as most of us have taken down the LIGHTS from our homes and businesses, and packed them away for another year. Now, it’s up to us to represent and be THE LIGHT to our family, our neighbors and…