💥💥💥4,000 and Still Counting 💥💥💥
This day, January 13th, 2025, is the BIG ONE as in posting my 4,004th blog. (I was caught off-guard with surpassing 4,000 until today.) Pardon the personal high-fives! 🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐 I’m beyond grateful for God’s faithfulness to inspire, motivate, encourage, drop nuggets of His fresh Word, open my eyes to see the beauty in each day…
What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
Yesterday, we had another wonderful sing-a-long at the front yard of Tim and LaDonna Gatlin Johnson. Still assembled in our 6-foot rule spacing, we clapped and sang together to some of the best old hymns. Tim, an incredible pianist, gave us a concert in “Liberace” style! Most beautiful were the testimonies of God’s amazing grace.…
The Power of Adversity
I’m taking a little “Nana” moment to celebrate my grandson’s winning 1st Place in his Original Oratory Speech at the NCFCA National Championships this weekend. Out of 1000s of students from 45 states, competing in 65 preliminary tournaments, 500 students made it to Nationals. Payton’s win is truly a tribute to his diligence, hard work,…
The Warrior Mentality
We all have defining moments that either make or break us. Whichever they are — God will use them for our good. Our destiny and purpose is wrapped up in each and every one of them. It’s that “stuff” that causes the aha moments — those moments that seemed like the worst of worst times,…
American Ninja Warrior — Thinking Outside the Box
Please don’t judge me….I love the show “American Ninja Warrior”! I watch it while I’m in warrior mode on my treadmill (I tape the show to get each episode). I watch these people pushing their bodies beyond human possibility. They rigorously train for a year to become the “American Ninja Warrior”. In 5 seasons, no…
You Can’t Cross the Ocean if You Don’t Leave the Shore
Yesterday, I posted our “dead-in-the-water” ship experience. When we boarded that ship, our thoughts were for making yet another great memory, enjoy some needed rest and adventure. Our minds never gave way to “What if we meet with disaster?” We “trusted” that the Captain and his crew would steer us to the pre-planned ports and…
Our Chief Surgeon!!!
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Those are the words (God’s words) that rang in my heart many times in the last 2-1/2 months since first receiving the news…