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Laughter – Good medicine for your body, soul and spirit!

Laughter – Good medicine for your body, soul and spirit!

Need a Laugh?! I just wanted to share some laughter with you today!  It really is good medicine – for body, soul and spirit! I don’t know what your week has been like . . . frustrating, tiring, exciting, full of surprises (good?  bad?), depressing . . . ??  Mine has been full of many things – good and “not-what-I-expected” . . . but either way – I think today we all need a good belly laugh! I … Read entire article »

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Glass? . . . FAIL! Me? . . . PASS!

“You cannot always help what happens TO you, but you can help what happens IN you.” “The kingdom WITHIN you will become the kingdom AROUND you.” “You are not a product OF your environment, but you are a product of the WAY YOU RESPOND to your environment.” – Kris Vallotton These were the words that I starred and underlined in my notes last night as we listened to Kris Vallotton speak about “The Process of Developing People”. He had so many good things to say – about making mistakes/failing (not morally), understanding that when we work with people – it will be messy, how to develop the structures (prepare the “soil”) within us so that our spirit will accept the teaching (“seed”) God places in our life, and so much more. In fact – … Read entire article »

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What are you feeding?

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside of me,” he said to the boy.“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is guilt, rensentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.This same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.” The grandson though about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?“ The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.” – American Indian Proverb Which one are YOU feeding today? Drink Deep!L 🙂 … Read entire article »

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Feel under attack?

Just a sip from the deep today. Had to post this quote from a friend’s Facebook page – “The enemy wouldn’t be attacking you if something very valuable wasn’t inside of you. Thieves don’t break in to empty houses.” YAY!! So “consider it PURE JOY my brothers when you face trials of many kinds . . . ” Obviously – the enemy and God think YOU are WORTH fighting over!! Stick with GOD . . . He ALWAYS WINS! 🙂 Tell the enemy to TAKE A HIKE! YOU are VALUABLE . . . because you are God’s! Believe it! Lori 🙂 … Read entire article »

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Jesus loves me this I know . . .

We ALL know the children’s song “Jesus loves me”! We probably can’t even count the number of times we have sung that song throughout our lifetime . . . 100 times? 200? 1000? More? Jesus loves me this I know.For the Bible tells me so.Little ones to Him belong.They are weak, but He is strong. Yes . . . Jesus loves me.Yes . . . Jesus loves me.Yes . . . Jesus loves me.The Bible tells me so. I had an interesting conversation with one of my sisters recently. She has been struggling with severe anxiety and depression for several months now, but the Lord has been graciously healing her and is slowly bringing her out of the deepest valley she has ever experienced. She is … Read entire article »

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Fresh Produce . . . Now Open!

Fresh Produce . . . Now Open!

As I drove home a few days ago, I passed by a sign I’ve driven past hundreds of times before. It sits outside a scarcely frequented family owned produce shack near our house. I used to marvel at the consistency, dependability and patience of the older gentleman that would sit in his lawn chair day after day, all day long – just waiting for the few customers that would occasionally stop by to purchase … Read entire article »

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