“Do you have a receipt?” “No. I didn’t open it. It’s still in the package.” “Sorry.” “But, it still has the price sticker on it.” “No. Sorry.” “But, I have the original merchandise bag.” “Sorry, we don’t take ANYTHING back without a receipt!” Have you ever tried to return something without a receipt? It’s like, […]

Sometimes, it doesn’t seem like we’re moving fast enough; that we’re growing, making progress, or that anything is really changing. “God, give me patience…and give it to me RIGHT NOW!!!” The start is exciting. The end is rewarding. But, the WAIT in the middle can be excruciating! We don’t like to wait! We don’t like […]

I have a beautiful purse that someone gave me as a gift. I really LOVE this purse!!! When I got it, I was SO excited that I, literally, jumped up and down! But, I would probably NEVER have saved up and bought it for myself. It’s really too nice. I feel like I don’t deserve […]

I don’t know about you, but those “read the Bible in somany days”plans really freak me out!  Do we really have to put pressure on ourselves about EVERYTHING? Because for me, it then becomes about getting my pages in… not what I’m getting OUT of the pages. I even pressure myself about the amount I […]

A few years ago, I read a great book entitled, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. The whole premise of his book is, how we should always make decisions based on our instantaneous GUT FEELING and not try to reason everything out. Isn’t it amazing, how even secular books are tapping into the genetic God-given decision maker? […]