God loves You This Much

The love of God is not based on what we have, what we do, or what we achieve in life. His immense love is not determined by our behavior, our attitude or our conduct. The love of God is not dependent on our personal background, our birth status, or our social standing. God’s love is [...]

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places….

Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Developing a relationship requires a joint effort to be made by yourself and a reciprocal party. God has always been there showering you with his love, but have you been there to build a relationship in return? I have used the analogy of “curb [...]

The In’s And The Out’s

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One of the quotes of Shannon Ethridge that I read in her book Every Woman’s Battle was this: “who I really am isn’t the Shannon the world sees, but the person my family sees.” Don’t we all have a tendency to put on a smile and be all polite when there are those around we [...]

Tips for Parents to Stimulate Children’s Creativity

There are many advantages of nurturing your child’s creativity like development of self-expression and mental growth. Various techniques can be used to prod imagination of your kids. For example, teach them to be more curious and ask questions. Additionally, you should make active efforts to hone their assessment skills. This can be done by engaging [...]

Parenting A Child With A Personality Opposite From Your Own

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It is tough parenting and relating to children with completely different personality types than our own. However, the key which opens the door to harmony and a unified, lifelong bond with our children is always fashioned with compassionate communication and selflessness. It’s easy to identify and relate to the child that most resembles our makeup [...]

Crisis Gits~Now What?

2 Corinthians 1: 3-4 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s a [...]

Blogging Your Christian Dating

Being a single Christian is hard work. To urge to just fall in with the world, to stop waiting on the Lord to find your mate and go looking for yourself, is nearly overwhelming. The world tells us that we have to meet out potential spouses at bars, clubs, or parties. We must drink and [...]

The Power of Presence – Being Mindful

Being ‘present,’ what does that mean? On the surface, it obviously means that you are here, physically here. Students are either present or absent when roll is taken at school. After roll is taken and lunch orders turned in, the teacher then has the task of getting the students really present. This kind of presence [...]

The Hidden Hand in 2012

A happy new year to everybody! Congratulations that you made it this far. You know, if we had no use to this world, we would probably be dead by now. Yes, even if you are longing for death at the moment…I am sure you are of use to this world, and that is why you [...]

A Gritty and Grainy Kind of Love

You know, that area in the very back of the store? It’s not very well lit, there are no fancy headings, colors or subcategories. In fact this section of greeting cards is not even labeled. There are no elaborate pictures on the outside nor rhyming words in. There is no organization. It appears almost drab [...]