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August 18, 2025

August 18, 2025

There are many verses in the Bible about paths, and several about the “path of life”.  The verse I quote most often is David’s in Psalm 16:11, which adds “with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”  Is there anyone who wouldn’t want to be on this kind of path?

 

This is where the name of my coaching business comes from. It is not my path, but the Lord’s. He has a unique and special path laid out for each one of us. My work as a coach is to be a guide on your path, helping you to navigate around the obstacles and avoid and/or overcome the various roadblocks along the way.

 

Not only are we on a path to the life we will have for eternity with the Lord in glory if we belong to Him, but we are on a path to a better and richer life here on earth. This life path can be one that leads to healthy and fulfilling relationships – with others, with God, and with yourself!

 

Are you on the path of abundant life? If you would like to learn more about how I can help you or whether we would be a good fit for a coaching relationship, send me a message and we will set up a time for a complimentary discovery call.

August 11, 2025

August 11, 2025

Today I am bringing you the ultimate tip!  This tip has the power not only to change your relationships, but everything in your life that needs changing. 

 

Here it is: God is the solution for every difficulty and problem we face in life. He is the source of our strength. 

 

He wants us to trust Him completely. He wants us to turn to Him for the solutions to our problems and difficulties in life. 

 

He is our healer and comforter and desires to heal us of our old emotional wounds and memories. 

 

He wants us to be completely dependent upon Him. There is no substitute for trust in God.

 

Where do you turn for help? Are you depending on someone or something besides the Lord? 

August 4, 2025

August 4, 2025

Do you need encouragement? Maybe you need a partner for your journey.

 

Hebrews 10:24 is a verse about encouragement. Paul tells us to think about the ways we can “spur one another on towards love and good deeds”. Synonyms for “spur” include to urge forward, encourage, motivate, prompt, propel, inspire, and stimulate.

 

As a coach, nothing brings a smile to my face faster than hearing that my client succeeded in reaching one of their goals.

 

Wouldn’t it help to have someone come alongside you and encourage you? Sometimes that is all you need to make that change you’ve been wanting to make.

 

What are you waiting for?

July 28, 2025

July 28, 2025

Happy Monday! The weekly race begins! Are you ready?

 

If we’re going to run, we usually have a goal in mind. I recently read about a premise that life presents two basic, but different, race concepts. One is the worldly version of running on our own ambition and energy. The other is God’s version, spelled out in the Bible, which describes a race that begins when we surrender our heart and will to Jesus and keep our eyes and attention on His command to “follow Me”. This is a race we are equipped to win because we can depend on the strength, energy and perseverance that Jesus freely provides.

 

Ready to make a choice?

July 21, 2025

July 21, 2025

Do you find, as I often do, that Monday mornings tend to leave me feeling like I need an extra dose of God’s peace and reassurance? There are fresh to-do lists to tackle, including ones that didn’t get completed last week, and it’s a challenge to figure out how to accomplish it all in the week in front of me.

 

I often rely on these verses from Philippians 4, especially in The Message version of the Bible, and the thought of “shaping” our worries into prayers, even into praise! When you think about it, we have a choice to make, not only on Monday, but every day.

 

Do we trust the Lord that everything will come together for good? Do we allow ourselves to feel His peace settle down on us, or are we determined to hold onto our worries and to fret?

 

Our Heavenly Father wants to replace the worry in our life with the peace that only He can bring.

 

Are you up for choosing to let Him take over and shape your worries into prayer and praise?

July 14, 2025

July 14, 2025

Today I am sharing one of my favorite “quick tips”. It has the power to transform relationships!

 

In this time of ever-present distractions, it is especially important to BE PRESENT and BE ALL THERE.

 

It’s a simple concept to understand, but it’s not always easy to do.

 

The most important factor is being certain that the person you are talking with knows that they have your full attention and are not competing with any distraction, be it your phone or anything else.  

 

Can you bring to mind whom you need to “be all there” for today?

July 7, 2025

July 7, 2025

A few thoughts to ponder following Independence Day!

 

Our God is a God of freedom!

 

Freedom is transforming!

 

When we are free, we can become the person He created us to be.

 

It was for our freedom from bondage to our natural sinful nature and its penalties that Christ came to the earth.

 

Navigating a life path on our own is encouraged by the world, but that’s an effort more likely to add bondage rather than freedom.

 

He promises us that freedom in exchange for our relinquishing control of our lives.

 

With freedom comes transformation and the renewing of our minds. (Romans 12:2)

 

We are able to replace old attitudes and ideas based on worldly concepts, conceived by the spiritual enemy of truth.

 

Freedom and spiritual truth become inseparable!

 

I would love to talk with you about the experience of freedom.

 

Is there anything holding you captive?

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2025

Do you ever feel like a failure? Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough and maybe you ought to give up? I have!

 

Failure is defined as “lack of success or the omission of expected or required action”, but, individually, we tend to define failure based on our personal experience.

 

It’s been said that Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he succeeded at inventing the electric light bulb. His own statement was, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward”.

 

If you take a look at the book of Isaiah, chapter 58, verse 11, you’ll see that God is aware of our failure problems and offers a fix.

 

“The Lord will guide you continually,

And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”

 

We only fail when we stop trying and give up!

 

Don’t be afraid of failure. Like Edison, face it with a positive attitude, learn from your mistakes and keep moving forward. There is always a positive end result!

 

Look forward to the likelihood that there will be a day when you will be able to contribute a word of wisdom about failure!

June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025

I’m intrigued by the candor of this statement by Lecrae.

 

It seems to me that, as Christians, we should all be able to admit that we can relate. After all, admitting that we’re a mess is key to how we became believing Christians in the first place!

 

Jesus provides the power to make us new creatures, but His number one commandment of love for others is our marching order for encouraging and helping each other to clean up our mess. This is a big reason why I am committed to my coaching work. I see it is a part of God’s plan for me. He has allowed me to stumble, struggle, and even to fail – more than once! But He has equipped me with every need for serving and helping others to remove their mess.

 

So, it has become a passion for me to help others with the help that I have received from the Lord, and from people He’s placed in my life. He has allowed me to experience trials in my life for a reason! I seek His power of conforming me more to His image each day and through every trial. I’m also thankful for the recognition that His teaching me enables me to strengthen, encourage and comfort those He places in my path.

One of the special blessings of my coaching work comes from the added one on one time with Him as He helps me with each situation, resulting in an ever growing closer relationship. 

 

Are you recognizing your mess and seeking God’s help in getting it cleaned up? Need any help?

June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025

Oceans of Love!

 

Staring into the endless horizon over the sea helps me to comprehend His unbounded love for me.

 

My experience of coming to a place of understanding and appreciating His love for me spanned many years, and was often an arduous journey. It takes faith and perseverance to capture an understanding of His love that allows us to breathe it in, to feel it and to breathe it back out.

 

God desires that we see ourselves and each other through the lens of His love – a love that is endless and unconditional. Only He can love us with perfect love.

 

Along with giving His unconditional love, He desires that we love Him back and that we let others know the joy that they can experience in the acceptance of His gift of love.

 

Are you really aware of how much the Lord loves you?