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June 10, 2024

June 10, 2024

Over the past couple of months, I’ve shared thoughts and verses about peace, contentment and satisfaction amidst our trials and tribulations. Today is about joy.

 

This is a subject that has presented a challenge for me in the past, and still does. Patterns of negative thinking can easily creep in when we’re not looking.

 

God is the only source of true joy! He provides joy with His assurance that He will never leave us. As believers, we can always experience joy in our assurance of both His love and His presence with us.

 

If you are a believer in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for you personally, then you can experience  joy regardless of your circumstances.

 

Additionally, God’s promise that He will never leave us (Deuteronomy 31:8) and that He will always be with us (Psalm 73:23) are reasons for perpetual joy!

 

God’s Word is also a sure source of joy and a delight to our heart! (Jeremiah 15:16) His Word brings joy because we have a God who loves us enough to  speak directly to us. No matter whether we find words of praise or correction, this knowledge alone is ample reason for joy.

 

We can also find joy in our daily provisions, in our relationships with others and in knowing His faithfulness to us. 

 

When you think about it, is there really a good reason that you should not be joyful today?

May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024

Today I have a tip to share with anyone interested in cultivating stronger and healthier relationships.  Begin with God by focusing on who He is and your relationship with Him.

 

Remember – “What is impossible with man is possible with God” (Luke 18:27)

 

Concentrate on how you see and understand God. I have talked with many discouraged people who limit God to their personally conceived notion of Him. They fail to recognize that their comprehension of God within the limitations of what our brain can accurately process is very limited and can never rise to seeing Him in His role as a truly sovereign God!

 

Charles Spurgeon, a preeminent author and preacher put it this way: “As well might a gnat seek to drink in the ocean, as a finite creature to comprehend the Eternal God.”

 

Are you limiting God’s ability to work in your own life by relegating His sovereignty to something less than reality? It’s worth pondering! Don’t limit the Lord! Anything is possible!

 

When you are in close relationship with God, all of your other relationships will benefit. It’s the best place to start!

 

How is your relationship with God?

April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024

If we truly want the Lord in our life, we need to actively pursue Him.

 

Seeking the Lord can become a part of our nature as we live with the everyday intent of putting God first in our lives. In the words of Charles Stanley, having a relationship with God should be “our priority and our foremost desire”. We’re on track only if “we choose to obey God, follow God, and have a daily and intimate relationship with God”. We talk with Him, listen to Him and are “eager to consult with Him at all times.”

 

When you sense that there’s something missing in your life, or you find strife in your relationships, or you simply long for peace and joy, you need to ask yourself if you have been truly seeking the Lord. Finding meaning in, and resolution to, difficult circumstances and experiences of your life won’t happen without deepening your relationship with the Lord. Perhaps you are seeking comfort, help, healing and restoration or you may be desiring growth, wisdom and abundant life. Jesus wants you and me to have all these things, but He wants us to always look to Him first. Putting Him first means seeking Him with your whole heart. When you seek Him, He has promised that you will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13).

 

If you’re interested in some guidance in improving your relationship with God, I am available to talk with you about getting a start on this richly rewarding journey!  “Those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.” (Psalm 34:10)

March 11, 2024

March 11, 2024

I used to believe that I needed to defend myself when conversation became argumentative. I wanted my position to be justified. Instead of helping, this approach only brought more conflict. It seems that every close relationship will ultimately provide some conflict. How we choose to handle our disagreements and conflict makes a major difference in the health of the relationship. 

 

The Holy Spirit has impressed upon my heart and mind a conviction that I cannot convince someone of something they are not ready or willing to hear or accept. It doesn’t matter if my position is “right” and theirs is “wrong”.

 

Frustration and misery can be avoided if we learn to be still and let the Lord fight our battles for us. The outcome will be well worth it!

February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024

If you asked me what motivates me to devote the time and effort to engage in life coaching, sharing God’s love with others has to rank as the number one reason! But, a natural follow up question might be: “what is truly unique about God’s love?”

 

The foundational Greek in scripture references a variety of the  types of love. God’s love is defined as agape love and stands apart from other forms of love such as tender affection and erotic love. 

 

Some of the qualities of God’s Agape love are: constant, free, sacrificial, ever-present, perfect, unfailing and unlimited. 

 

It was this love that caused God to send His son into the world (John 3:16) to suffer on our behalf to rescue us from our sinful state and bring us back to Him. 

 

Because of His great love for us, Jesus desires an eternal and personal relationship with each of us.

 

When we accept His invitation, the relationship that He establishes with us includes His constant presence with us and a love with the power to redeem our failures and to transform us into His image.  

 

Are you trusting in Him and the power of His love? 

August 28, 2023

August 28, 2023

My nephew enjoys playing the keyboard with the worship band at his church. He’s also a graphic artist and created this graphic. The heart of the message is focused on ” the rest “. 

 

I am trying to take a rest this coming week leading up to the busy school season about to get underway. This means disciplining myself to put aside my routine of checking off my to-do list and shifting my focus to spending some time with my son and, hopefully, some extra time to read and recharge. My son will be gone in the blink of an eye and I’ll be glad for whatever time that I’m able to set aside and spend with him. Also, setting aside some rest time for myself will help me to be a better Mom. 

 

The words of John Ruskin paint a meaningful picture. Day by day, I am learning about rest.

 

Are you well-rested? I look forward to the opportunity to work with you and help you strike the next note full and clear.

July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023

I would love to meet you! Hopefully, one day that will happen. In the meantime, I would like to share a few of my personal likes and thoughts so you’ll know me a little better:

 

  1. I love exploring the Maine coast!
  2. I love photography. Landscape photography is a special passion of mine.
  3. I like having plants all around the house, especially when they are in pots with lobsters on them!
  4. I enjoy reading at the beach when it’s foggy and no one’s around. This book, “Surrender to Love” by David G. Benner, is excellent!
  5. I have a belief that God has used various trials in my life as a workshop for the development of particular skills, coupled with a sprinkle of wisdom, to be used for helping others to experience positive outcomes from their own trials.

 

I’d like to get to know you better, too. What is a personal like or belief of yours that you are willing to share? Book a half-hour complimentary Discovery Call with me and let’s talk!

March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

If you have read any of my previous “Thought of The Week” posts, then you know that I love to share truth and encouragement from God’s Word. I see the Bible as one of my primary reference tools in working one on one with clients, coaching them through problems and helping them reach their goals. Although helping women who have experienced trauma is something of a specialty for me, a universal goal for every client is growth in the client’s relationship with Christ. This includes partnering between myself, the client and the Holy Spirit. 

 

In his popular devotional, “My Utmost For His Highest”, Oswald Chambers writes: “My goal is God himself, not joy nor peace, nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.”

 

One of the apostle Paul’s several confirmations of this goal, and secret to success, is seen in his prayer for the Ephesians, Chapter 1, verses 17-23. Verse 17 reads: “…that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him…”. It is Jesus Christ who invites us into an intimate relationship with Him that is life-changing, and it is our personal relationship with God that enables us to be successful.

 

Are you interested in knowing God more intimately?

 

If you would like to talk about your goals, and grow in your relationship with God, send me a message or schedule a time to talk about a coaching relationship and whether I would be a good fit for you. I would love to help you on your journey!

February 13, 2023

February 13, 2023

On Valentine’s Day we give top billing to our natural desire for love.

 

If it was not for Christ’s unsurpassable love for each of us, we could search for a lifetime without quenching this deep desire that God placed inside of us. 

 

Valentine’s Day provides a nice emphasis on love but falls short of the truth that there is no substitute for our Father’s Agape love. Not anywhere. It’s simply beyond our comprehension to know and understand how deeply and completely He loves us. 

 

It’s not uncommon for many of us to think that we’re not worthy of His love. We need to remember that Jesus came to save the sinners, not the righteous. To quote a favorite author, Hannah Whitall Smith, “Your very sinfulness and unworthiness is your chief claim upon His love and His care.”

 

Each one of us is called to accept that we are so special and precious to Him that, just as He left the flock of 99 sheep to find the one who was lost, He will seek you out to be rescued. 

 

We each need to experience the truth that John writes about in 1 John 4:16: “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.”  

 

On Valentine’s Day, and every day, Jesus is the lover of our soul! 

 

God is with you. He takes great delight in you, quiets you with His love and rejoices over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17). You are that precious to Him! Our Father loves you as much as He loves His own son, Jesus! (John 17:23)

 

Are you looking for true love? Have you accepted God’s offer of His love through a personal and loving relationship with Jesus? Want to talk about it?

January 30, 2023

January 30, 2023

A coaching relationship provides a helpful and healthy platform for sharing and finding relief from burdens. It’s a safe place, where your coach listens and engages with you to help you determine how to lighten your load and move forward without those burdens. 

 

Everyone has burdens, but not everyone is motivated to let go of them and improve their situation and their life. A genuine desire to unload heavy burdens is a key. A coach can’t provide the desire and determination, but can be an important sounding board to help lift and eliminate unnecessary burdens. 

 

Good coaches begin their coaching businesses by finding and meeting with their own coach. This gives coaches the positive experience of sharing their burdens and finding solutions that work for them. Everyone benefits! 

 

Why keep wrestling with unneeded burdens? What are you waiting for?