You Can Move Forward

There are so many broken people holding on to the pain of the past. Today, I simply want to encourage you to tell your heart to beat again… Shalom, Mary  

Will You Choose To Be Humble?

It takes so much out of us at times to really allow God to have His way in our lives. I have found that the hardest lessons of discipline is to submit my will to His. Can you identify?  It is not that easy submitting every plan, every desire, every need to Him when you…

Be A Gardner

Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. 25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. 26 When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. 27 “The farmer’s…

You Can Do It

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you. 1 Peter 5:10…

Pause and think on that….

  Proverbs 27:17 (NLT) As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. It is a well-known fact that whoever speaks into your life determines how you will move forward. Everyone connected to you is not called to travel with you on your road to destiny. Have you placed people around you that will…

It’s Time to Pull Back

You may want to pull back from social media when you become consumed with how many likes you are receiving. You may want to pull back from the accolades of men when it is determining your self-worth and your value. You may want to pull back when you realize you have become addicted to the…

Have you had a checkup lately?

Disagreements are common in relationships. So are hurt feelings. It is our job to prepare our hearts ahead of time for these moments. Always allowing room for errors. Always being quick to forgive. However, the question remains, how do you genuinely show love when you have been hurt by someone’s actions? It is so easy…

Stop For A Moment

This last week was a week of refreshing and renewal for me. Normally, going into downtime, I go in with an agenda. The last couple of years, that agenda was to meet my deadline to complete my second devotional.  So, needless to say, all of my time went into finishing and not really enjoying the…