“THANK YOU FOR THE STRENGTH THAT IT TOOK TO GET US HERE”That was the beautiful prayer my daughter, Julie, said before we left her sister, Ember, to spend her first night at college. To God be the glory, guys! Let me tell you; it took superhuman strength to get her there. I think back to …
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LIVING THE DREAM BY THE GRACE OF GOD
“AIN’T NOBODY LOVES ME BETTER THAN YOU”That was me singing to God this morning on my treadmill tempo run, which was all about getting comfortable with the uncomfortable (my life right now!!!). To be honest with you, though, these difficult situations God seems to love putting me through, I’m making the most of them by …
MAY WE ALL WIN TOGETHER WITH GOD!
SUP, BABY! TAKE ME TO NEW YORK CITY!!!I was back crying happy tears this morning having breakfast with my daughter, Julie, at this hotel I wrote about yesterday:“Even God surprised me when I did a check on my phone to see exactly how many miles I was away from my home today, and it was …
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
“YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED”I just texted a friend and remembered I needed to update you guys as well. Let me tell ya, God loves my family too much!!! Yesterday we had a beautiful send-off brunch for my daughter, Ember, who is leaving this week to attend Pace University in New York. Also, my nephew, …
LONG STORY SHORT: GOD WINS
ANOTHER HUMILIATION FROM MY DAUGHTER, EMBER!! She is constantly opening my eyes to areas where I’m getting it seriously wrong! Like she told me last year that it looked like I had abandoned my sons. Let me tell ya, super mama was back, by the grace of God, with the mindset that I’m raising future …
“CALLING TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR ADVICE IS WORKING!”
That was me to my brother/angel, Kevin, a few minutes ago! His advice in a awful moment last year was, “Neeks, all I can tell you is to get closer to God. Make Him a priority.” This year, he said, “Work on making yourself stronger.” I’M RUNNING WITH BOTH OF THEM! Here’s how: Fasting is …
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“SORRY, YOU HAVE SUCH A RATCHET (UNPOLISHED, UNREFINED, ROUGH, GHETTO) MOM!”
That was me to my son, Joshie, as we worked together to change the sheets on his bed. He incredibly responded, “You’re still the best mom in the world.” I told him thanks for that because I can sometimes be so hard on myself. But at the end of the day, I know, despite my …
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‘SOMETIMES I DON’T MIND YOU HAVING THE WORST DAY’
That is what God tells me sometimes! And now I’m so on board with Him because I know these terrible days have lots to teach me. Take, for example, yesterday, it wasn’t a good day, but looking back on it, I’m grateful. I was reminded of so many vital lessons, like becoming numb to the …
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A SPECIAL GOD WINK
I can’t get over how God finds these fantastic ways to speak to me. After saying so many times to my family this entire week that is our year of HARD WORK, God SWEETLY got on board with me. I went as far as bringing my daughters to work to help us clean cars to …
“MAY I ASK, HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE VOICE OF GOD, YOUR VOICE/MIND, AND THE VOICE OF THE ENEMY?”
This was an excellent question asked by a Facebook friend recently! The simple answer is PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. I’ve gotten to the point where I know the difference between the voices, so it’s a PRACTICE of continually and consistently paying attention and staying alert to which voice is speaking. “My sheep hear my voice, and …