Negative Nuggets

                                                 

There is always someone in our families, in our church and in our community that carries the mother load of "negative nuggets" for anyone who will take time to listen. We have to purposefully keep those negative messages from our ears so that we do not make decisions in our life because of them.

The best way for me personally to eliminate negative nuggets in my own life is to spend as much time with children as possible ~ they keep my mind uncluttered!

This quote was written by George Bernard Shaw. The picture was taken when my husband was watching and singing along to the movie "Frozen" with our grandkids.

Strength In Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

It's okay to be weak because God is strong ~ It's okay not to have all the answers because God knows it all ~ It's okay to be wrong because God makes all things right!  Know that God has allowed it for His purpose. It's not personal even when everything around us seems to be against us. It is God who can work through us in our darkest hour. 

We can do ALL things through Christ 

who will strengthen us!

Facing Failure

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me. Micah 7:8

Micah said, when I fall, I shall arise. I may stumble, I may make mistakes and I may fail, but with God's help I am determined to get up and keep going.  Life is full of failures for all of us!

Failure comes in many forms such as not living up to our own expectations or the expectations of others. There are times we have been a disappointment to others or to ourselves. There was once a man who said, “We are either failing, or living with the consequences of failure, or recovering from failure, or facing failure in the face, or living with the fear of failure.” 

In almost any area of our lives, we can feel like a failure. We may have failed our parents, our spouse, our kids, our friends, our co-workers, our neighbors and the list goes on.  A great reminder of failure is the verse, Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."  

Failure is not just something for a limited few but instead is common to everyone.

These are treats the kids at church made on Sunday, January 2014.