Everyday Imperfect

Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on what lies before you.  Mark out a straight path for your feet;  stay on the safe path.  Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil . - Proverbs 4:25-27 NLT Imagine taking your family to one of those old-timey circuses in the late 19th century. Money was hard to come by, and you had saved up for weeks to be able to take them to see the Ring Master introducing all the acrobatic and animal acts under the big top.   You'd walk down the path toward the circus tent, kids excitedly in tow, and as you were making your way to your goal, walking along with the crowd pressing in around you, you'd hear from the sides of the path loud carnies yelling out their headlines, trying to entice you to stop and see what you could only see right there in their tent!  Cries promising the viewing of the bearded woman, or a boy born with two heads, or a man who could swallow a sword and still live would ring out over the excited gi...

 Since we are nearing the next women's retreat, I thought it so appropriate to re-post this piece, especially since it deals with such a hard thing as losing a parent and the emotional turmoil wrapped up in that.  Praying for my friends who have lost so many so recently! This last weekend, I missed out on joining my team at a conference featuring none other than THE Rachel Hollis (author of Girl, Wash Your Face) and Nichole Walters (business coach extraordinaire - you need to check out her podcast!). I really missed being with my entrepreneur friends, but I got to go instead to another women's conference - Replenish 2019 - with my church group and about 1200 more women in south GA. It never fails - the times that I think I just don't have time for this conference, or that I should be doing something else - or just feel too drained to go to a conference like this ....those are the times that I get the most from the conference! You know, I don't know why that takes me by ...

I was honored to be able to share at our church's women's fellowship meal a while back, and felt led to prepare this.  Anytime I speak truth like this I get pretty nervous - like I'm worried someone will get offended, you know?  I'm working on that, lol!  But here's what the Lord gave me this time. Hope it blesses you too! ******************************************************* Have you ever met someone who just seemed to always be a victim?  I’m not talking about those truly victimized people that have lived through life’s worst horrors - I’m talking about those who always have something bad happening, and it’s always someone else’s fault.   I have thankfully earned the reputation of being a friendly and encouraging person.  And I LOVE being an encourager.  But y’all… it sure does take a lot of energy trying to encourage someone who is so determined to be someone else’s victim.   Being done wrong is a hurtful thing, And not to sound all “Pollyann...

This last weekend, I missed out on joining my team at a conference featuring none other than THE Rachel Hollis (author of Girl, Wash Your Face) and Nichole Walters (business coach extraordinaire - you need to check out her podcast!). I really missed being with my entrepreneur friends, but I got to go instead to another women's conference - Replenish 2019 - with my church group and about 1200 more women in south GA. It never fails - the times that I think I just don't have time for this conference, or that I should be doing something else - or just feel too drained to go to a conference like this ....those are the times that I get the most from the conference! You know, I don't know why that takes me by surprise. Whenever I'm stressed out or even just not wanting to be around people, those are the times when there is some something extra special in the services or fellowship that I just needed --- even if I wasn't completely aware of it till I...