Resilience
Soul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {we didn’t sign up for this!}
Happy Sunday, Friends! You know how much I love my ‘outside office’. I’m out here today for a few hours until the heat and humidity drive me inside. I’m enjoying the beautiful morning and thinking of you. The picture of my backyard doesn’t reveal what we know all too well – we are in a…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {encourage yourself in the Lord}
Hello Everyone, Happy May! I hope you are all well and are able to find the blessings in this long time of social isolation. There have been so many, but there have been losses too. When my pastor preached from 1 Samuel on Sunday, I knew I wanted to share one of my favorite verses…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {how to not lose your mind}
Oh sisters, the weeks are marching by and the information just keeps on coming. I’m sharing a little encouragement for when we experience information overload and the only way I know to not lose your mind! The scripture shared in the video is from Psalm 146: 3-5 (NIV). Do not put your trust in princes,…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {when you lose the horizon}
Pain is a great teacher. It is not a journey any of us would volunteer for, but once there, it can reveal valuable truths that we cannot learn any other way. When we go through a crisis, it is not at all unusual to feel disoriented. The world looks different after a layoff, diagnosis, death…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {a change in perspective}
Happy Monday Girlfriends, I have no doubt that over the past two weeks during all of the upheavals, changes and disruptions, you have had many opportunities to exercise your trust muscle! Whether you need someone to cheer for you to keep going, or to encourage you to get going, I hope these posts are helpful…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {feed yourself first}
Hi There, As promised, this is the second video blog of the new series. Each little lesson will offer one exercise to help strengthen our core (our trust muscle) during this disorienting, upside down time. In order to stay steady and strong, we truly need to be strengthened on the inside. Our first Soul Fitness…
Read MoreSoul Fitness: Strengthening Your Core {remember}
Hello Girlfriends, Well, we are one week into the ‘new normal’ and I truly hope you are doing well. I’ve made a video blog for you, and hope it will bring hope and help in this very uncertain time. I plan to do Soul Fitness posts every few days. The news is coming fast and…
Read MoreSovereignty and Suffering; Hope for Your Anxious Heart
Hello My Sisters, Since I have a suddenly cleared calendar, I thought I would jump on twice a week or so, to offer hope, encouragement and God’s truth to any who many be struggling with anxiety and worry. I know all too well how, when the ‘what ifs’ appear, fear invades us before we know…
Read MoreSetting the Temperature in an Unsettled World
Hi Friends, Today was a game-changer for the state of Maryland. Our governor made a sweeping executive order. All schools, large churches, and many other events and business are shut down for at least two weeks. Everyone, in one way or another, is affected by the mysterious coronavirus. I am sure you are too. I…
Read MoreIf The March For Life Was Painful
Hello Girlfriends,
Today is The March for Life in Washington D.C. I wrote this post in 2017, and ever since, I’ve re-posted it each year. I share it annually to {hopefully} bless any woman who is feeling conflicted or in pain over a past abortion. This can be a silent pain, and carries with it invisible suffering. If you are such a woman, know that you are not invisible to God – He sees you, knows you and loves you. – Laura