In previous posts, I shared what I’ve been learning from Illustrated Faith’s Word Nerd devotional kit. This week, I’m in the third session which is titled Renew. The word Renew means to make like new, restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection. The author of the devotional reminded us that mediating on God’s word helps us …
Do hard things
It has been a challenging week! That was an understatement. I had difficulty sleeping every single night this week. I had insomnia a couple nights where I woke around 2 AM and had trouble returning to sleep. When I did sleep, I would wake feeling like I didn’t get any rest. These sleep issues are …
Remembering God and His Word
Last week, I shared what I learned from session one – Meditate – of Illustrated Faith’s Word Nerd devotional kit. This week, I’m in session two which is titled Remember. It talks about the importance of remembering what God has done and said. It also relates back to session one because meditating on God’s word …
A prescription for happiness
I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was anticipating a challenging week. Well, it was that indeed! There were migraines. Sleep issues. Extreme fatigue and more. The worst of it was that I accidentally spilled water on my laptop and it fried. Thankfully, my files were recovered, but it’s taken a while to get …
Simply gratitude
I’m anticipating this week will be a challenging one. I’m not really sure why, it’s just a feeling. My mind tends to follow my body. By that I mean, if I feel bad physically, then my mind tends to be more negative. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve had to be very intentional …
Living our best lives
As I mentioned in a previous post, the message I’ve been getting lately is to just have fun in everything I do. Whether that is any work that I’m assigned. Caring for my kids at home. Chores. The tasks that seem more mundane. And even the hobbies; the things that are supposed to be fun …