Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday. I love everything about it, spending time with family, the decorations, singing and Christmas songs, Christmas movies (my favorite is Miracle on 34th Street), and the spirit that it brings-people are more loving, caring, giving, and patient. As I think of all the great things Christmas brings, I recognize this same spirit is what Christ is all about, love, giving, peace, caring for one another. The true meaning of Christmas is about God giving us a gift, his Son. His Son, Jesus, was given to us to be an example and to deliver us. What a wonderful gift! As I think of all that…
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Who Can You Control?
As I was driving to work the other day I began to think, you know how you have disagreements with someone or someone does something and it makes you question their integrity or loyalty? How easy is it for us to push things off on others and perhaps it is their fault, but sometimes we get so caught up focusing on the mistakes of others, we don’t focus on ourselves. We are the only people we can change. Many times when I see other things in other people, maybe they show themselves to be selfish, childish, unforgiving, or mean/hateful, I recognize and understand I can’t do anything about them and…
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Day of Thanksgiving
Can you believe how fast the time is flying? I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving Day already! On this day, I am so grateful for so many things including you. I was driving the other day, thinking about the end of the year and the things I would like to accomplish. As I shifted to the things I wanted or desired whether for myself or to be a blessing to someone else, I realized how easy it is to focus on the things we want/desire and forget about the many things we have to be grateful for. We must keep things in perspective, while you may not have everything you want,…
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Have You Checked Your Inventory?
As a business owner every year at the end of the year I take inventory of products I have in stock. If you’ve ever worked in retail, you understand the “joys” of doing inventory. Going through each item to account for how much you have in stock. As we approach the end of the year, it’s time for us to do our inventory checks. How is your love? Giving? Bible reading? Prayer time? Time management? Forgiveness? For each of us our inventory will be different, however it’s time for us to take inventory and see what we need to restock or get rid of? What are some things that are…