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Recently I was reading the book, “The Fight to Flourish” by Jennie Lusko.  There was a chapter where Jennie described how she was struggling and getting upset by her husband, Levi, when he wasn’t giving her everything that she needed in order to thrive.  However, through a night of reading Psalm 73, she realized thatContinue reading “Don’t depend on human relationships:”

This past year I was the head speech coach at the school that I teach at.  This was the first time that I have ever been a coach, and I will not lie when I say that it has probably been one of the most stressful experiences of my life.  While I love speech, IContinue reading “Reflection from a first year speech coach:”

In the year of 2020, I decided to start writing a blog, and wow, what a year 2020 has been.  Obviously, that is something that everyone is talking about, and there were many who just wanted the year of 2020 to end and 2021 to begin.  There is a hope that everything else will startContinue reading “The Importance of Writing”

If you have been in the church for a long time, there are a lot of names that are given to Jesus.  He is a Savior, Redeemer, son of God, Holy, Mighty, Righteous, and many more.  All of these words are wonderful and they all encapsulate the greatness of the Lord.   However, while IContinue reading “Jesus as friend:”

Rhonda is one of the best aunts in the entire world.  She was always one of the most compassionate and kind people.  Finding out that Rhonda was diagnosed with cancer hurt my heart tremendously.  She was and is such a kind and loving human who shouldn’t have to suffer the pain and the sickness thatContinue reading “My wonderful aunt, Rhonda:”

Recently I have been reading the book by Lysa Terkeurst called, “ Forgiving what you can’t forget.”  While this book definitely talks about forgiveness and how we need to forgive those who have wronged us, it also goes into how we can best heal from the pain the person has put upon us.  Because ifContinue reading “Loving yourself:”

Recently I have been driving in fog.  I don’t love driving in fog.  I suppose that not many people do.  However, while I was driving home, at about the halfway point of driving, the fog was lifted.  It was a very beautiful sight.  It was like the world was cleared.  The sun looked so beautiful. Continue reading “Be thou my Vision”

If you followed my blog last year, then you may have read my blog post where I wrote that freedom was my word of the year for 2020.  For the year of 2021, I have decided that the very short, yet very important word of Joy would be my new word of the year.  IContinue reading “My word of the year; Joy”

The year of 2020 has been a very long one.  In many ways, I can’t believe it hasn’t been over for a long time, but at other times I can not believe that this year, the year of the pandemic, the rioting and protesting, and personal struggles is about over.  While I know that itContinue reading “Reflection of my 2020”

The very last Beatitude that I am going to talk about is actually quite a few verses.  The last Beatitude is Matthew 5:10-12, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.  Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evilContinue reading “Blessed are those who are Persecuted”