Posts about Spiritual Health (8)

The first time I’d heard of the “names of God,” I was on my very first mission trip: a women’s mission trip to Ciudad Juarez to build homes for the homeless. Our agenda was to build three homes for three families, and it was my first time doing really anything Church-related.

Anyone who knows me well knows I am all about process improvement. I am a fixer! Whether it’s a work process or a better means to enhance the way systems need to operate at the grocery store, I am often offering my input into how things can or “should” function better.

What is one thing, situation, or person for which you are struggling to be grateful?

God’s Word shares a lot about the rapid passage of time. There is a season for all things and sometimes we don’t feel quite finished with the season we’re in before the next one arrives.

The start of a new school year will be here before we know it. Registration papers are all turned in. Your child may have already picked out a backpack with matching lunch box to boot. The school supply lists are posted and every retail store is stocked for back-to-school shopping. However, are new supplies all a kid needs to be ready for “Back to School”?

There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place. – Deuteronomy 1:31

It is more blessed to give than to receive. -Jesus

My Aunt Jamie is my spiritual mentor. Just ten years older than me, we have always shared a special bond. I have childhood memories of her long red hair, her love of the Carpenters and The Monkees, and she was always happy.