The One You Need to Complete You This Year

Happy New Year! it is super exciting to begin another year of devotions, sharing the love and joy of Christ with you. Last year I started the year by choosing a "Word of the Year" for myself in which I would embrace and connect with throughout the year. The 2019 word "Grow" worked well for…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 5 Meet the Need and Seize the Yay!

Can you believe it's Friend, our last Friday. But these are two incredible chapters that bring all our hard work up to this point full circle. You see, just because we have reached the end of the study, we haven't reached the end of "Losing Who We're Not, Loving Who We Are, and Living Our…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 5 Seed Senders and Redirection

As I was reading Amy's memory of third grade I was saying, "me too, me too!" My thoughts instantly went day dreaming back to the 70's at Central Elementary School. Three years in a row I got to have my three favorite teachers ever. Second Grade, Miss Ponder, kind, gentle, and fun; Third Grade, Mrs…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 5 Face It Not Force It

Welcome to Week 5! You are strong, courageous, and a beautiful child of God and you have Exhaled your way to this point! This week we are diving into "Living Our One Life Well". For so long I thought I was living a pretty good "One Life Well" until I wasn't. My issue, the fear…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 4 No More Shape-shifting, Be Yourself

Happy Friday, Friend! Can you believe you have completed four weeks of "Exhale" study! This week was a light week of reading but a deep week of "pray-cessing". Have you ever been a "Shape-shifter", wanting to impress the main person in the room so bad you would change or "shift" your personality? I know I…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 4 Trusting God with Your Calling, What Are You Waiting For

Welcome to Wednesday friend. Have you taken one of the Spiritual Gift inventories yet? In Chapter 12 of "Exhale" we read this week that to "Love who I am, I must trust His Call." Wow, was this ever an eye opener for me. I know in my heart I need to trust God with everything…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 4 Fearfully, Wonderfully Made

The weeks sure fly by when you are learning to "Lose Who You're Not, Love Who You Are, and Live Your One Life Well". I can't believe we are in week four of our study of "Exhale" Amy shares a beautiful message with us today, so if you are a note taker like me you…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 3 Our Personalities and Quirks

Happy Friday Friend! I hope you are learning to love who you are as much as I am this week . This is actually one of my favorite chapters. As I have mentioned a time or two, my word for this year is "Grow". This chapter has been one that has lead me to deep…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 3 Loving Who You Are

Hi Friend! We are rolling on into Part 2, Loving Who You Are. I know for me I can look in the mirror and say there are parts of me that I love, but I know in my heart that Jesus wants me to love all of me. He wants you to love all of…

“Exhale” Book Study Week 3 One You with One God

Well now, didn't Cheri bring a whole new meaning to the word "disappoint" or should I say "dis-appoint". I could so relate with Cheri when she wrote on page 90, "many people who do not matter have had too much authority over my life." The highly sensitive me has done this most of my life.…