RE-CREATING YOURSELF It is time to allow the Holy Spirit to transform your mind and release the painful memories of the past, so you can grow into the person God uniquely created you to be. Scriptures tell us that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet through the fall, we all carry brokenness. How can you shed the fears and false beliefs that keep you locked into a life of pain and sorrow? When you search your heart in prayer, ask God for the courage…

REBUILDING COMMUNITY What do you want your life to look like? What are your passions and how can you fit them into your life? Begin to create what you wish to accomplish through clear visualizations. If you can see it in your mind, feel it with your emotions and incorporate your senses, you can create it in your reality. Allow yourself to be the person you wish to be. Work through issues that leave you feeling as though you have little worth or self-esteem. Know…

Many do all they can to deaden emotions labeled as negative. Instead, embrace all emotions, for within them lies the clues to finding true happiness and joy. When you are sad, there will come a time when you will say, “Enough of this sadness, I am going to change my attitude and behavior so I can experience happiness.” Thus, the sadness leads to your desired goal of happiness. At times, it feels good to express sorrow or pain, for within these emotions, you are connecting…

Have you ever made a decision but weren’t sure if this was a good choice for you? The Creator offers us inner peace when our will is in alignment with His will. When you make an important decision, consider following it with this prayer. “Lord, if this choice is in accordance with your will at this time, please let me have inner peace. If this choice is not in alignment with your will for me, let there be unrest inside me until I make the…

Enjoy!  Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ~ Luke 11:9 Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. ~ Ephesians 4:32 Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the…

Kindness comes from the heart, when you give to others without expecting anything in return. Kindness is the act of looking at the needs of others and filling those needs in ways that empower the receiver. Plan ways you can show kindness to others. As you go through your day, look and listen as others interact with you. When they share things that are pressing on their heart, support them in ways that will help them along their Path. Developing friendships with others also has…

Look into the mirror; what do you see? If you like your face, you will smile back at yourself. If you look at your face and notice what you consider to be imperfections, there will be no smile. Continue to look into the mirror until you can embrace your imperfections as perfection. Beauty truly is in the eyes of the beholder. Practice beholding everyone as an equal spiritual being, perfect in all ways. Observe nature in all its glory, noting how everything works perfectly together.…

Besides breathing and eating, the most important daily activity you can engage in is to spend quiet time going within and connecting with God and your Inner Self. There are many health benefits associated with daily prayer and reflection. PHYSICALLY you will experience more relaxation and relieve stress. As you work through problems, you will become better equipped to handle stressors as they emerge. MENTALLY you will become more alert and able to focus. EMOTIONALLY you will begin to balance yourself in all situations, regaining…

Your current beliefs hold tremendous power over the ability to make choices that are in your best interest. Think back on times when you adhered to a specific truth, no matter how trivial it was. Then remember the feelings and thoughts surrounding that belief when you had an “Aha!” moment and discarded the initial thought for another. Notice how you also changed various patterns and behaviors associated with the old beliefs that did not fit your new paradigm. You have thousands of these beliefs running…

December 7, 1999, the day that time stood still. Well, not exactly, but kinda, sorta. At the time (pun intended), I was working for a housecleaning service. I had two regular clients scheduled, both with a large house and four hours to get each job done. At noon, I had one hour to eat and drive to the next house. Normally, this wouldn’t stress me out, but on this day, I also had two appointments after cleaning the second house. When I left my house…