The last few Sundays, the pastor at the church I recently started attending has been doing a sermon series entitled, “Rooted”. He’s talked about being rooted in the house (God’s house), being rooted in the word (God’s word), and being rooted in faith. This has got me thinking a lot about roots in our lives–emotional, …
Tag Archive: Perseverance
Jan 15
Resolutions = One Year
We’re already entering our third week of 2012 with January being half over. How many of us are already falling off the resolution bandwagon? Never fear, I’m here to offer some encouragement. When we set our New Year’s Resolutions, I think we play tricks on our minds, or maybe our minds play tricks on us. …
Jan 12
3in30 Update!
Sometimes, time just slips away and I don’t know where it goes. I think, “I have time, I’ll get it all done, no problem.” Then, one thing leads to another and suddenly, another week has passed and I haven’t quite made the strides that I’d hoped to make. That’s why I like the spirit of …
Jul 10
Bible in 90 Days
If you look back at my July 3in30 post, you’ll see that one of my goals is to keep up with the Bible in 90 Days challenge. Well, that challenge starts today! I signed up through Mom’s Toolbox to join over 1000 people on this exciting journey. What a great network of encouragement and support! …
May 23
Perseverance–American Idol Style
I have a confession to make. I love American Idol! It’s funny because the first couple of seasons, I didn’t care to watch it. Then I caught a couple of episodes when some network moved my typical TV show to another night/time. After that, it was all downhill—I was hooked. Every year, along …









