Happy New Year!

Happy and Blessed New Year’s Day 2014! But seek First His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33Today we are BEGINNING a New Year, a new adventure, a new BEGINNING with renewed hope.

This New Year can be a fresh start with a clean slate.

Today is an opportunity to BEGIN a new chapter, but nothing will change unless our attitudes and actions and mindsets change…“You Can’t Start The Next Chapter Of Your Life If You Keep Re-Reading The Last One.”

It is time to decide to let go, or hold on, to move forward or be still,
To challenge yourself,
To look within,
To seek God as He shows you His truth and purpose for your life.
It is time to forgive others and forgive yourself.
It is time to give yourself permission to learn, grow, change, to be imperfect and to sometimes just be…
It is time to do what you are CALLED to do, and be who you are called to be.

This renewed Hope is not just for New Year’s Day, it is for any day that you decide you want or need to start anew.

and remember:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a New Creation; the old has gone, the New has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

Happy New Year!
Blessings, peace, joy, health, faith, prosperity, love and hope be with you in 2014

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil;

My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.

Owning Our Story

Owning our story can be hard, but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. -Brene Brown

Remembering 9/11

It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Acts 20:35

As I look back on the events of September 11th, 2001…

I Remember the shock

I Remember the grief and trauma;

I Remember the confusion and the unthinkable destruction.

But I also Remember so many people coming TOGETHER, all walks of life coming TOGETHER, everything else was set aside, to assist, to help, to listen, to cry, to hold up, to carry, to grieve, and to love those who were in the midst of all of the devastation and despair.

I marveled as the days passed and I watched strangers helping strangers in their time of need, I remember, how nice, how kind and how caring, concerned and empathetic they were.

I Remember the bravery and courage;

I Remember the COMPASSION…

I Remember the LOVE

Remember…

We need each other… we can’t do it alone…

REMEMBERING those who were lost, and those who were left behind to grieve, to heal and rebuild their lives….

Hope

HOPE is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. -Zig Ziglar

[Read more…]