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Stewardship is a concept that God asks us to test him with. God wants to know we trust him. He wants us to turn back over what he has generously given us so that we can see how he is faithful. We can’t see his faithfulness when we don’t turn over what rightfully belongs to Him anyway. Time is his. Money is his. The talents we have, he gave us. He desires us to test him with what we have, turn it b...

This year has been unearthing for so many. It’s actually painful to think about the magnitude of pain we have navigated as a society, The disappointment that we all experienced on so many levels.    But how much really will change when that clock moves?    It will reflect an opportunity. It will reflect hope for better days ahead. But what if we don’t experience that?  Will we be ok?

What would you consider the good life? Dream job? Dream vacations? Dream kids making dream decisions that paint this beautiful picture to be a reflection of how we raised them?    When I think about what the world says and what God says, they don’t really line up quite the same.    How in the world do you know where to go on a day to day basis if you don’t know what the end game is?

But there is The space between contentment and striving for more that gets me every time. Why do I have such a strong drive and so often I feel that it conflicts with the inner desire to just be content with what I have.    Why can’t what I have be good enough?   I have found that looking around at others for my barometer for contentment leaves me feeling empty and sad and like I am missing out. B...

Politics - who will be the next leader of our country? We are divided as a nation on some major life impacting topics We are navigating a world wide pandemic   The truth is - we want the truth.  The truth is - we may never get it  The truth is - lies are being told   I don’t know about you but I don’t like being deceived and I certainly don’t like being lied to.  I don’t consider myself as a perso...

Have you ever sent a text or an email to someone and you don’t get a reply back? And then later that night you are laying in bed; maybe you had fallen asleep and woke up and wondered why they hadn’t replied or maybe you can’t even fall asleep thinking about what could possibly be the reason they haven’t responded.   If I had a nickel for every time someone has told me they “just saw my message" or...

There is no doubt we are navigating a very confusing worlds with things happening we never anticipated and with behaviors that are inconceivable  When we don’t understand whats happening around us, how can we possibly consider the solution that we need When we lack clarity we are confused. When we are confused we are paralyzed and when we are paralyzed we are ineffective - whether it be spirituall...

I wonder what would happen if we quit quitting? I wonder what would happen if we started to believe and stayed in belief?  I wonder what would happen if we feared less and "faithed" more I wonder what would happen if we saw a solution to every challenge?  I wonder what would happen if we asked ourselves when faced with difficult things we don’t want to do, is this about me or is it about someone e...

Part of stewardship is recognizing who you are - who created you -what he is capable of doing through you and then walking it out like you believe it’s possible not because it seems plausible but because God is possible. So many people look to what is in front of them, what is behind them and minimize what is possible ahead of them because they are looking to what they are capable of doing instead...

There isn’t a measure stick for what we go through but there is an opportunity in there somewhere to see it for the good that can and will unfold as a result of how we choose to navigate through it. We may not ever have proof or evidence or anything tangible that will ever comfort us that the good is offsetting the bad - we just have to remain hopeful that the one who provides peace hope and comfo...

When we lack certainty we lack confidence and when we lack confidence we lack hope. Our whole world could shut down and if we held hope, we would be ok because hope is what propels us for tomorrow to be better days ahead. When hope is lost - the will follows. Can we have hope when all seems hopeless? Is what we thought to be certain giving us a false sense of hope for what matters most? 

1. Accept responsibility for our thoughts 2 . Your mind - not just your behavior - must change. 3. Think through your problems rather than just react to them. 4.Take your disabling thoughts captive through confession. 5. Choose to focus your thoughts on the right things. 6. It is possible https://choosingthebestyou.com/the-plan

There will never be “overness” to the people who have been sick. There will never be an over to those who who have lost loved ones. Life will go on but the impact we all choose to have remains the same - it is up to us who we choose to be. I choose to be different. I choose to be stronger, wiser, more disciplined and by all means I will see things with a tremendous amount of more gratitude from th...

When we are living in relapse we are not making progress towards the point to it all.  God desires to give us wisdom on our lives. He showed us in the bible how the wisdom he gave Solomon was for the purpose of stewarding what God had given Him. He was given much and Solomon prayed for God to give him the wisdom to know what to do day in and day out with all that God had given him. Do you see your...

https://choosingthebestyou.com/ I know there are more areas of my life I could be covering with more prayer. I have some solid things to which I stand and know that when I consider 4 things  in making the bigger decisions - especially that impact our family with finances, income, and various ministries to pursue I want to share those things with you.

You can never go wrong with being prepared - whether we are navigating a health crisis like we are today with the coronavirus or whether we are simply navigating the every day challenges our immune system is constantly being challenged by 80% of our immune system comes from our digestive system. It's often referred to as the second brain of our body. And for good reason. Have you ever heard the sa...

I have had a crazy amount of impact in my 48 years of life - but the most impact I started having is when I said yes to faith and shut the door on the 4 letter F word FEAR and chose  to step out in FAITH, losing the ability to have it all together and have every t crossed and i dotted for how it will look. It’s not about how it looks. It's about how we obey. It's about who we choose to be!  God's...

https://choosingthebestyou.com/the-plan Hurt people, hurt people. I have been hurt by people who have been hurt and I have also - typically unknowingly hurt people. Sometimes we say and do things out of fear of what other people will think of us - sometimes we do it because we lack clarity and confidence in who we are and why our story here on this side of eternity matters.   

We ALL have to grow! None--NONE-- of us will ever reach a pinnacle of tip top growth. We all will need to continue to grow! But others may be more knowledgeable than we are at a specific time. To be coachable is not to surrender or give someone else your power! Quite the opposite! To be coachable, you are becoming more powerful. Being teachable means you’re leaving your pride or jealousy pedestal...

We don’t have to wonder if it’s God will for us to live in freedom of the gift of forgiveness and when we choose to not release this and turn it over, we are not in His will for our lives. His will is freedom. His will is forgiveness - its why he sent his son for us - to forgive us and to forgive others. We can’t say what he did was good enough for us, but its not good enough for the person who hu...

I have a question for you I really want you to think about it. Have you ever grumbled about something that has happened that was supposed to be a really good thing and you experienced disappointment with it? Ya, me too. Have you ever expressed frustration with a desired experience that didn’t go as planned?  What about an area of life that you serve or volunteer? Have you ever grumbled in that?  I...

Its not uncommon that no matter what we pursue - the discouragement that we allow to stake up camp turns into the spirit of defeat. The longer we ruminate in discouragement, the sooner the spirt of defeat stakes up camp.    Life happens to us all. We all experience setbacks, derails and we come to forks in the road that we sometimes choose that aren’t as ideal for where we desire to go in reaching...

If I were to tell you I have a way for you to reach your optimal weight and it would be easy would you do it? If I had a way to help you bring in more money to your household and told you it would be easy would you do it? If I had a way that would show you how to pick out the perfect spouse and spend the rest of your life in bliss and it would be easy, would you do it? If I had a way to help you h...