Author: shbcadmin

Don’t go into debt trying to show people how much you love them. Those are my words of wisdom for December. If people have to have a big expensive gift to keep loving you…something is wrong with the relationship. If you feel like you have to buy their love, something is still wrong with the relationship. Every year we promise ourselves that we will slow down on the spending. This year, make it happen! You’ll be so glad you did when January rolls around.

    Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right. I’m thinking there are good things ahead. You’re on the verge of living your best life yet. All you have to do is take a chance, step out in faith and expect something wonderful.

  Some of us tend to be playing hide and seek with Jesus. They tried that in the Garden of Eden too! But one day pretty soon, He’s going to say: Ready or not, here I come! I guess the question we need to ask ourselves is this: Am I ready?

Too many of us look as cool as a cucumber on the outside. But our insides look like a squirrel in traffic. You know that commercial that used to say “Never let them see you sweat”…just between you and me, if we keep it a secret, our insides continue to give us fits. Why not ask someone to pray for you? Or what about talking to Jesus and asking Him to calm your crazy insides. He loves doing an “inside job”. It’s His specialty.

You may never know how many people are praying for you. There are people who are praying for you without your presence and without your knowledge. All it takes is a simple prayer from someone who cares to change your “today” and change your “tomorrows”. That’s pretty exciting to me! Ever had this thought: ‘I wonder who’s praying for me?!’ or Who can I pray for today?!

It’s time to forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know until you lived through it. We can all look back and wonder how we could have been so stupid, wonder why we didn’t see the “truth” until it was too late. We need to cut ourselves some slack. We can’t go back and change things. All we can do is learn, grow, and forgive ourselves…and make a vow never to take THAT road again!