My faith is my first priority under all circumstances.  We are living in a world of change and many unknowns.  COVID-19 has redefined and intensified the unknown. Stretching one to think more carefully about how one lives life.  Rethinking what used to be normal everyday tasks.  Led by faith, but initiated with prayer.  1.  Prayer As I continue to find strength in prayer, prayer begins to consume my thoughts.  At first, prayer was inserted into my day when I saw a need.  I became addicted to prayer as I continued to see results and opportunities.  Where once I intentionally…

Does anyone really want to feel invisible? From time to time, it might cross one’s mind that it would be fun to be invisible, but not to feel invisible.  Whenever I feel invisible I ask myself why I feel that way. Is it because I am surrounded by people that I don’t know? Or because I’m in an unfamiliar place and feeling insecure about myself? Could it be that I am unprepared?  Is my body language unknowingly dictating a desire to be invisible? As a child, before school field trips, I remember wondering if I would have…

Signals and signs grow fuzzy, it is time to refocus.  I envision this great plan and a path that is clear but the noise overtakes my ability to concentrate.  How do I stop the noise in my head?  As the noise increases so do my stress and anxiety.  How do I reset and focus on Jesus? All the noise is telling me this is my dream job; but as I refocus, my direction is clear.  As I refocus on Jesus the pit in my stomach is clearly telling me, to be patient, this is not the one.  If the pit…

I am referring to that voice inside us that tries to take us off track, tries to take us to a place of evil rather than joy. I have witnessed varying degrees of depression yet always feel like there is so much more to learn.  What I have learned from many of my close friends and family is that it is a battle that is fought daily.  It is a choice made daily to choose joy and to have hope.  Working through those negative voices inside our heads reaching for something greater, blocking out the negativity. Reaching out in faith…