Here are a few things I know about taste and mood: It makes us happy to eat something sweet…a comfort food. If we eat a healthy diet, we feel better and are therefore happier. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. We feel happier—more satisfied—when our stomachs are full. And last but not least… Food is often about relationships. Relationships between us and God, us and friends, and us and our own soul. There have been tons of {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~The Power of Touch
30 June, 2012 by 1 Comment
I’m back to my posts on how we can use the five senses God gave us to fight depression and made us happier. Today it’s the power of touch. The touch of Jesus is illustrated through story after story in the Bible. The story from the prescriptions verse above where he touched the leper and healed him. The story of Peter when he stepped out of the boat to walk on water. When he took his eyes off Jesus, he {Read More}
Make-a-change Monday~Prayer & Circumstance
11 June, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever heard God speak? If God called you on the phone, would you recognize his voice? I remember as a teenager trying to figure out if God was telling me to do something, or if it was just made up in my head. It can be very confusing to know God’s voice as opposed to the “voices in your head” if you don’t talk to him—and listen to him—enough. Many people ask, “Why pray if God already know {Read More}
Freedom
7 June, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What does the word “freedom” mean to you? You’ve just been released from prison? You are finally out of that abusive relationship you’d been in? You are free from the bonds of an addiction? You’ve finally paid off those student loans from school? You finally got out of your three year old daughter’s room that she locked you in with the lock you put on {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~Learning What’s Urgent vs. What’s Important
5 May, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This morning I heard a poem on WLFJ that one of the morning hosts wrote, and once again found my self in tears driving down the road. The older I get, the sappier I get. But anyway, it really goes well to illustrate my {tip to a happier you} today: The Letting Go Test By Leslie Nease Nine months of growth inside of my womb And in what seemed like an instant, she was there in the room My heart {Read More}
Plane Crashes, Drug Addiction, and Tomorrow
3 May, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sitting here in tears. I just finished reading Heaven is Here, a memoir by Stephanie Nielson, author of the blog, NieNie Dialogues. In my last post, I told you I’d share a funny story about our flight to Florida last week—the one where I overcame my eighteen-year-old fear of getting on an airplane with my hubby while leaving our kids at home. Since I am attempting to write a book and actually get it published, I’m doing a great deal of {Read More}
The Road to a Flawless Experience
2 May, 2012 by 2 Comments
When we must endure hard times in our lives, it’s usually impossible to envision what good could possibly come of it. If you regularly read my blog, you may have read a recent post on Blind Trust. Believing in God is easy. Putting our complete trust in Him is not. In today’s prescription verse above, Paul tells us how our trials and struggles actually make us better. You couldn’t say anything Paul didn’t have a comeback for: People: “You know {Read More}
Sometimes You Just Have to Suffer
5 April, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Do you ever feel like God has left you or forgotten about you? Do you think Jesus thought His father forgot Him? Jesus did not want to endure the pain and agony of the cross. But He knew that His crucifixion must take place for God’s plan to be carried out. God never left Jesus during His suffering. When Jesus hung on the cross at the very end of his life, He separated Himself from God when he sacrificed Himself for {Read More}
The Secret to a fulfilled life with purpose
7 March, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I had an article published at “Inspire A Fire” this week on the addiction part of my story. If you’ve read my story page on here you know my story is full of gut wrenching moments, but the addiction part seems to gain much attention; maybe because I’m a pharmacist, maybe because I’m a Christian, or maybe just because it’s the juiciest part of the story. It makes no difference to me, as long as someone is brought closer to Christ through it. One {Read More}
Make-a-change Monday~Love One Another
27 February, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Since we made the change last week to start cleaning out the stuff we used to consider to be treasures, we will have time to lay up our treasures in Heaven. All my life I’ve been taught that earthly treasures mean nothing. “You can’t take it with you,” they said. It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:25 ESV) I get it. {Read More}
Tips to a happier you in 2012~Have Faith
18 February, 2012 by Leave a Comment
From the moment I had my first seizure, I tried to hold on to this verse. Having peace in God in the midst of my world of seizures, addiction, and depression required much faith. Faith is belief in something that cannot be seen. Having faith is a decision based on life experiences, which are different for everyone. I became a Christian when I was seven years old. I went to church, did Bible studies, and said my prayers. But something {Read More}
Make-a-change Monday~Post it!
6 February, 2012 by 7 Comments
New Year’s Day 2008~ This is it. This year is going to be the year. I’m going to read my Bible more and pray more. I want to be a better person. Closer to God. New Year’s Day 2009~ This is it. This year is going to be the year. I’m going to read my Bible more and pray more. I want to be a better person. Closer to God. New Year’s Day 2010~ This is it. This year is {Read More}
Are you on OVERLOAD?
16 January, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As usual, our pastor, Perry, was speaking directly to me this morning…in more ways than one. I am, as we all are, on overload. I was strangely thankful that I didn’t get to sit beside David this morning in our service because my side would be bruised from all of the elbowing. My toes, however, are flat from Perry stepping all over them. But as I listened to Perry preach this morning, I was amazed that every point he made {Read More}
Get ready for 2012!
31 December, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today’s prescription verse is the first verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of John. In the beginning was the word… As we think about beginning a new year, we always contemplate resolutions for the upcoming year. A friend of mine shared this blog with me by Tami Heim from www.stickyjesus.com. Writing these verses on your heart (or on sticky notes as I like to do) will ensure a great beginning to 2012, so I wanted to share them with {Read More}
