Tag: Purpose
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Serve
Last fall, my small group of primary caregivers—Shining Lights—adopted a local nursing home as a service project. Each year, the Pastor asks all group leaders to consider providing an act of kindness to the community. Many groups choose to partner with the church’s SERVE projects to clean up around an elementary school or at one…
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Short and Sweet Inspiration #5
October Blues: Conquer the fear that lurks near the end of the year. My dearest reader, The final stretch for the year is here. We can see the finish line, the white ribbon stretched across the track, and either we will fly through it and take hold of the prize at the end, or we can…
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Love at a Wedding: Love Letter #1
Dear Reader, A wedding has to be the worst place to meet your true love. But somewhere in between the minister’s prayers, the elated couple standing at the altar reciting their vows and the candlelight flickering all over the sanctuary, a girl’s heart softens. At least mine did on a crisp fall afternoon while witnessing…
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Why Fight?
I HAD to create a word image out of this Joel Osteen quote! 🔥 To remind myself: “We fight too many battles that don’t matter. If a battle is not between you and your destiny, it’s a distraction. It’s the enemy trying to lure you off course when a new level is waiting for you.”…
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Now. Back to Work
After the Labor Day weekend, we do, as usual, the work that needs to be done. Read Rules for Labor Day for a reminder to keep doing what you do. As a treat, I thought I would include a bit of honest humor. The word art above is based on a song Tevye, the milkman,…
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Restful Rules of Labor
Happy Labor Day, Everyone! When our holiday is over, may we return to the righteous work of our hand (a.k.a. the thing God gave us to give to this world). I was thinking this morning that it would be great if we all did what God designed us to do when we were told to…
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LeeLee’s Love Letters
Dear Reader, As you know, I write blog posts about purpose, productivity, and living life with passion. For a season I am sharing short stories about relationships. I’m calling them LeeLee’s love letters. A few revolve around my own historical fiction, and many do not. But all are examples of relationships (for anyone who has…
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Integrity and Blueberries
What does it prosper a woman to gain free blueberries and lose her soul? #Wednesdaywellness #reallyleah Feature photo credit: Sara Cervera on Unsplash