a life blessed

Are you a perfectionist? If so, you may be headed down a road of disappointment. "If your identity is wrapped in the magnificent things you're destined to achieve - as a great writer, musician, scientist, politician, chef - the thought that you might produce something mediocre can be devastating." ~Laura Fraser Do you have to do something great? Can you be happy to do something really good? Do you expect nothing but perfection from yourself? From your children? We must be careful how we teach our children to use their gifts and what it is to expect from those gifts. Don't forget...children learn most by our actions rather than our words, so if you expect perfection from yourself, they will feel you expect it from them as well.  One of my favorite quotes is 'actions speak louder than words.' There is a monumental difference between talent and having a clue what to do with it. "Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, i...

He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands, and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." For though you might have forgotten God, He has not forgotten you. While you have busied yourselves with your daily occupations, He has still been occupied with you. Little children, you cannot weary His love. You may grieve His heart, but His love is changeless, infinite. He longs for you to turn to Him. His hands are full of blessings that He desires to give you. He longs to hear your voice. You speak much with others - O speak to Him! He has so much to tell you. Have you forgotten that He made you in His own image and likeness? It is not that He is as you, but you are like Him. Do not let material and physical elements destroy your comprehension of Him as a person. "Touch Me and handle Me," He told Thomas (John 20:27). To you He says: Cast yourself upon Him; pour your love...