2 Peter 1:3

Heart Health PSA

My husband was healthy.
My husband did not use tobacco.
My husband ran and lifted weights.
My husband had a great yearly checkup.
My husband had a superior plus rating on his life insurance policy.
My husband instantly died from a widowmaker heart attack.

You don't have to be unhealthy or overweight to have plaque in your arteries. Steve had a 100% blockage in his Left Anterior Descending artery with no previous signs.

There is a test that could have potentially picked up on this. It's called a Cardiac Calcium Score. Friends, if you are having a checkup, maybe see if you can ask for this scan. I'm not sure if it has to be done by a cardiologist, but it's worth asking about.

If this information could prevent me losing someone else, then Jacobs would have wanted me to share it.

Sleeping Alone Is Hard. Really Hard.

Sleep. It’s something I’ve been struggling with. I have a little magic pill that helps me fall asleep, but staying asleep is my problem. I wake up multiple times during the night for hours at a time.

I just need a good night of sleep.

Would you pray that I sleep through the night tonight?

1 Peter 1:24

Forever. The Word of the Lord remains forever.
Forever is encompassed by eternity.
Forever means that the Word of the Lord was, even before man was.
The Word brings my soul comfort.
This means that God was preparing to comfort me EVEN BEFORE I WAS.
Even before man, God knew our situations and was preparing words to speak life into our souls.

”Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.”
Psalm 136: 1-9

Ann Voskamp

This is so, so good guys.
What will you fill your empty with?
Anger and bitterness or love and legacy?
"Losses are only wasted if we don't let them give us what they long to give us:
More love, more grace, more gratitude, more wisdom, more Jesus" -Ann Voskamp

Losses leave a wake
that wakes you
to the meaningfulness of what was,
& why it deeply mattered,
&what message you want to live now.

It takes uncommon courage to believe:
Losses take but losses give.
Every loss gives you
space for something else.

You bravely have to ask -- what else?

Because:
No emptiness ever stays empty.
Empty places always fill.

And we choose what fills the empty places: anger, bitterness, distractions, hardness -- or hope & dreams & love & legacy & more life.

Losses are only wasted if we don't let them give us what they long to give us:
More love, more grace, more gratitude, more wisdom, more Jesus.

It takes uncommon courage to ask:
How might this emptiness be filled with more that's fulfilling?
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from my #SACREDway journal
#TheBrokenWay #TheWayOfAbundance #1000Gifts

Romans 8:6

When you let the Holy Spirit control your heart and mind, you will walk in peace. An indescribable, supernatural peace. I am experiencing this now and I promise it is true. 

Victory!!!

This album has been on repeat since September 14. I have listened to it daily, multiple times a day.

This album encourages me, it soothes my soul, it blesses me.

If you are weary and need refreshed, or you just want some amazing worship music, the Bethel Victory album is a winner.