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How to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

How to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Vision is my 2020 focus word, and Year of Vision is our blog theme. Last week To Know was outlined as a foundational step in understanding our unique, God-given design at What Would Make a Year of Vision Soar?  Today, To Go is described as the way to transform from bystander to participant in His divine…

2 Ways to Follow God in 2018

by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #WallflowerWomen I gave up on new year resolutions a long time ago. The word of the year concept caught me a while back though. So in December I reviewed all 2017 held and pondered what the next twelve months might bring. There were a lot of unknowns shrouding my vision…

3 Tips to Overcome the World

Do you ever feel as if you’re being held at gunpoint by the world? You carry your faith and hope, God’s grace and mercy, as you head into your day. Before long, threats appear like gunslingers at high noon. Or imaginary scenarios menace like rustlers with six-guns. The challenge on every side is to stand…

A New Thing Arises

“Okay, one last jumping extravaganza then clean up.” Sarah pulled her pink phone out of her sweatshirt pocket. She took a few short videos before a shiver shook her hands. Stiff fingers brought her zipper back up under her chin. The temperature had dropped. “Time to move the leaf piles to the curb. I’ve got whipped cream…

Compassion for Dust

It’s been a long week, if you know what I mean. One of those weeks that feels about a year long. The strain and drain have pretty much wiped me out. Not much left to write a blog post . . . a coherent blog post. My fallback phrase lately is “I’m thankful.” Let me…

Ready for Plan B?

I’ve waited … the length of time doesn’t really matter … some days more patiently than others. I do my best to hold things together, to keep my eyes turned upward, to do the next right thing. Then, somehow, it gets to be too much.