One year from now….2017….Choose wisely!
Wow, a thought just came over me….on THIS DAY, one year from now, January 20, 2017, a new President of the United States will be in office.
WE MUST CHOOSE WISELY. Anyone who does not know, understand and move in the direction to restore the REPUBLIC from which the founding of our nation stands, The Constitution of these United States and our Bill of Rights has no place in the Oval Office.
The history of our nation has not always been a pretty sight, I get that. But that does not change the fact that the world has seen our nation as a City on a Hill because of the principles of which it was founded. Yes, man can lose his way, and many certainly have!
But I believe with all my heart, mind, soul and strength that IF WE THE PEOPLE will SEEK FIRST The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, Love God and His Ways, plans and Purposes, Love Others, then Love self, Love Others, then Love self, WE CAN AND WILL SEE a revival and a renewal like we have never seen before – not by seeking man’s knowledge but by SEEKING THE WISDOM OF HEAVEN ALONE
I do not believe we have yet seen in our nation the full potential of what God wants to see in the earth, a truly shining city on a hill. The principles of our nation were not about BIG government controlling the people. The pilgrims and settlers were fleeing that in Europe. WE NEED GOD IN AMERICA AGAIN! We can BE The Change God Wants To See in the World….man has tried and failed. I speak REVIVAL, RENEWAL, RESTORATION, RESILIENCE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS!
Ok, enough!…of your political rhetoric President Obama and Cecile Richards
For you to use your position to EXPLOIT, once ago, and ATTACK, innocent people for your own political gain in the wake of the most recent TRAGEDY in Colorado Springs! Three people died, or did you miss that memo?
The man who did this was NOT PRO-LIFE, if he had been TRULY PRO-LIFE, he could have and would have NEVER done such a thing.
You see, President Obama and Cecile Richards, TRUE PRO-LIFERS offer hope, not false hope and falsehoods. TRUE PRO-LIFERS believe that ALL human beings have value, NOT just the ones you choose to value or who can advance your political agenda and parrot your rhetoric and talking points.
LET’S GET REAL!
This tragic event took place in a location that BREEDS violence against women and children. The spiritual atmosphere is death and violence, which breeds more death and violence! Think about it?!
This tragic event took place at a legal abortion clinic – Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood would like to add the words “safe” in their rhetoric. However, the latest best available science does not prove that, but instead contests it. They claim to care about women’s healthcare, yet continue to ignore the latest and best available science and worldwide research.
The most recently published reference guide, that should be used as a textbook, Complications – Abortions Impact on Women, compiles 650+ worldwide studies of the physical and psychological HARM of abortion on women.
This is NOT a political debate, it is a HUMAN LIFE issue, a broad scope women’s healthcare issue.
The latest and best available science is calling out Planned Parenthood, President Obama – drawing a line in the sand. Stop the political rhetoric and start speaking the truth! Stop lying [...]
GalleryResilience…..another word for Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Resilience is your ability to bounce back in the midst of adversity and overcome the hurdles of life. It measures your aptitude for social and emotional interactions and skills that are critical for life success.
Emotional and relational intelligence (ERQ) is being aware of, recognize and understand our own emotions – taking ownership of our own emotions. As well as those of others around us, and being able to constructively manage our own emotions and how they relate to the relationships around us.
Did you know that ERQ has been found to be more important in the scope of life success than someone’s IQ?
I don’t know about you but that gives me hope. You are born with your IQ, but your ERQ can be improved upon and changed – a skill to build upon. That’s cool!
Self-Awareness (Me) is the first key – Emotional Self-Awareness, Emotional Expression, Accurate Self-Assessment build towards Self-Confidence.
Self-Management (I) is second – Emotional Self Control, Anger Management and Self-Responsible – in other words taking responsibility.
Relational Awareness (Us) is third – Relational Awareness has to do with Empathy towards others. Noticing that someone is in pain. Being present. Knowing what “not” to say. Recognizing emotions in others.
When it comes to Empathy, the secret is listening, not talking. Learning to be a good listener builds your empathy towards others.
Relational Management (We) is fourth – It encompasses 7 simple steps of ERQ empowerment:
#1 – Define the issue: Listen & Seek Understanding (Seek First to Understand before being Understood)
#2 – Decide how important the issue is?
#3 – Do you need to apologize or ask for forgiveness? I was wrong. I am sorry. Please forgive me. This isn’t always easy if we haven’t had it [...]
GalleryFlipping the calendar to June…
June 1st, 2015…a day that will never come around again!
How do you view and value your days?
Flipping the month of my wall calendars around my house has almost become ceremonial. The passing of one month in my life history book and pressing on into another.
From May flowers to June brings tulips, lilies, roses and fills children’s hands with posies!
And here at LifeVictory Coaching we will focus on VISION, VIRTUE & VALUES!
My office calendar on the wall for June, quoted “be the change you want to see in the world”.
My VISION is to BE THE CHANGE GOD WANTS TO SEE IN THE WORLD! Based on VIRTUOUS VALUES! Because VALUES MATTER!
The things we focus on are reproduced in our lives.
So I want to leave you with some food for thought…in Proverbs 29:18 – “Without a vision people perish”. Sounds pretty important then. Are you seeking God for fresh vision?
And then there’s virtue…a bit unused in our culture today. I love what this word enlightens us to!
VIRTUE…strength…bravery…valor…moral goodness…moral excellence…constitutes value and merit…excellence.
VALUES…to rate at high esteem…hold in respect…to consider with respect of importance.
I encourage you to write these three words on a piece of paper and focus on what they mean to you in June and how you will merge them into the focus of your life.
VISION. VIRTUE. VALUES.
Vision.Virtue.Values
GalleryYoung At Heart – Merry Christmas to all, the heart of Christmas is LOVE!
BEing Young In Heart…having a pure, loving, innocent child-like view of life…is it even possible?
We all as children of God come into this world created in His image pure and innocent…then over time we become influenced by the world around us and lose that childlike innocence.
Is there a point where you can press the reset button?
I think we can…to look at the heart being the seat of our soul – our mind, will and emotions, where choices are made either on a conscious or subconscious level. Those choices are at the core of our conscience.
Remember the love and heart of Christmas – innocence of a child…young at heart, the sparkle and joy of a child on Christmas morning. The freshness of dreaming new dreams!!
Love and blessings to you as you look forward, hopefully in joyful anticipation, of 2015!
If by chance you are not feeling the joy of a new year but dread is more the thought, I’d love to come alongside you in restoring hope.
YOU are YOUniquely designed and created for good stuff! And I’d be honored and privileged to help to discover and more deeply understand that for yourself!
Love and blessings!
GalleryMommy Baby Rescue
Getting the text at 8:15 a.m. “I am at the clinic right now” dropped a lead weight in my gut. Everything in me screamed, “No! Ending the life of your 5 1/2 month old baby in your womb will not solve your problems, it creates new ones!”
We had talked the night before and I shared my story of my abortion trauma experience and the things I so wished I had been told by the abortion clinic – the same one she was sitting in, but 34 years prior.
She didn’t want to go through with the abortion but she hadn’t been given other options either. This appointment was her 5th visit – every time she would walk out of the clinic because in her words, “Why should my baby be punished with a death sentence, he’s done nothing wrong. How could I hurt him like that? I just don’t know what else to do!”
I texted her back to see if we could meet, I will come to you. And would it be ok to bring a friend who is a specialist in open adoptions to at least give her more information about her options. All of them. And also, the known risk factors and aftermath of abortion trauma, especially at 5 1/2 months pregnant. Women Deserve Full Disclosure
I could feel the adrenal rushing through my body as the thought came to my mind, “MommyBabyRescue!” In my mind’s eye I saw an enormous guardian angel standing behind and protecting a pregnant mommy with her hands gently and protectively placed over her burgeoning belly. It was a beautiful picture [...]
GalleryOops!! October came and went and here is october’s themed focus!
Hhhmmm, when I think about being OTHERS FOCUSED my mind goes to the words of Christ when He talked about LOVE, in fact, no greater LOVE. Than to lay down one’s life for others.
Not an easy thing given how people treat us in this life at times. Choose to forgive them. Not easy, but very freeing.
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not saying to go around and be someone’s whipping post or door mat.
But, I am saying that no matter what others do to you, consider this, you are only responsible for your response to what is done to you.
Being mindful to treat others the same exact way you would want them to treat you.
Ya know, I think if we were all honest with ourselves there are times when we provoke a quarrel or a fight. Yes, come on, admit it! We all are guilty to one degree or another. When was the last time you were hungry, angry, lonely or tired? That is the greatest likelihood when that can happen. So H.A.L.T.!
When you know you are hungry, angry, lonely or tired take a step back – take care of your responses to others and value yourself in the process.
Oh!! I love this! The merciful, kind, and generous person benefits the self for their deeds return to BLESS them, but those who are cruel and callous to the wants of others brings on them self retribution.
And, the light in the eyes of those whose heart is JOYFUL rejoices the hearts of others, and good news nourishes the bones! [...]
GalleryRighteousness ~ Reconciliation ~ Rest are November’s theme
I don’t know about you but I get excited about words and the meaning they bring to our lives!
Words have power to lift up and encourage or tear down
The quality of the words we use really do dictate the quality of our lives.
Righteousness is interchangeable with justice. We all want justice for the injustices we see around us. But righteousness is a greater word in that it reflects God’s nature and His standards of what is just.
Being reconciled to God helps us know how to carry out wise justice in our world that is necessary for rightness in our world.
And last but certainly not least rest. Rest for our soul and our body. Creating margin in our lives from so much busyness. The hustle bustle of life can stress and strain us to no end. God gave us the gift of rest so we could rejuvenate ourselves – disconnect from tasks and the to-do lists. We were not created to work seven days and be on the go go go 24/7. Rest helps our mind filter things out.
Rest lets us rejuvenate, recreate, recharge for our work. Please don’t ignore the value of rest. Take care of yourself ~ YOU are loved, YOU are valued.
Peace!
GalleryContent – Contented – Contentment
Been thinking a lot about contentment lately. And, interrelated words, including contention, the opposite of contentment.
I implore a greater understanding and mindset of contentment.
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22
BE Cheerful. In the midst of any circumstance, as much as is possible.
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
Gratitude and Satisfaction with where you are in the here and now, is the present.
“All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.”
Proverbs 15:15
Abundance flows out of a cheerful heart.
“A heart at peace gives LIFE to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30
So please, consider this, above all else, GUARD YOUR HEART. [...]
GalleryPerfect Character, Perfect Bliss
“These seven descriptions make up a perfect character, and the seven blessings appended when combined constitute perfect bliss.”
“The whole seven rise one above another like the steps of a ladder of light, and the blessings appropriate to each grow out of the virtues described.”
“At the close of the seven BEatitudes of character comes an eighth and double benediction bestowed on the persecuted condition as a result of holiness. The whole makeup a celestial octave of benediction.”
– C. H. Spurgeon
I love the richness and depth of Spurgeon’s writings!
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was one of Jesus’ first teachings to the masses. In Matthew 5…Blessed are the poor in spirit; for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. (The first step of the ladder is low, and the more readily reached. Those who know their spiritual poverty are the only ones who by faith can lay hold on the true riches of grace.)
Blessed are they that mourn: for they will be comforted. (To their sense of need is now added holy sorrow for sin; this leads them to Jesus, [...]