Posts Tagged ‘favor’
Favor & Blessing For Obedience
I grew up having to learn obedience. My parents taught me that it was wise to listen to their instruction and follow it. I can’t count the number of times I found safety because I listened. I do remember some of the times I ignored their counsel and did things my own way, only to…
Read MoreRescued
After returning home from Tennessee yesterday, I received a call from my son who had taken the boat out for a little Labor Day riding and relaxing. They had a tire that was coming apart and needed replacement. Thankfully, I had a spare tire on the boat trailer, but they didn’t have all the necessary…
Read MoreHumble Approach
I’ve been to people before with “my hat in my hand” seeking help from them. I’ve learned over the years that my pride can be harmful to me finding favor or blessing from others. I know that I struggle with wanting to help prideful or arrogant people. I find myself wondering if they really need…
Read MorePowerful Presence
Around the first of this year, I was challenged instead of a “new year resolution” to choose a word that would speak to me all year long. I think the challenge was from a podcast featuring Jon Gordon. Jon Gordon is the Norman Vincent Pealeof our day, in my opinion. The word that came to…
Read MoreBlessing & Gratitude
I recently started using these words as a “sign off” of sorts. I’m in a place of gratitude and I’m really trying to live there consistently. If it will take time to reflect on all that I have been blessed with, I should be grateful at all times. I have been doing the “gratitude snooze”…
Read MoreFavor
This is a word that has a couple of different uses for sure. Doing someone a favor is “doing a kind act for them out of the goodness of one’s heart”. The other big use of this word is “friendly or well-disposed regard; goodwill or held in regard”. It is the latter that jumped from…
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