Everyone Comes With Baggage - When You Need Help Unpacking

Sometimes words can cut deep into our hearts. I think we’ve all been wounded by negative comments from people in our past or even in our present. Sometimes it’s a parent who criticizes us, or a friend who rejected us. When we let their harsh words sink into our hearts and stay, it can cause us to believe we’re not worth anything.

That kind of insecurity can make us doubt our selves and make us settle for less than God's best for us.

Are there negative words people have said to you - or about you - that have crippled your hope in God’s ability to do great things through you?

Is there baggage that is weighing your heart down and keeping you from God's best for your life?

If I Had A Dream

"When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations 'The LORD has done great things for them.'" Psalm 126:1-2

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929. As leader of the civil rights movement, he inspired hope for millions of Americans of all colors. He was both revered and reviled, but no matter which side of the battle line you stood, there is no denying that Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. In one of the most stirring and memorable speeches made in this century called "I Have A Dream," he took us to the heights and depths of human experience.

Conquer Your Mountain in 2013!

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It's almost 2013! Many great things happened during 2012, and even though we faced hardships and trials, which are to be expected in life, we survived and even laughed a lot more than we had in previous years. How can we smile, have joy, and even get excited when we are faced with so much evil and darkness? Well, let's look at a few things before we travel together to the mountain in Israel and hear the Word of the Lord on Dec. 31.

We are NOT going to enter 2013 with one negative word on our lips, but rather the word "CONQUER" will resonate and prepare our path to many victories. You may be saying, "Kim, you're just too positive! How can we truly believe this?"

Sir Winston Churchill was once asked to give the qualifications of a person needed in order to succeed in politics, and he replied: "It is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen." That is what is required for politicians, not God's prophets and messengers. Look at Isaiah as an example.

The God of Your Buried Dreams

Photo by Rebecca Barlow Jordan

God is not only the God of your buried dreams. He’s also the God of surprises.

Whether you’re writer, a reader, a parent, a grandparent, a single, a spouse, or a senior–I hope you’ll find a piece of encouragement in this short post that will lift you up. At the end of the blog, I’ll explain the picture from my garden that inspired it.

The God of Your Buried Dreams

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Rebecca Barlow Jordan