Happy 2009! Do you make New Year's resolutions? Or are you one of those people who doesn't like to set goals? After all, it's so hard to keep them. I remember hearing Zig Ziglar say that if you don't set any goals to work towards, you're a ...wandering generality. I never used to set goals until I got married 24 years ago. You see, my husband is a goal setter. On our first New Year's Day together, he asked me about my goals for the year. I looked at him and said something like "Honey, I don't know. I guess I'll just …

Where do you search for satisfaction? Where do you look to satisfy your emotional longing for affirmation, love and acceptance? Do you find yourself trying to meet your needs in your own way? How many times have you opened the refrigerator to search for something to eat ...when you're not really hungry? Or looked to others to try to make you feel good about yourself? I was honored to write a guest post for Lynn at Spiritually Unequal Marriage today. Now, before you say that's not me. My husband shares my faith or I don't have a husband; I…

Happy New Year! I'm so glad that Thankful Thursday landed on New Year's Day 2009. The theme for this thankful Thursday is "looking back". As I reflect on 2008, I want to be sure I learn the lessons I need to learn so I can move forward in confidence and hope ...by faith. 2008 was a difficult and challenging year for me. I think the emotion I struggled with the most was fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of loss. So here's my thankful list as I look back to 2008: I'm God's child and He has and will continue to h…