Category Archives: intentional living

21 words for goal setting :: community link-up!

Big, bold dreams will require MORE. Be specific, not too much at once. Figure out when & make it happen. Be SMART.   Now it’s your turn!  The encouragement is simple, the details all here! Welcome to your 21 words… Grace. {photo credit}   Want to share your thoughts? Click here to send me an email. Related...

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The Voice of Truth speaks out

We can be women of God and still believe lies… We can share in the beauty of being His, yet still speak ugly about ourselves, …or others.  Our way out?  The Voice of Truth. *** Today I’m over at Sisters in Bloom sharing on How to Speak Beauty, Not Ugly. For there’s this voice-in-our-heads taking room in...

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the community you need as a woman {finale} :: three key relationships

I tend to dig into a subject, spill it all out at once… This week has been about community, of female relationships and their importance in our lives.  I hope you know this isn’t replacing or dismissing other key connections such as God or our husbands if we’re married.  Those hold their own. We began...

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the community you need as a woman {part two}

We need this, though we may reject it:  a circle of community. Along with being hard-wired by an intelligent God for relationship with Him, we humans also have a need for relationship with one another.  As women, we seek those female friendships out from the time we’re little girls. Then little girls become big girls...

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the community you need as a woman {part one}

Oh, yes.  We all know the quote well and most likely have referred to it sometime in our lives. “No man is an island.”   When and how this quote originated isn’t important as much as the significance.  Deep in our souls we believe fully of the need for friendships, for connection. I’m convinced that...

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choose what you must give up today

That’s right.  Give up something… Let go, release it – STOP.  Then take a deep breath and start living. *** I read a post yesterday on setting sacrifices.  Not only goals, but sacrifices. Consider this quote from Jon Morrow that Amy pointed out in her post: Instead of just setting goals for this year, also set...

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