Laugh Out Loud
The Bible, in Proverbs 17:22 (AMP), says“A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones”. When it comes to good mental health and emotional well-being, happiness is like an anecdote of medicine. We can glean, from this scripture, that humor and laughter fosters a happy heart and has holistic benefits. That is to say that it is good for our physical, mental/emotional and spiritual health. God, in His infinite wisdom, created...
Read MoreIt Is Well With Your Soul
Texts, tweets, posts, emails, vmails, ecards . . . with short messaging being in vogue and social media having become a very popular way to have a conversation, practically no one takes the time to write a letter, send a handwritten note or mail a card any more. I so value the letters and notes I have received from my big sister, Pearl, through the years beginning when she went away to college. I also love receiving the notes and cards that I regularly find in the mailbox from my...
Read MoreBaby Talk and Lullabies
Speaking Biblical Prophesies and Affirmations to Your Unborn Baby – This article was inspired by my family’s loving anticipation of the arrival of a little baby who I so affectionately call “Baby Girl”. When recently speaking with my nephew, Baby Girl’s father, I mentioned that I wanted to send he and my niece some affirmations to speak to our little loved one as we await her birth. Upon meditating on what I would send to them, I was inspired to write it as a blog so that it...
Read MoreThe Gift of Counsel
“There shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight is in the fear of the Lord, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,Nor decide by the hearing of His ears (Isaiah 11:2-3)” Isaiah 11:1-3 is where we find the revelation of seven of the gifts of the Holy...
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