Dose of Daily Encouragement

A dear friend of mine recently sent me an article that discussed Learning to Pray.  The commentary gave some good and new ideas on how to start the day the best way possible and I thought you might be interested in the one prayer that stood out among them all!! O...

Contagious Encouragement

Listening to Christian radio yesterday as I sped down the highway to get to church on time (there’s something wrong with that), I heard the coolest phrase – Contagious Encouragement. As someone who is all about encouraging others, I found this phrase to be a perfect...

GEM is THREE!!!

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing GEM for three years!  WOW!!! The time has flown and I’ve absolutely loved every minute of this new road I’m traveling! God truly works amazing miracles in the lives of those who follow His guidance.  I have firsthand...

Friend Picking

While reading my Facebook newsfeed this morning, I came across a title to a story that said, “Life is too short for crappy friends.”  BAHAHAHA!!  Completely made me laugh out loud!!! Basically, the article was about how to teach our children to let go of those who are...

Back to the Grind

I am SO thanking God for the upcoming three-day Labor Day weekend!!  You’d think with school starting this week and the kids gone for eight hours a day, I’d feel free, refreshed and at a loss to what to do with all this extra time…NOT!!! Getting back into a schedule...