A Calm Acceptance

by Kay Heitsch

Patience is a calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. Saturday Quotes

I like to have all my ducks in a row. It hasn't been easy for me to have a calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than what I have in my head.

Our Bible verse is one I have hanging on a plaque right behind me. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5 NLT

When we trust in the LORD with all of our heart and do not depend on our own understanding we can have a calm acceptance that things will work out. Maybe not in the order we have in mind but a different order may be better.

Smiles Are Contagious

by Kay Heitsch

Smiles are contagious. Share one today. ~ <3 ~

There are a lot of things that are contagious but I think a smile is one worth sharing.

Our Bible verse says "Smiling faces make you happy, and good news makes you feel better." Proverbs 15:30 GNT

Smiling faces do make us happy and I think when we smile at other people they feel happy too.

Let's share our smiles today. Since they are contagious I bet other people will pass a smile on because of you.

Let Your Love Shine!

by Kay Heitsch

Don't let anyone dull your sparkle. Let your love shine! ~ Quotes

We've all heard about letting our light shine. But I actually think when we are letting our light shine we are really letting love shine.

Mother Teresa wrote, "We are made by love, we are made of love, we are made for love."

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 NLT

Many things can come along to dull our sparkle. But when we know God we can let His love shine through us!

Today and every day, Let your love shine!

Who's Watching?

by Kay Heitsch

Do everything with excellence because you never know who's watching. ~ Who's Watching Quotes ~

Yesterday I had two people text me when our deck guy was here. They were letting me know someone was on our deck. I opened the door and told the guy the neighbors were watching him.

We never know who is watching us. Our Bible verse tells us how we should do any job. "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men," Colossians 3:23 NEV

We never know who may be watching what we're doing. So let's do everything with excellence.

Small Acts Of Kindness

by Kay Heitsch

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Quotes ~

I wonder sometimes if we think we need to do something big in order for our kindness to do any good. I don't believe that's true. A simple smile, a thinking of you text or card, a phone call, these and others are small things, but they show we care.

When we compliment a person we have no idea what that small act of kindness may do. Personally, I'll never forget a one-line compliment someone gave to me that actually changed my whole way of thinking.

Our Bible verse says, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32 NIV

Today let's remember that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Breaking News!

by Kay Heitsch

Wow, do I have your attention? Are you feeling anxious to hear what I'm going to say?

This is our news today on TV. No matter what it's "Breaking News!" When the anchor starts to talk it's in a way to get people stirred up.

Several years ago I was talking daily with someone who was actually living where all the hoopla the news was sensationalizing about was going on. I learned first hand that a lot of "Breaking News" was just drama to keep people stressed out.

People wonder why we have so much stress, that leads to health problems, and drama in our lives. People have been groomed to make any situation in their own lives "Breaking News!"

I want peace in my life. Do I care about what's going on in the world and people's lives, yes I do. But when I sense it's "Breaking News!" to stir up drama I change the channel or move on.

Who's Happy?

by Kay Heitsch

It's not happy people who are thankful. It's thankful people who are happy. ~ Life Quotes ~

When we think about the many things we have to be thankful for we're happy. I believe the by-product of thankfulness is happiness.

Our Bible verse says, Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 106:1 NLT

When we think about how good the LORD is and His faithful love endures forever how can we be anything other than happy.

Who's happy? It's thankful people who are happy, that's who.