“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”—John 3:16

While this is a memory verse most people know that grew up in the church, it may not be one that every person reading this blog has memorized.

Every day we have the opportunity to wake up and say, “Today I am going to live my life differently.” 

Everyone has some kind of history. Some are better or worse than others. Many people reading this may not have had the best childhood, others have had to deal with health issues, broken marriages or relationships. Whatever your hurt or heartache was or is, you have a choice on how you are going to look at life.

“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”—Colossians 4:2 (NLT)

Because of my daughter’s thyroid cancer diagnosis last month, I was obsessed with spreading the word about it. This month making Knitted Knockers for people going through breast cancer was laid on my heart. I would be remiss to not have a breast cancer survivor blog this month. I welcome Debbie Zanella, a sister in Christ, whom I am also able to call one of my best friends. Thank You, Debbie for sharing what breast cancer taught you about Jesus.❤️

Psalm 90 and how we manage our time was the focus of one of the church sermons last month at Cross Timbers Community Church. When verse 12 flashed across the screen, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom,” I looked up the New Living Translation of it. “Teach us the brevity of life…” 

“Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?” —James 4:11-12

Many people live in bondage of fear and anxiety of what other people may think. With the onslaught of social media, it is easy to see why so many get sucked into that mentality.

Don’t let your life be like some of my knitting projects where I run out of yarn before I am finished. In fact, the photo above is a prime example of that happening to me.