Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Happy New Year! Let’s start 2025 with our focus on God! I have begun this year trying to stop my mind from wondering off into the wide blue yonder. Have you ever driven to a destination and wonder how you got there? Oh, come on, never? I have a few times. Some people will tell you that they get into auto pilot mode, but is that safe? I can’t say whether it is safe or not, but the times it has happened to me, Read More

Micah 6:8 ESV He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? What if a babies laugh showed you the joy of God? What if the stern look from a widow, broke your heart like it does God’s? What if you glanced upon lovers in an embrace and you saw God’s tenderness? What if you could remember the puppy, when you had to help your sick old dog get to heaven? Would you see God’s compassion or Read More

So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. Job 42:12   If you are like me, I am a planner and very proactive. So, these uncertain times can mess with my mind, my body and my spirit. I tend to feel I have no idea what I am planning for or just when I am to do things. I become anxious and fearful. I am writing this just before the Canadian thanksgiving weekend 2024 and the news is covered with natural disasters and wars. And I heard the Lord say to me, “My Read More

Have you been struggling with feelings of negativity. Of late, I have had this feeling that negativity is covering us like a cloak, and we don’t know how to fight it. Recently many people I communicate with are also stressed with a feeling of heaviness that they can’t seem to shake.   What are some common signs that negativity is encroaching into our home life, businesses, work, church and communities. You feel exhausted even after a good night’s rest. You are highly critical of yourself. You are no longer celebrating yours or others’ accomplishments. You have lost interest in things Read More

Matthew 11:28-29 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”    Have you been struggling with creativity, ideas to generate income and new products or just the energy to keep your business running?  You may be experiencing burnout. Burnout simply means you have and are doing too much of something that is sapping your energy. You have reached the end of your capacity.   It is interesting that Read More

Ecclesiastes 1: 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.      Here are some of the common areas a successful business should focus on.   Customer Service  Team Alignment to a Common Goal  Increase Revenue  Decrease Costs   Sales   Customer Retention   Hiring and Firing  Human Resources  Business System that Keeps all Tasks Organized  Marketing   I could go on and on. There is no business owner on earth that can focus on everything it takes to run a successful business. Oh, you can try, however it won’t last long Read More