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08/20/2026

07/01/2026

Resilience is the capacity to adapt, recover, and grow stronger in the face of adversity, challenges, and change. Sometimes resilience means pressing forward. Other times, it means pausing, resetting, and choosing a better path.
True resilience also requires wisdom about the people we allow to influence us. You cannot build a resilient life by following the wrong crowd. Bullying, harassment, and spreading hateful words often reflect unresolved pain, insecurity, or low self-esteem. When people are unhappy with themselves, they may try to make others feel the same way.
The truth is, we all experience negative emotions. We all have moments when anger, disappointment, or hurt can tempt us to say or do things that don’t reflect who we truly are. But when we recognize our ways are not God’s ways, we can reset. Through prayer, self-reflection, and God’s grace, we can choose compassion over cruelty, love over hate, and forgiveness over resentment.
Remember, we all fall sometimes. The difference is that with prayer and God’s help, we get back up. Don’t simply follow others; live in a way that inspires others to follow you. Your integrity, kindness, and positive character will open doors that hatred and bitterness never can.
Jesus reminds us of this truth in Matthew 7:13–14 (NIV): “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and(NIV)

06/26/2026

June isn’t over yet, just five more days until July, but I’ve been sitting here thinking about how quickly life can change and how important it is to learn to pivot when circumstances change.

How do you adjust when the cabinets are getting bare, and your budget is stretched to its limit?

I think about that often because food prices have increased so much. It isn’t just affecting people who are unemployed or living paycheck to paycheck. Rising costs are touching almost every family.

This month alone, I’ve been to the grocery store three times in just twenty-two days. Why? Because my husband and I love fresh fruits and vegetables. Every time I go back for more produce, I see something else I’d like to prepare later in the week. Before I realized it, those trips had added up to more than $600 in groceries.

The other day, my husband smiled and said, “Why don’t you make the list and let me do the shopping?”

I laughed because he’s absolutely right. He can stretch a dollar much better than I can. He’s an excellent bargain shopper and money manager. I’m more of the “I want what I want” shopper! Sometimes we need someone beside us who sees things from a different perspective.

But our conversation made me think about families who don’t have that option. Families are trying to decide whether to buy groceries, pay the utility bill, or put gas in the car. Those are tough decisions no one should have to make.

That’s one reason I regularly post information about food pantries, community meals, and food bank distributions. I never know who may need that information, and I never assume that because someone looks like they’re doing well, they aren’t struggling.
If you come across information about food resources, utility help, or other community services, please share it. You may never know whose burden you’ve helped lighten.

Let’s get back to being communities that look out for one another, where we keep our eyes open, our hearts soft, and our hands ready to help. We really are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers. Sometimes the greatest act of kindness is simply passing along information that gives someone hope.

Please share this post. Someone in your circle may need it more than you know.