Reflective Encouragement Royal Reflections

Lost in Translation

The reflection of letters and words are easily distorted by a mirrored reflection. I didn’t really consider that until I started doing zoom and other video recording to teach people concepts. Thank goodness there are settings that help correct that problem. It is so easy for things to get lost in translation.   I’m so thankful […]

Reflective Encouragement Tuesday Tidbits

Clean up Aisle 7

“Clean up in aisle 7!” blares over the stores intercom system to alert the clean up crew they are needed.   As a shopper what do you instinctively do? Go to aisle 7 or avoid it?   The clean up crew probably wishes they could avoid it with the avoiders but it’s there job. My college […]

Personal Growth Reflective Encouragement

Behind the Triple M’s

A look at the triple M’s: Monuments, Museums, and Markers~ How do you appreciate historical connection points?  Which describes you best when you visit a historical location or go to a museum, quickly walk through or linger to spend time looking through all the details?   Living so close to our nations capital has given me […]

Reflections of Life Reflective Encouragement

BREATHE!

Revisiting the essentials for life: “Oxygen is essential to life!” Just like redemption is essential for eternal life.  Both Breathing and and redemption call us to a place of surrender and release. How is your spiritual breathing? Have you been holding your breath too long? Take a deep breath. Hold it…..keep holding it….okay BREATHE. I […]

Reflections of Life Royal Reflections

Empowered in Weakness

Which will leave us with regret? — the things we have done or left undone????  Often we put off or avoid doing things because we don’t think we are good enough and we are afraid of failing.  Mark Twain’s insight about regrets— “twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things you […]

Devotion Series Reflections of Life

Looking for an “easy” button.

Overwhelmed by the circumstances of life? Caught in a trap and looking for a way out? Wondering if prayers are even heard? Most of us, if we are honest, have an area in our life that we really want changed. We might even feel trapped and almost enslaved like the Israelite’s in Egypt. There is […]

Reflections of Life

The Draw

What is it that first drew you to your Savior?  What draws you today to your Savior?   Theses are questions that I found myself reflecting on as Easter approached.    Our answers to these questions may very or they may be the same.  Either way each of us are most likely drawn for a […]

Tuesday Tidbits

Tuesday Tidbit- Growing in Prayer

I have the privilege of leading a weekly woman’s Bible study.  We are currently going through Stormie Omartian’s book and study guide “Prayer Warrior”.    I don’t think many people regularly put these two words together, so it might seem like a strange book title to you.  Either way  I hope you will grow in […]

Weekly Wellspring

Week #50 Ephesians 6:10-11

Ephesians 6:10-11Ephesians 6:10-11English: World English Bible – WEB301 Moved Permanently Moved Permanently The document has moved .WP-Bible plugin “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” What does it look like to~ Be prepared for anything? […]

Weekly Wellspring

Week # 28 1 John 5:14-15

1 John 5:14-151 John 5:14-15English: World English Bible – WEB301 Moved Permanently Moved Permanently The document has moved .WP-Bible plugin “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know that He hears us— whatever we ask we know that we have what we […]