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An Invitation to Grow

Posted on December 7, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God! and Hello to Peter Shankman — photo right For years I have been aware that I am not a very good manager of myself. That “problem” is part of what made working so enjoyable! I had limits…

Tagged with: ADHD, Faster Than Normal, meaningful rules, Peter Shankman
Posted in Expand my Heart, experimentation, Flourishing, growing toward up, Growth Opportunities, interactions, Motivation, Queen of my Life, responsibility, Rethinking, role models

Plumerias in Winter

Posted on January 6, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God It is winter here in Hawaii . . . it is 75 right now and cloudy. This week the highs will be between 79 and 81 and the lows may hit 68! Hardly winter anywhere else .…

Tagged with: Hawaii, Plumerias
Posted in a prayer for healing, connecting, growing toward up, healing, Peace, Prayer, Praying for our enemies

Designed to Bloom

Posted on January 2, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God! I just reread Jimmy Carter’s essay on why he left the Souther Baptist Church over its theological position on the inequality of women. Wow, God! I am still totally amazed at how much evil is done in Your Name! Mostly,…

Posted in a prayer for healing, Changing, changing who I want to become, connecting, Equality, freedom, growing toward up, Growth Opportunities, LOVE, The difficulty of changing, The Flow of God's Love, web of life

In the Womb of God

Posted on December 6, 2015 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

But recently I found out the the Hebrew word for Compassion (Rachamin) comes for the root word rechem which means womb.

Posted in connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, Forgiving, growing toward up, healing, LOVE, The Flow of God's Love

Set FREE from Learned Helplessness

Posted on July 8, 2015 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

I’m feeling that there is a lot more to it. A lot more to discover about culturally imposed limits and unconscious restraints! But, right now, I just want to say Thank You!

Tagged with: being healed, being loved, doing things, freedom, gratitude, Learned Helplessness, unblocked
Posted in connecting, freedom, gratitude, growing toward up, hope, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, LOVE, Options, thankfulness, Thanksgiving!

It’s the STORY, Stupid

Posted on October 3, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

So, God, You have given us the Best of Stories . . . one of forgiveness and redemption and love.

Tagged with: forgiveness, Love, Redemption, Story Power
Posted in Books, Forgiven!, growing toward up, Help me to see, hope, LOVE

In God’s Hands

Posted on January 31, 2014 by a moment with god — 3 Comments

I’m choosing to view those Rings of Color as Your Spirit, God. I love picturing Your Spirit right there with me — Patiently Hovering.

Tagged with: Differentiation, growing toward up, Integration, responsibilities
Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, authority over my life, Balancing and adjustments, connecting, growing toward up, responding to God's Spirit, responsibility

Standing Free — Becoming Me

Posted on August 23, 2013 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Ah, but You have set us free, God. Free to become more our individual selves. I like that! I love the story where You are supposed to have said to Rabbi Mendlebaum, “I didn’t want you to be more like Moses. I wanted you to be more like Rabbi Mendlebaum!”

Tagged with: Celtic Cross, Free, genes, Nature and Nurture
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, connecting, growing toward up, New Creatures in Christ

Making the Most of Home and Failures

Posted on May 2, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

True, God, she has heard me say that before . . . but I think it was Winston Churchill who defined Success as “Going from one failure to the next with undiminished enthusiasm.”

Tagged with: Exercises, Failure, Growing Up, home, Learning
Posted in growing toward up, Praise, Sacrifice, so much to learn