This time of year I do a lot of reflection. I have been working with Lisa Vanderveen in her program and I am doing my end of year review program I do with another coach. And as I do this process one of the questions that comes up is what are you leaving behind in 2024? The work I have been doing in Lisa's program has been helping me see how habit and actions from past situations and experience are still impacting my current circumstances and reality. Something that has come up in both places with this idea that - Not all good habits are useful or serving me. So I am auditing these habits and determining which ones I need to shift or pivot or drop all together. Do you have any habits that are good habits but are no longer serving you? Consider how you can make some changes and see if that creates more space and opportunity for the things you want more of in life. Maybe it's a "should" or three that needs to be let go of. One that is "good" but holding you back. Mine was surprising - my current devotional time and practices are not longer serving me or feeding my soul the way I need them to. It's time to do some things differently. Would love to hear if any of you have good habits that need auditing and adjusting or to be let go of completely.

In doing some reading and devotional this morning - I was reminded that of all the religions in the world Christianity is the only one that is LOVE first. All of our interactions with God are through the lens of LOVE. Even when there is correction and discipline - it is through the lens of love. There is no other faith that is so love centric. And being love centric makes ALL the difference. He so LOVED this world and the humans in it - despite their full rejection of that love and relationship - that he did the unthinkable and became human so he could repair forever that broken relationship. That is pretty mind blowing. And this is just a reminder that if you are indeed going to call yourself a Christian - you much proceed LOVE first in all things. Not easy for sure. But that is how we truly walk and act in the image of God. Love first. Have a great weekend!

Yeah YOU. (What do you need to stop doing?)

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Thought that I had today as I was walking the dogs and stumbled on what appeared to be nothing or maybe a small shift in the pavement. It just happened, all of the sudden. I couldn't see it ahead of me. And I have walked this way a million times and never tripped. This got me thinking about our spiritual journey. Obstacles we can see ahead of us. Sometimes they are enemy created, sometimes we throw them into our own path. Sometimes they just are part of living in this beautiful but broken world. But we can always see them. We can feel them. They are tangible and clearly block our path. Stumbling blocks are those "surprise" tripping points. The ones that seem to raise up out of the path when we least expect it. They can make us stumble or even go sprawling. Because they take us by surprise and usually pop up right when we are starting to feel good or make progress or step into our power - we assume they are their to block us and we make them an obstacle. The whole mountain out of a mole hill idea. So maybe that thing you think is holding you back or slowing you down - isn't really an obstacle, it's just a stumbling block you weren't expecting and it has made you lose focus on your path and instead focus on this one small thing that is really very easy to step over. Just a random (possibly ramble) thought that came up today as I walked the dogs and am walking out my spiritual journey. It has stuck with me today so I felt called to share it.