by Carolyn Pereira | Mar 31, 2022 | Fasting, Personal Growth, Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, “the foregoing of food” (literally: “to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance” (Oxford Languages)? But ever...
by Carolyn Pereira | Mar 6, 2022 | Fasting, Personal Growth
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. – Matthew 9:15 If we are disciples of Jesus, we should be fasting – and not just during Lent, but all the time! Problem is, it is WAY too easy to make excuses and justify...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 8, 2022 | Christian Goal Setting, Personal Growth, When life is Hard
I guess experience makes me qualified to write about failure. From where I sit, when I look at the grand scheme of all my plans, by all outward appearance at this moment in my life, I am one. I’ve worked for many years to learn all the S.M.A.R.T. things and do all the...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 5, 2022 | Personal Growth, Prioritizing your life |
Goals are supposed to be a tool to help us align our actions with our priorities and make us make progress towards what matters to us. Sounds good right? Well, then why do we so often fail at our goals? Or better yet, when we succeed at them, why do they leave us...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jan 3, 2022 | Personal Growth, Relationship with God
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. ~ Matthew 11:29 Humility is so “unpopular”. It is literally the opposite of everything we believe to be good as a society right now:...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Aug 19, 2021 | Personal Growth, Prioritizing your life, When life is Hard
Death to self – Unappealing? Definitely (At first glance). Macabre? Maybe it can seem so from the outset. Outdated? Since when does the bible go out of date? Misunderstood? Absolutely! Don’t let fear of “death” stop you from finding this hidden...