by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 23, 2022 | Seasonal Reflections
Do you dislike Lent? Does it feel like a season for annoying rules and complaining? Do your good intentions feel somehow unappreciated or worthless? Does your extra prayer or acts of service seem empty, aimless or uncertain? Hatred for Lent seems to be an...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 17, 2022 | Discernment, Seasonal Reflections
How can you be sure that your Lenten resolutions this year have you on the right track? Will you be able to accomplish them? How do you gauge if you had a “good” Lent? What is necessary to “have a good Lent”? So, many questions, one simple answer. Let God...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Dec 11, 2021 | Quiet and Listening to God, Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections
Lord, give me a quiet heart that does not ask to understand, but confident steps forward in the dark guided by your hand. – Elizabeth Elliot My word of the year for 2021 was “Silence” (which came hot on the heels of 2020’s, “Listening” – I guess God...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Dec 2, 2021 | Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections, Self Care
Spiritual Burnout can be especially bad around the Holidays, and you may not even know you have it! Entering the holidays almost always fills us with a mutual sense of excitement and dread. Excitement at the thought of having some time off and enjoying all the sparkly...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jan 1, 2020 | Personal Growth, Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections
Are you still debating whether or not your relationship with God needs a little TLC this year? My guess is that you already know the answer to that question… the real question is whether or not YOU are ready to give a your relationship with God the effort and...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Dec 1, 2019 | Prioritizing your life, Seasonal Reflections
What God wants for Christmas… The Advent season culminates in a day filled with gifts… Gifts for everyone but the ONE we are celebrating. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we spent Advent preparing to give the Christ Child the ONE gift He truly desires from...