The One Year Book of Hope

Because I choose to believe God's Word and because I have experienced it in my own life, I thoroughly believe that the grace God provides is all you need—it is enough—for whatever you face. It will be delivered to you in the form and quantity and timing your circumstances require. It is enough to enable you to endure rejection and betrayal without becoming bitter. It is enough to generate joy in the midst of great sorrow. It is enough to help you endure the loneliness of your bed and the reminders of loss everywhere you turn. It is enough to enable you to continue believing that God is good and he loves you.

The grace God provides to you is enough for whatever suffering he allows into your life, not just enough to survive but enough to equip you to emerge from your suffering with faith intact and hope for the future. What God said to Paul he also says to you: "My gracious favor is all you need" today and for everything you will face in the days to come (2 Corinthians 12:9).

From The One Year Book of Hope by Nancy Guthrie

Here is a link if you are interested in the book:
The One Year Book of Hope

Five Tips For Daily Happiness

Five Tips For Daily Happiness

1) Start the day with 20 minutes of silence, Scripture and prayer.

2) Exercise for 20 minutes a day.

3) Write down three things you are grateful for.

4) Send a note, email or text encouraging one person. A single sentence is fine.

5) Describe in writing one new positive experience you have had over the past 24 hours.

Summarized by Brian Buffini, tweaked by me.

Why Won't You Apologize?

It’s in our most enduring and significant relationships that people become too mad to apologize. One or both parties may be convinced that the relationship can’t move forward if the other doesn’t consider his or her behavior and apologize for it. Yet there may be little agreement on who started it, what the offense is, what’s required to mend it, and who needs to apologize first. 

We automatically look for the one to blame, the person who “started it,” but relationships don’t work that way. Relationships operate in a circular, not linear, fashion, the behavior of each person provoking and reinforcing the behavior of the other. The real question is not who started it, or who is to blame, but rather what each  person can do to change his or her steps in the dance. 

~From Why Won't You Apologize by Harriet Lerner

I can't give them all here but read the book for some achievable solutions to common problems.

Get it here:
Why Won't You Apologize by Harriet Lerner

Alison's Choice

Alison's Choice is one of the best prolife films I have ever seen. It is both profound and funny even though those two can be hard to combine.

It shows the emotions of someone moving toward abortion, the back and forth arguments in her head and shows how Jesus is there the whole time trying to save her and her child.

Here is the trailer: Alison's Choice

Here is where you can get a copy:
Alison's Choice