by Rebecca Yauger | Apr 2, 2025 | Christian walk, discipline, empowerment, encouragement, faith, faith in Christ, negativity, prayer
Have you ever had one of those days where you’re just plain cranky. And your thoughts are running wild. You have negative thoughts, even downright nasty thoughts about your situation or about someone else. Then you catch yourself and wonder what is happening, and why...
by Rebecca Yauger | Dec 3, 2024 | Christmas, encouragement, faith, family, fear, forgiveness, friendship, prayer, trust, trusting God
Well, I guess I need to be real. I’m all about encouraging one another and giving hope. But at the moment, I’m struggling. This year, thinking about Christmas only brings stress. Certain family relationships are difficult. And I’m hoping we zoom quickly right into...
by Rebecca Yauger | Nov 5, 2024 | choices, encouragement, faith, faith in Christ, faithfulness, fear, God is there, God's Word, new beginnings, prayer, trusting God
People are edge these day. Have you noticed? Truthfully, I think a lot of it has to do with today’s election. The country is very divided – angrily divided. No matter what happens today, half the country is going to be upset. No matter what happens, we...
by Rebecca Yauger | Jul 12, 2022 | choices, dreams, encouragement, faith, fear, focus on today, inspiration, just show up, motivation, prayer, Self-doubt, today, trust
In my current creative writing class, we’re discussing fear. We were asked what are we afraid of as far as our writing, and what have we done to combat these fears? It’s almost disheartening to read these submissions about fear. Some examples are, “I...
by Rebecca Yauger | Sep 30, 2021 | a new direction, career changes, choices, choose, cycles of life, dreams, God's plan, just show up, leap of faith, learning, new beginnings, prayer
What did you want to be when you grew up? You may wonder why I’m asking that question. I’m not sure, to be honest. Maybe because when I was little, I wrote little stories, then cut up the paper and stapled everything together so it looked like a book. I’ve always...
by Rebecca Yauger | Sep 2, 2021 | choose, discouragement, empowerment, faithfulness, fear, focus on today, God is there, prayer, running away, today, trust, trusting God
Like a lot of us, I’ve been in a cycle of worry, of feeling sad, and even being short-tempered with my husband, when he doesn’t deserve it. I HATE that! I fret about my parents and their health. There have been other family health issues as well. My...