by Deanna Young | Jul 28, 2016 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Have you ever played this game? Whack-a-Mole? You seriously just keep pounding these moles back down into their hole with a big ole hammer and they keep popping their ugly heads up and you have to keep on pounding them back down. It can be intense, frustrating and...
by Deanna Young | Jul 11, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
ALARMS. We have all kinds of alarms that signal something specific to us. Fire alarms are sounded when smoke or fire is suspected. Alarm clocks signal it’s time to get up and get moving. Alarms on our phone may go off signaling a reminder to do something. Bell...
by Deanna Young | May 16, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? – Corrie Ten Boom When I heard this quote, I knew it was worthy of a blog! I am afraid sometimes I try to put prayer in the trunk and have it just in case things don’t go smoothly with my own plan. You...
by Deanna Young | May 4, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
My daughters loved playing Barbie® dolls when they were little. They even had a “Barbie room” made from a closet in an upstairs room that had a slanted roof making it a perfect place to sit and play for hours. The only problem with some of those dolls...
by Deanna Young | May 2, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
One of our pastors told this story yesterday and I am going to do my best to retell it: “A little girl had a rare blood condition. Without a blood transfusion, she would die. Her little 8-year-old brother had also had to fight this condition a few years...
by Deanna Young | Apr 29, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Have you ever told someone to do something and they just flat ignored you? Maybe it was your children when they were younger – “clean your room”. You go in their room, and it’s just the same as when you gave the instruction. Maybe it was your...