Good morning, sweet Rise and Shine friends!

It has been a minute since we have met.

A lot has happened in the world over the last few weeks, and to be honest, I have not been in a great place.

Logging off my social media, again, has helped.

Images upon images, words upon words, opinions upon opinions….my heart, body, brain and spirit became weary.

For a few nights I was restless. I even had a panic attack, which I have not had one of those in a long time.

Just keeping it real here.

“Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then, the God of peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:9

As I came across these words of Paul, my mind jolted back to something I read many years ago. It was a book on marriage.

The author said, “Whatever you practice in your daily life is what you will eventually become.”

She was teaching on the kind of attitude we have towards our spouses. If we practice bitterness, we will become bitter older women. If we practice laziness, we will become lazy.

So, here, I see Paul in the book of Philippians telling us to put into practice these things that we have been taught through God’s Word.

Hello, sweet friends!

I have been pondering this verse for a couple of weeks now, and I would love to chat with you about it.

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29

Jesus spoke these words to Thomas after His resurrection.

Thomas was not there when Jesus first appeared to the disciples.

The disciples told Thomas all that happened! They could not control their excitement!