by Lisa Comes | May 17, 2017 | Blog
When I think of people who had to overcome failure, I think of Peter, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. But I don’t think this is because Peter personifies failure. No one does. Failure is not what we are or who we become—it is an event or events in our lives that come...
by Lisa Comes | May 17, 2017 | Blog
You can’t control what other people say about you, but you can control your own words. So many times we’re our own worst labeler, and we trap ourselves by saying things like: “I don’t like myself.” The trap: If you don’t like yourself, you begin to think...
by Lisa Comes | May 17, 2017 | Blog
The struggle’s as old as time and maybe because of the very nature of realizing a dream. The path is never easy, never smooth. There are sure to be dark places, dips and pits. Remember Joseph in the Old Testament, whose brothers stole his coat, threw him into a...
by Lisa Comes | May 17, 2017 | Blog
On the hard days of life, God reminds me I have more in me than I think. There have been so many times when I thought I could not make it one more day. You know those days. You are tired and worn out. You’re weary in body, mind, and spirit. You feel undone and...
by Lisa Comes | May 17, 2017 | Blog
When you begin to not only see what your gifts are, but label yourself with them and use them, your life will be transformed. You will look back and think, How could I have had such a poor self-image when God has done so much for me? You’ll wonder: Why was it...
