Well, Thanksgiving is officially behind us, and we are quickly heading into our Christmas season. We still have no idea precisely what that will look like with this pandemic. No doubt it will be a different Christmas from those in the past. How will you inspire delight in this Christmas season in the middle of…
Do your holidays look slightly different than your typical ones? I believe you can still make them extraordinary. And quite possibly, the best way to accomplish this might be to try something new. Discover today how to make your Thanksgiving remarkable. And please share a few of your traditions to help someone else.
Have you found yourself in a mood that seems to clash with the current season? Perhaps the “Happy” in Thanksgiving is fading quickly as one unexpected event after another occurs. However, it is not too late to salvage the season. Embracing two very opposite feelings at the same time is possible.
Do you ever get in a funk where all you see is the negative? Where life seems so unfair and downright hard. No matter where you look, all you see is what is wrong. Have you ever considered stopping in the middle of this mindset and seeing what happens when you practice gratitude? It might…
Today we are featuring our most popular post in October 2020 | Grace & Truth Link-Up. At the beginning of each month, here at Embracing the Unexpected, we look back at the previous month to see which titles were catching our reader’s eyes. We measure this by the number of times an article was clicked….
Has your year been full of letdowns with numerous unexpected circumstances? My guess, if this is true, is it has led to a bit of discontentment at times. However, with a few good choices, we don’t have to dwell in this place. Discover what to do when you are disappointed.
Do you glide smoothly into a change when it appears as though it will be beneficial? Or do you resist it with all your strength? It always baffles me when a change has the potential to bring good, yet we wrestle with wanting to cling to the old. Do you ever do this too?
Do you ever stop to ponder how looking in the right direction can help bring peace that fuels you on to embrace the unexpected? This week, Lois Flowers stopped me in my tracks to consider – am I looking up enough? Not only to God but in my everyday life.
When you see another person struggling, is your tendency to jump in and try to alleviate the hardship? After all, it seems kind, loving, and what a good Christian should do. However, could we be doing more harm than help by underestimating the importance of the struggle?
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