Vision Leads… What do your eyes of faith see? Are you willing to take that next step?
The last few days have been a time of refueling – spiritually and mentally. Also, a time to explore next steps in my ministry.
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Personal Growth
Perfectly Imperfect
Maggie Sabatier-Smith July 8, 2020Finish line in sight, we set big audacious goals. There’s clarity – we know why we want this. There’s a plan. There’s accountability. There’s action. But then… distractions. Oops, we missed a day. Disappointment shows up with very unflattering things to say.
Our choices:
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Ridiculously Committed
Maggie Sabatier-Smith July 6, 2020“Set a goal SO BIG that you can’t achieve until you grow into the person who can.” – Unknown
For as long as I can remember my dream was to become a writer. What does that look like? Why a writer? To be honest, I never thought beyond those words. I just knew that I had to write. It was in the doing that purpose would show up. I guess if I looked behind the curtain (my wall of insecurity), I would admit that I wanted to be published. I wanted my words to matter – to make a difference in someone’s life.
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Hope Changes Everything
Maggie Sabatier-Smith July 5, 2020Hope opens the door to opportunities we might not otherwise see. While I set out to hope – to believe for what I cannot see in the present – admittedly there have been times when giving up seemed like a better choice. Faith carries me through those rough patches. Experience tells the story and confirms that everything is going to be alright. I pray for it, wait for it and believe it.
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Day One… Begin
Maggie Sabatier-Smith April 1, 2020Every adventure has a day one – that moment when you know your life is about to change. I’m talking about the adventures we plan, the ones that begin to take shape in our mind. At first it may simply be a hint of an idea – of an outcome – of a destination. Inside, joy, expectation and perhaps a bit of fear begin to bubble up. Ideas come and go as the adventure gains more clarity and purpose. Change is on the horizon and there’s a voice inside that clamors, “Bring it!”
I’m told that I use the term adventure often and for a variety of reasons.
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Do you have a place where you store your Someday Dreams? At some point in your life story they were real enough to tuck away for that perfect future time. Are they still real today? How often do you visit them? Perhaps you’ve got them up on your Vision Board.
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Someone is Dying to Hear…
Maggie Sabatier-Smith April 5, 2019“Someone is dying to hear what you have to say”, these are words I shared with a fellow writer recently. Most know the idiomatic expression – dying to – means to be very eager. It’s a light and carefree expression that speaks of enthusiasm and anticipation.
But what if it were true? What if there was someone who was dying emotionally, spiritually, or physically, and you held the key to their very next decision?
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Aging – What’s life got to do with it?
Maggie Sabatier-Smith February 26, 2019Aging is a given. Life without purpose and meaning is not. You wouldn’t show up at your job and just hang around until it was time to go home –just filling space.
Jesus tells us in John 10:10 that He came that we would have and enjoy life – in abundance – to overflowing. So, I ask, how’s life working for you? When you walk into a room, do you know that you make a difference? Is your abundance showing or are you just taking up space?
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And Now… What’s Best for Me
Maggie Sabatier-Smith February 15, 2019And now I’ll do what’s best for me… Some “cringe” at the sound of that. You believe that putting yourself first is <— fill in your own judgement —>.
What’s not best for me
I’ve been there. At an early age I heard these messages “don’t be selfish, be more or not good enough” I learned to give beyond what was reasonable. In search of recognition or applause from a source that only demanded more.
It becomes habit. If we were honest our words would be, and now…
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2019 How Goals it? – Check In With Your Plan
Maggie Sabatier-Smith January 29, 2019It’s Challenge Tuesday and YIKES we are almost finished with January! Is it me or did this month just fly by? How are you doing with your 2019 goals? Is it time to recommit?
No goals? Then I guess it’s all going according to plan. With or without goals this statement holds true for many: No Change = No Change.
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