Summer is supposed to feel lighter.

Sunshine. Vacations. Family gatherings. Cookouts. Long evenings. A little more laughter. Maybe even a few days with our toes in the sand. ☀️🌊

Yet for many accomplished, responsible women, summer doesn’t automatically make life less demanding.

The deadlines don’t disappear.

The family still needs you.

The business still needs attention.

The ministry assignment keeps moving.

Someone still needs an answer, a decision, a ride, a meeting, a meal, a solution—or simply you.

And before you know it, you’re watching other people enjoy summer while you’re carrying the same responsibilities you carried in January! 😫

So how do we enjoy this beautiful season without neglecting our responsibilities, feeling guilty for resting, or becoming so overwhelmed that we need a vacation from our vacation?

We learn how to walk the balance beam.

And winning on the balance beam doesn’t mean doing everything perfectly.

It means becoming wise enough to know what God h...

Do you tell yourself that you’ll get started on your big plans at some future date? You can start a business after the kids graduate from college? Or, maybe you’ll just wait until Memorial Day to begin your exercise program. We’ve all done it. There always seems to be a good reason not to get started right here and now.

Are you sure you know the real reason you’re waiting? If you’re waiting to begin pursuing your dreams, you’re likely just procrastinating!

Consider these excuses. Is one of them yours?

1. You’re waiting for the perfect time. Are you waiting for the stars to align and the heavens to tap you on the shoulder and give you permission? You’ll be waiting for a long time. The time will never be perfect to get started on something significant, so just get started.
   
   
2. You’re waiting for something else to happen first. Maybe you’re waiting for the kids to move out or for the mortgage to be paid off. Or you’re waiting until your next promotion. Or you’re waiting until your parent...

In this fast-paced, digital and consumer-driven world as we watch people GRASP for the golden ring...What is the genuine measure of SUCCESS?

• Is it the number of social media Likes?
• Is it the number of followers?
• Is it property and financial resources?
• Is it title and status?
• Is it higher learning degrees?

The world's definition of SUCCESS is deceptive, centered on self-gratification, manipulates others for self-promotion and sadly ends in misery.

King Solomon, the wealthiest man in history tallied his vast assets and in his final analysis he shares: