From Laura Acuna: My shame story began when I was eleven. I entered seventh grade at five feet tall and weighed one hundred pounds, but by the time I left junior high, my weight doubled. Yes, you read that correctly. In the brief span of only a few years, I gained over one hundred pounds.

I have heard it said that there is only one thing that never changes in life …. and that is the undeniable certainty that something is about to change! There is a personal problem that is found in that certainty … I am a girl who doesn’t like change!

What does it mean to be a truly successful person? More importantly … what does success mean to you?

Contrary to what Hollywood and People magazine have tried to tell you … You are NOT too old!

God welcomes our questions. His Word can stand up to the strongest of scrutiny. But unresolved doubt can lead to the deconstruction of our faith.

My heart beats with a passion to tell people about Jesus … about His great love for us … about His amazing grace … and about the abundant life He is willing to give each one of us.

Gray skies … Dark days … Frigid temperatures … Barren trees. Large numbers on the bathroom scale … low numbers in my checking account … an empty house … a lonely heart. Such is the culture of January. If I am not careful, I can be swallowed alive by the cold and gloom … by the emptiness … of January.

The Father … when He created mankind thousands of years ago … put eternity in our hearts. Imagine that! You and I are made of the stuff of which eternity is made! It’s that slice of eternity in our hearts that causes us to be uncomfortable in the measuring cup of time.

As we bid adieu to 2022, social media is about to be flooded with New Year’s resolutions, color-coded planners, and every type of 2023 calendar imaginable. You can organize your life hourly, daily, weekly, monthly…even minute by minute, if you really want to.

The days of December are nearly over.  Christmas 2022 will soon become but a lovely memory packed away with the annual decorations.  However, I am determined this year, above every year, to hold the lessons of Christmas deeply within my heart and as stirring guideposts for living.

The days of matchless … miraculous … and breathtaking wonder are upon us … the days of Christmas. The Savior of the world has come.

It is astonishing … nearly impossible … beyond belief … and inconceivable! This is the week that I will turn 68 years old?! Here are 68 lessons from my 68 years.

“Joy to the world—the Lord has come!” We sing these words every year, but what does it mean that the Creator came to his creation as a baby? How exactly does the “earth receive her King?” What does it sound like when rocks, hills, floods, and plains echo his praise? And what would it mean for you to join in the chorus?

From all of us at Carol McLeod Ministries – Happy Thanksgiving! As we count our blessings, we are thankful for you … our family and our friends.

What sweet memories I have of Thanksgiving days gone by!

The rich and precious treasure of the Thanksgivings of yesterday invariably will cause the tears to flow in abundance … my heart to swell with a quiet aching … and my gaze to lift Heavenward.