Encouragement

Expectant!

Due to my husband’s retirement, we were painfully confronted with the issue of expectations. We found out that he and I had different expectations about how we should spend our time after...

Take a break with Jesus

Are you extremely busy, have a mountain of work ahead of you, many appointments, don’t know where to start? Do you feel that you’ve reached the end of your rope? It’ s...

Focus!

Recently, I was in a somewhat energy draining situation. There were several incidents where a colleague and I had difficulties with each other. I felt misunderstood and not taken seriously. Over time,...

Stay tuned!

Sometimes I am faced with a situation and don’t know how to help. Maybe I see a person with health problems, maybe someone with difficulties at work. With my human strength I...

Guard your heart

Life is sometimes hard! People hurt us verbally or with their behavior. That hurts. Recently someone told me, “Don’t make such a fuss, you’re so difficult!” Ouch! My spontaneous reaction is to...

What’s your mindset?

Imagine being invited to a classy evening at the theater and for some reason not being able to dress nicely, but showing up in older everyday clothes. You are probably quite embarrassed...

Put yourself into his light

Do you like being the center of attention? How does it feel when negative things about you are brought to light in front of people? Whew, that’s tough!In contrast, when you put...

Are you a peacemaker?

Do you see and feel this atmosphere? Corona certificate or not, vaccination yes or no, the atmosphere is quite tense. The debate about vaccination and about the certificate is heated even among...

Shift

Imagine a large house with lots of windows. It’s there in the evening light, aloof and cold, no flowers in the windows, no decoration around the house, no lights shining in the...

Collect trust like marbles

Do you have people in your life that you trust completely and others that you don’t know where you stand? And sometimes you don’t understand why? Who deserves your trust? And how...