Summer – time for friends
Summertime! In summer we meet more and more with friends, whether at the pool, for a coffee, a beer, or on warm, long evenings around a crackling fire. Maybe we will also...
Encouragement
Too much or not enough?
In my last blog I encouraged self-love. We should love ourselves because otherwise we cannot love others. While researching this topic, I came across a Christian blog post in which someone wondered...
Are you getting active for a starfish?
You walk along the beach by the ocean and admire the many shells that have washed up. Wow, there’s also a starfish! It’s moving, it’s still alive! But it dries up here...
You won’t get me!
The other day I had a tough weekend. Tough for me means being with people from morning till night, several days in a row. Then I know that I need to rest,...
Where’s the joy?
The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10, “„…the joy you have in the Lord is your strength.”The verse is familiar and has always spoken to me. But the other day someone at a...
Light in the Darkness
Last week first my husband, and then I had Corona, like so many at the moment. It came with a surprising number of symptoms for me: fever, sore throat, aching limbs, headache,...
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...