Spirit Led Woman

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.      **Forgive them anyway. *If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.      **Be kind anyway. *If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.      **Succeed anyway. *If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.      **Be honest and sincere anyway. *What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.      **Create anyway. *If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.      **Be happy anyway. *The good you do today, will often be forgotten.      **Do good anyway. *Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.      **Give your best anyway. *In the final analysis, it is between you and God.       **It was never between you and them anyway. *Mother Teresa*

When we first moved to Carmi to pastor World Harvest Christian Center, one of the first things we did was a leadership training program. The material we used was by John Maxwell. As a result of the training, four of the adults in our church went back to school to finish their education. Several others either changed jobs or got promotions on their jobs. Maxwell has a way of communicating that is definitely an art skill. His new Book "Everyone Communicates Few Connect " is designed to help people reach their full potential by examining how to truly connect with others through communication. Maxwell shares five principles and five practices to use to develop your skills in communicating. One of the great things about this book is that it can help you correct bad habits of communicating by showing you the right way to connect with others. The chapters cover things like finding common ground with others, keeping it simple, and inspiring others. Life situations are used to

Last week I was really wishing I had a new book to read when Patsy Clairmont's new book Kaleidoscope was delivered for my review. I love a great devotional; one that challenges me and helps me to think about my spiritual life. Being a 'full-fledged' (that means 40 hrs a week outside the home) working mom/pastor's wife now, I especially appreciate those devotionals with chapters that are actually short and digestible! For those of you not familiar with Patsy Clairmont, the words 'quick wit' and 'funny bone' are used to describe her humor. What I love about her is the heart of gold underneath her satire. Patsy is a recovering agoraphobic and her message is one of hope and healing. In this book, Patsy takes us through the book of proverbs by breaking down verses into digestible pieces to deal with everyday life. She does this by sharing her own stories with humor and authenticity. I found myself wanting to discuss what I had just read with her but s