Lisa Arms
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Apr 21
Start at the Beginning
A week and a half to ponder this whole alignment thing …. I can clearly hear where God wants me to go. The first steps are always the hardest part – acknowledging my starting point, drawing the line and then starting. I’d like for this to be the easy part. I’d like for this to be …
Apr 11
Alignment Where it Matters
April 2017 I am so grateful … when God wants my attention – when I really need to be learning something, He creates the most amazing times of stillness for me. I can be way to busy and way too caught up in crazy to-do lists that often involve other people, BUT when I feel …
Mar 12
5 months
Having been in bed basically asleep for 3 days …. Today’s anniversary snuck up on me. Unfortunately – Thad seems to be getting it now too 💚 5 months post injury 💚 In our adult life, we have never referred to things in weeks or months until Brain Injury. Not ever having children, I couldn’t understand how …
Mar 05
Be Still
Sometimes God makes things as clear as the writing on the wall and sometimes we have to be still to hear him whisper in our hearts. In a season of “trials”, I truly want to honor God … and to honor him, I need to listen and to listen I need to be still. Being …
Feb 13
Forgive
February 2017 When something traumatic happens in someone’s life, hearts will be revealed and often change is required. There is a process I have to go through because loss occurred. For me, going through the shock, grief, and resignation to get to acceptance doesn’t look like I thought it would. My shock stage was completely …
Jan 26
Chase the Lion
Our first book of 2017 ends like this – so perfect as Thad attempts his first full day of therapy tomorrow! It’s okay to pray a hedge of protection around those you love the – God is our Refuge, our Shield. But he is also our banner — the God who goes before us, the …
Jan 04
Happy Anniversary
It is somewhat weird figuring how to say what I am feeling when it comes to celebrating 22 years of marriage to Thad. The past couple of decades has been quite a roller coaster of highs, lows, twists and turns. Though nothing can ever prepare you for the challenges that come with a brain injury. …
Jan 01
Let God
January 2017 So much change …. My inner control freak is fighting to come out and I seriously just want to get out of the way and release any and all control! I think I am doing ok and then there is another change, another revelation, another something completely and totally unexpected. I am a …
Dec 08
All for our Good and His Glory – even Brain Injury
So Wow! This is not at all what I thought was coming and I had no idea what was going on in my hubby’s head. Praying that God will keep me present and protect me from all of the ways I am beating myself up for not doing a better job getting him help sooner. …
Nov 19
Happy Birthday to Me
I love celebrating birthdays. I don’t care who’s it is – it calls for celebration. Your birthday is the day that God chose to bring you into this world. He knew us before he laid the foundation of the universe. We are created in his image. We were chosen by him, created as his masterpiece, …