by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
To be comfortable is at the top of almost every person’s list. Comfortable means to affording physical ease: cozy, snug, warm, pleasant, agreeable or being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease. I want a comfortable home,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
From as far back as I can remember, God has given me a word to ponder throughout the year. But it wasn’t until 2013 that I started keeping track of those words. Each year the word He has given me has defined that year in some way. MY LEGACY—Great-Grandma holding me,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 29, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
It’s crazy how we allow our emotions to hold us back from being all-in with God. I realized there are four key negative emotions that cause us issues and keep us from applying four key truths of God. I really didn’t plan it this way but amazingly both the core truths... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
She sat across from me with tears streaming down her face. Her question was buried in remorse and pain. She was having a hard time getting the words out. I said gently, “Whatever you want to share with me it can’t be as bad as what I’ve gone through having weighed 430... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
One thing I hear from many women is how they want to be perfect and then beat themselves up because they aren’t. When they fail, they stop trying because they don’t want the pain of being seen as imperfect. They think if they cannot do something perfectly they... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
As a child, I don’t know how many times during church services I sang the old song, “I Surrender All.” I’m not sure what I thought the words meant back then. I probably thought they were defining what I did when I accepted Jesus at age seven and gave up my life of...
