by Teresa Shields Parker | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
What disappoints you? Is it yourself? Is it circumstances you think you shouldn’t have to go through? Is what you think God should have done for you think He didn’t? Is it other people giving up on fulfilling their potential? When it comes to our personal failures and... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 28, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
King David asked God a question I’ve asked myself many times. “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Savior and my God!” (Psalms 42:11 NLT). That’s what we should do, but many times we don’t. The word... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 21, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers
Is there something someone has done to you or some circumstance that has happened where you felt wronged and you feel you can’t do anything about it? Do you constantly think about it? Do you go to bed ruminating about it, get up with it, and carry it with you all day... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 12, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Poetry, Purpose, sweet freedom, Uncategorized
Shades of blacks and whites Long black angry shadows Hiding fears, mistrusts, and shame And white as far as the eye can see. Nothingness. I wear my despair in monotone. No cure for my sickness. No help to pull me out of lifelessness. No desire to climb to freedom.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
My strong word for 2023 is strong. When God gave me that word, I began questioning what part of that word He wanted me to focus on. Most of us think of physical strength when we hear the word strong but that wasn’t what He was talking about. Kalan Chaloupek, Battle of... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 30, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, sweet grace, Uncategorized
I’m reminded today that 10 years ago God tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to write my first book, my weight loss memoir. I’d been on a transformation journey, being thrilled about losing the next pound, and getting down to the next size. I hadn’t calculated how...