Gina Sternfels Category

Celebrating Traveling Milestones

By Gina Sternfels Over Thanksgiving break, I took my son, Ivan, to see our Spellers practitioner in Florida.  The last time we went there was a few years ago, we drove there, but this time we were flying! He has not flown in over nine years, so while I was apprehensive about things, I was […]

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Learning To Be A Wildflower of The Lord

By Gina Sternfels With two of my kids being away at college, I worry about my boys. What worries do you have today? Kids, parents, work or the front page of the paper? There are many things we let crowd our hearts and minds. Did you know there is a “Cure for Anxiety” in Matthew […]

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Inviting Peace into the Busyness of My Day

By Gina Sternfels I have been drawn to this prayer, “Jesus, you must increase, and I must decrease, ” when I have heard friends pray this.  I have been working on praying this short prayer more, because it allows me to slow down and reflect. It leads me to the simplicity of how I can […]

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Receive The Peace of Metanoia in Stillness with Jesus

By Gina Sternfels My baby is off to college. Yes, he is an 18-year-old, 6-foot 2-inch son who is always my baby!  He towers over me, but that sweet face with big eyes and a radiant smile is still the little one in my arms. He prayed about where to go and finally narrowed down […]

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Temperaments Teach Me To Love Myself And My Family Better

By Gina Sternfels Investigating your temperaments is a great way to know better what gifts God has given you.     We all have four temperaments: sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic and choleric. Jesus is the perfection of all temperaments.

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My daily camino

By Gina Sternfels The season of summer is upon us! New seasons mean new growth! For us, it has been celebrating the accomplishments of our youngest son, graduating high school and preparing for a new path in the fall for college. To commemorate this time, his uncle planned a trip to walk part of the […]

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Growing More Into Mother and Wife

By Gina Sternfels God has me learning through prayer! I am becoming more self-aware as I dig deeper into prayer.  It has been interesting to hear God’s voice or movement calling me to be better as a mother and wife.  God spoke to me in my most recent journal entry and left me with some […]

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Remember to turn to God in your decision making

By Gina Sternfels What are you going to be when you grow up? This question is asked often as we grow up. For some, it may be obvious, but others they may go to college and figure it out. How many of us invite God into that decision? My youngest son is a high school […]

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Just Rest in a Bible Study

By Gina Sternfels Have you ever taken the time for a bible study with others? I participated in a Bible study this Lent, and what a gift the Lord placed in my life. I didn’t plan to add anything to my schedule as it was already full, but my heart was heavy when a friend […]

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God’s Lenten Preparation for Me

By Gina Sternfels Looking ahead to Lenten preparation, what are you planning to do with God this year?  Do you wonder how God is calling you closer to him? Where in life does he want you to focus? Is it obvious or are you trying to figure it out? Recently, I have been blessed to […]

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“A voice cries out in the wilderness, prepare a way for the Lord!”

By Gina Sternfels We sang this song in church last weekend and that verse has been in my head since then, and it has been a gift.  Yes, a song in preparation for Christmas, but also it is an excellent line in the song to keep me focused on what matters most right now in […]

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