Advent is here! What better way to get our hearts ready to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus than to focus our hearts with a devotional?

It is okay to start again. There is no shame in plans not working out quite right and not hitting the mark on your first, second, or any shot. There is no shame ever in trying.

In case you are also looking for some free online Advent reads, I have shared some good ones below. If you have any resource suggestions, please let me know. I did stick with these online sources because they do not rely on more than logging in with Facebook or email.

Lots of our Promise FM artists have devotionals based on their songs featured on Bible.com. They help you see the heart behind the artist and their music, AND they are typically about 3-7 days. This is not extensive, but I thought you would enjoy a few and hope they remind you that you are loved! 

Sometimes we don’t get to spend a whole day together. Like ALL THE TIME, but maybe you’d like to catch up. I hope this will help.

This week we spent a lot of time at Gaylord’s Alpenfest. It was so much fun getting a chance to be mobile with the studio, and get a chance to chat with everyone who stopped by. If you couldn’t make it, no problem, we have sticker stops coming your way.

What a great week we had! Sun, rain and a finish with a sticker stop in Alpena! It was so much fun meeting and reconnecting with friends in Alpena.

Here's a tiny smattering of what we chatted about this week.

When God has put a plan in motion…trust His pace. Do you find yourself wanting to scoot the plan along? We do that, don't we? We set our minds on something and then we are like, "Happen already!" But there are a lot of necessary things that happen in the growth process and in the waiting.

Today I saw this little meme picture with stairs, and it said. “You don’t have to see the staircase; just take the first step.”

We can share Jesus with others as we live our lives.

It can be hard finding peace in your home if your bedroom is a cyclone of clutter, and I am speaking from experience. It can also be really daunting looking at the clutter and thinking that there is no way you can get it all done. So today’s challenge is bite-sized!

I think most of us can immediately visualize our problem zone when we think about decluttering. Shut your eyes, can you picture yours?

I may have mentioned that my husband and I have boxes in our basement that we haven’t opened since we have moved and a few that we haven’t opened since we got married. Most of those are mine. Well, today, our decluttering assignment should be the start to solving this dilemma.

Is your kitchen cluttered by food? Like countertops are the storage solution lately. Today’s Declutter Challenge might be a big help.

Do you want to give your bathroom a makeover? Declutter it.

DAY 10 - WORK THROUGH SOME OF YOUR ASPIRATIONAL CLUTTER

Today is about removing ASPIRATIONAL CLUTTER.