by Amy Jung | May 12, 2022 | Coaching Your Friends, Coaching Your Kids, Coaching Your Spouse, Coaching Yourself, Fear, Uncategorized |
I’m always amazed at the lack of fear my kids have. They walk over logs high over creeks, my daughter rides horses, and my son pitches in baseball games. These things can stir up fears in me. Fear can be good. It can serve as an alarm bell that something is...
by Amy Jung | Apr 26, 2022 | Coaching Your Friends, Coaching Your Kids, Coaching Your Spouse, Coaching Yourself, Encouragement, Grace, Hope, Ministry and Serving, Uncategorized |
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”proverbs 18:21 I remember one of the most hopeless seasons in my life. I felt despair at the thought of living through another day of...
by Amy Jung | Apr 16, 2022 | Coaching Yourself, Jesus, Savior, Uncategorized |
It’s Silent Saturday. The day before we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. I’m not asking a question as I normally do in this post, but I’m also not being silent today. I sit down at my desk to write and the legs of a chair that’s been headed...
by Amy Jung | Feb 26, 2022 | Coaching Yourself, Encouragement, Mothering Encouragement, Parenting, Renewing the Mind, Spiritual Growth, Thinking, Uncategorized |
Is it wrong for me to think I can reflect God? Humans aren’t perfectly holy, all-present, or all-knowing. Don’t worry! I don’t propose that we can reflect those kinds of attributes, but if we are in Christ we are enabled and called by God to image...
by Amy Jung | Dec 10, 2021 | Coaching Yourself, Jesus, Uncategorized |
Exasperated with feeling weak and unsuccessful, I grumbled under my breath about the project I was working on. This project had called me to a vulnerable place. I had put myself “out there” and had utilized all my creative energy. I was spiritually,...
by Amy Jung | Nov 13, 2021 | Coaching Yourself, Grace, Uncategorized |
I felt the tug of the strong, Outer Banks current on us and I knew we were in trouble. My daughter and I had been enjoying the rough surf with our new boogie boards on our first full day at the beach. I failed to notice the lone, yellow, caution flag hidden between...
by Amy Jung | Oct 28, 2021 | Coaching Yourself, Grace, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized |
Have you ever heard this heart-wrenching story? Polish Priest, Maximilian Kolbe, was arrested by the Gestapo for hiding Jews and Polish refugees from the Nazis during World War II. During his time at Auschwitz concentration camp, ten men were rounded up to be starved...
by Amy Jung | Jul 10, 2021 | Uncategorized |
What if I make a fool out of myself? What if…I really am a fool? What if homeschooling was the wrong choice? Have I ruined my kids? Is my kid doing enough? Am I enough? What if we shouldn’t have bought that house? Did I offend that person? Am I offensive?...
by Amy Jung | Jun 21, 2021 | Coaching Yourself, Identity of a Believer, Thinking, Uncategorized |
It has been a few months since the bitter, cold day that our sweet rabbit, Cocoa, gave birth to her four babies. It was a day that Cocoa acted on her feelings instead of the realities and truth of her situation. The result was quite horrific to see. The ensuing...
by Amy Jung | Jun 1, 2021 | Coaching Yourself, Questions, Thinking, Uncategorized, Who we are in Christ / Identity of a believer |
Sometimes, fighting my own thoughts feels like climbing a mountain. There are slippery slopes, jagged, painful edges, and dangerous cliffs. Being out of my comfort zone can bring on thoughts that are not based on truth and, hence, a mountain climbing expedition! I...
