11.12.2026 Manifesto days
I’ve changed those words a time or two. God is still changing me.
I pull it out when the world gets loud. When I’ve tried hard and fallen short. When somebody’s opinion starts sounding louder than the One who made me.
Maybe you have those days, too.
Days when we need reminding ‘Whose’ we are before we worry about who we ‘ought to be’.
I belong to Jesus.
Before the work.
Beneath the worry.
Beyond what anybody thinks.
And I want that belonging to show in how I love.
Compassion is my compass, but Christ must be my center. Otherwise, even my best intentions can become more about being appreciated than being obedient.
These ten things help bring my wandering heart back home.
Humility: Every good thing in my life has His fingerprints on it.
Every ability.
Every opportunity.
Every circumstance.
Every person entrusted to my care. There is no room for looking down on anybody when I remember how often Jesus has stooped down to help me. Out of every pit.
Every. single. one.
Stay grateful.
Stay gentle.
Stay teachable.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17, ESV
I think I’ll break my list down for a few days. Maybe ten. That way each one can marinate gently. That’s the plan, ten days, unless I lose my train of thought … because there is that … !
Humility
Nurturing
Commitment
Focus
Positive attitude
Integrity
Generosity
Self discipline
High expectations
Endurance
Now, know this … I haven’t mastered my list. Some days I barely make it on any of these virtues(!).
But His mercy meets me there.
My hope in sharing is simply that we keep learning together.
Serving together.
Letting Him soften what has grown sharp and strengthen what has grown weary.
Before we head toward the office, the store, school, the doctor’s appointment or another day on the couch … let’s ask Jesus to prepare our hearts for whoever we meet.
Then listen closely.
Speak gently.
Love generously.
I have such a soft spot for each of you – you’re my people. And I so love you. I love the work of the Holy Spirit … how His Spirit in me recognizes and speaks to His Spirit in you. Mmmm.
May someone feel the kindness of Jesus through you and me today.
In His Love and Light,
Angie