If you’ve ever lost a family pet, you understand. It’s awful. It began an ordinary Tuesday morning with me picking up my grandson at my daughter’s house. Their dog Hunter, a sweet year and a […]
Author: DaNetta Fernandez
I'm a woman who loves God, married to my best friend Mario. I believe life is a gift and should be lived with purpose. I am a mother, a Nana and an auntie. I love travel, audio books, hiking, cooking with Mario, baking, movies and just having fun!!!
Let
Together our church has been diving into the 40 Days in the Word campaign. During the very first video, Rick Warren discussed the small but powerful word “LET” and since then I have been deeply […]
Moving Forward
January 7, 2021 my life changed forever. It was the day my only sibling, my sister Rosanne, lost her fight against COVID-19. Rosanne was my best friend, my confidant and my hero. Our family’s grief […]
Prince of Peace
Shalom friends! Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. In the book of Isaiah Jesus is called the Prince of Peace or the Prince of Shalom”. The word Shalom means to be in a state […]
Gratitude
Have you ever made a gratitude list? I have an ongoing gratitude list in the back of one of my journals. I was inspired to start this list after reading the book “One Thousand Gifts” […]
You Are The God Who Saves Me
A family vacation had brought us to the beautiful Mammoth Mountain area and it was a great day for a hike. We decided to check out Rainbow Falls, an easy short hike from our campground. […]
Forgiveness and Repentance
I remember when our children were very young, it did not take long for them to begin to learn about forgiveness. Someone would take a toy, knock over a block formation or ruin a coloring […]
Joy
This morning I was thinking about joy. The joy of a new day, a new sunrise. The joy of a kind word and a smile on a hard day from a stranger. The joy my […]
Perfect
A great enemy of moving forward is perfectionism. We can’t let go because we have not fixed the past or perfected the present, so we get stuck. The definition of perfect found in Webster’s Dictionary […]
Thirsty
The morning was busy, so my walk was pushed back becoming a middle of the afternoon walk in the Arizona heat. While following the trail my eyes and mind were taking in how desperately thirsty […]