Empowering Daughters of God

If there's one thing that life never lets me forget, it is the constant reminder that I'll never be " The Best " at anything.  This is not meant to be depressing, but instead a push to be better.  No matter what I set my sights on, I go there only to find there is always someone better at it than me.  There's always someone more beautiful, more talented, more refined, more dedicated, or more able than I.  Isn't it this very thing that creates competition, and nudges us to improve?  Have you ever been best at something?  Well, I think it's safe to say that this is an ever present lesson in life.  However who defines what's " best "?  Who's the judge in these cases? Is it really just a perception of sorts? Are we the judges of what's " best" ? Are we defining what's " best "?  In my mind and in reality, I think, I was never the best pianist, flutist, clarinetist, dancer, singer, performer, artist, baker, decorato...

I love the holiday season, and I love Christmas!  Besides listening to Christmas music nonstop, wrapping presents, watching classic movies (including The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), and eating a little extra sugar I have gone down a rabbit hole!  Yes, I'm going to take a minute to totally geek out on you all!  It's true I'm a bit of a media geek.  I listen to and watch a serious amount of content.  From political to pop culture to gossip rags to philosophy to classic literature, I enjoy it all!  I guess you could say that my job allows me to entertain myself while working.  Don't worry, I'm still a top performer at my job and all the work gets done at a high standard.  I'm the type of person that actually stays focused on my work better while listening to something.   Anyway, with the holiday slow down at my job, I've been able to reacquaint myself with the geeky, nerdy girl inside me!  It's been so much fun! The reason this has h...

 The Christian people in early centuries came in contact with many   other religions, like we do today.  Christians had a soft spot for Pagans and for good reason.  They were fascinated by their traditions and beliefs.  Christians wanted to celebrate with other non Christians, they wanted to find common ground, they wanted to be friends, they wanted to convert them. Many Christians saw Pagan beliefs as a bad thing, but they also thought they were worth remembering because these were the traditions of some of their ancestors, this is why they may have been fascinated by them.  In an effort to spread their Christian beliefs among the Pagans and to dissolve an increasing belief among Christians that Jesus was not a real man that lived on the earth, they decided the best way was to celebrate Jesus' birth.  Thus started the adoption of some Pagan traditions!  It did not occur to the Christians to celebrate Christ's birthday because t...