Daily EnJoyments Archives - DaLee J. Kicker https://daleekicker.com/category/daily-enjoyments/ Encouraging YOU to Find Joy through Everyday Living Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:29:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://i0.wp.com/daleekicker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-IMG_8350.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Daily EnJoyments Archives - DaLee J. Kicker https://daleekicker.com/category/daily-enjoyments/ 32 32 165370130 Making a choice to Follow God https://daleekicker.com/making-a-choice-to-follow-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-a-choice-to-follow-god Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1004 James 4:4: Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the World is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the World’s friend becomes God’s enemy. James begins this verse with a strong word, one that will get attention quickly. In some translations, both Adulterers and Adulteresses are used. James uses a metaphorical description of …

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]]> 1004 There is an occasion for Everything https://daleekicker.com/there-is-an-occasion-for-everything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=there-is-an-occasion-for-everything https://daleekicker.com/there-is-an-occasion-for-everything/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:23:53 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1249 The Kicker Krewe is in a season of Celebration. This past weekend we celebrated our newly officially adopted grandsons all weekend, with building a wooden playset to time with family and friends from afar concluding with a party complete with a water slide! Over the past 60 days, we have celebrated five birthdays, Mother’s Day, …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/there-is-an-occasion-for-everything/feed/ 2 1249 Thankful for Love and Support https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-love-and-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thankful-for-love-and-support https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-love-and-support/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:27:05 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1244 I LOVE to travel! And I love to plan travel and family trips where we might rent a big house, and all the kids can come. My husband, Lee, will tell you, I am happiest when I am planning the next trip. When the kids graduate from High School, I have taken each one on …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-love-and-support/feed/ 1 1244 Thankful for the lives forever changed https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-the-lives-forever-changed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thankful-for-the-lives-forever-changed https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-the-lives-forever-changed/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:52:33 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1240 Yesterday was a fantastic day for our family; it was adoption day! Our oldest daughter and our amazing son in love officially adopted three brothers. A year ago, we didn’t even know these boys. And yet in a few short months, they have captured our entire family’s heart. I think of all of the lives …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/thankful-for-the-lives-forever-changed/feed/ 4 1240 Practicing Thankfulness for this journey called Life https://daleekicker.com/practicing-thankfulness-for-this-journey-called-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=practicing-thankfulness-for-this-journey-called-life Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:10:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1231 It has taken me a long time, almost decades in fact to settle into writing. For so long I resisted doing what I was called to do. I resisted sharing with others what I had written. It was scary for me to put myself out there. In ten seconds I can find a writer on …

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]]> 1231 Grateful for the Trials in Life https://daleekicker.com/grateful-for-the-trials-in-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grateful-for-the-trials-in-life Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1223 I think we define trials that we go through differently. At any given time, a trial that I am struggling with may be nothing compared to the trials that you are facing. My husband, Lee and I have been married for almost 37 years with a list of challenges that is long, such as marriage …

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]]> 1223 Start and End Each Day with Gratitude https://daleekicker.com/start-and-end-each-day-with-gratitude/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=start-and-end-each-day-with-gratitude https://daleekicker.com/start-and-end-each-day-with-gratitude/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:26:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1207 I don’t want to go; I want to stay home and enJoy this time after Mason’s graduation. I don’t want to go to the airport, it is depressing, my favorite restaurants are not open either in Houston or in Jacksonville. (one might wonder why I have favorite restaurants in airports!) I have things to do …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/start-and-end-each-day-with-gratitude/feed/ 2 1207 Assurance of God’s presence always https://daleekicker.com/assurance-of-gods-presence-always/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=assurance-of-gods-presence-always https://daleekicker.com/assurance-of-gods-presence-always/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1201 Earlier this week, I had to make an emergency trip to Florida. My Dad’s full-time caregiver was bit by their cat, and it got so bad that she had to have surgery, so I needed to be present for a few days. However, I did not do it with the right attitude; quite frankly, I …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/assurance-of-gods-presence-always/feed/ 2 1201 Critics are everywhere, don’t be one. https://daleekicker.com/critics-are-everywhere-dont-be-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=critics-are-everywhere-dont-be-one https://daleekicker.com/critics-are-everywhere-dont-be-one/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1171 James 4:11-12, “Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.  12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But …

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]]> https://daleekicker.com/critics-are-everywhere-dont-be-one/feed/ 1 1171 For I know the plans I have for you https://daleekicker.com/for-i-know-the-plans-i-have-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-i-know-the-plans-i-have-for-you Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:42:51 +0000 https://daleekicker.com/?p=1173 10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you …

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