The Gabbi Journal

Happy New Year!! It feels like I have not posted in a long time, which is true. Like the last time I posted was last year. I did plan on posting this past week, but I decided to live in the moment of family time instead. Today is day 4 of 365; a brand-new book,… Read more

Around Christmas time we focus on just a couple of different perspectives of the Christmas story. We focus on Christ’s birth, the Star, the shepherds…which is all well and good. But I want to look at something completely different that we might not associate with the Christmas. A couple of months ago I wrote a… Read more

The other night we had a windstorm. I think the house was almost shaking. Looking outside, we can’t see the wind, but we can feel it and see the effects of it; the flags out straight, leaves and other things blowing down the street, and the house creaking at the force. Even though we can’t… Read more

First off, here is the new website!! If you still have the Gabbi Journal link saved, it is still valid. I won’t delete it yet. So, without further ado, let’s get into today’s post! Last devotional for October. And come November, I’m putting myself up to a challenge. Every post in November will have the… Read more

Everyone has a morning routine. Some may exercise, check their phone, watch the news, shower, and plan the day. For me, my routine is anything but routine. I do very little in the mornings because I am not a morning person. Whatever our routine, how much of it involves Jesus? There is an age-old song… Read more

Looking at the Story of Mary and Martha Good Morning! I’m finally back on track. The last couple of weeks have been crazy, my train called “somewhat normal” became derailed, careened down a hill, and went boom! Friday I was able to take a breath and get my train back on track again. During these… Read more

I’m going to begin this post with some verses from Psalm 139:2-4, 6 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue,… Read more

This summer I taught Sunday school for a quarter; the lessons were from the book of Acts. The theme was ‘Boldness’, and the lessons were all about the early church and the first missionaries. When the gospel started to spread, it was not well accepted; the apostles and Jesus’ followers were persecuted, thrown in prison,… Read more

Disclaimer: This post may seem similar to my post Limiting the Ultimate Power but it is different. You can continue reading now A few weeks ago, we sang a song at church called ‘The God of the Impossible’ the first part of the song goes I don’t know how God hangs the world on nothing… Read more

Good Morning! Get ready to feel loved! The estimated population of the U.S right now is 328.2 Million. Of those numbers, over eight million people occupy New York City, as of 2018. As of 2019, an estimated 206.9 million live in incorporated areas, meaning small towns. About 76% of the approximately 19,500 incorporated places had… Read more

I play piano at my church every Sunday, each song I play for our services, I focus on the notes, timing, the song leader, and parts of the song. Parts that I know need to be played loud and some quiet. The last thing I tend to focus on is the words. While the song… Read more

I am very sorry for not posting last week, my life got a tad hectic and crazy, and posting was very difficult. But my life has calmed down a bit and we should be back to our regularly scheduled program… We are going through very challenging times, both in the world and in our own… Read more

In life we can go through months or weeks of feeling that everything is good. A blessing or an answered prayer comes our way. We might even let our guard down a little. Trials and hard times come without knocking, one day we are fine, and the next day we are knocked off our feet,… Read more

My humble apologies for not having a Gratitude Journal prompt on Friday, it was a very busy weekend. But, let’s not dwell on the past, let’s go to today’s post! In life, we come across situations that can either make or break us. We go through down-times when we feel we won’t be lifted again.… Read more

Finally! It is the last part of the Philippians 4:8 study, you can read Part One and Two before going on. Now, the last two parts of whatever’s are Virtue and Praiseworthy. This is probably one of the more difficult ones to understand, and to write about. One of the many definitions of virtue is… Read more

Part two of three – Think on these Things – A Study of Philippians 4:8. If you would like to read part one, click here. We left off on Just or Right, next is Pure One of the definitions of pure is; wholesome, free of any contaminations. To have 100% pure and wholesome thoughts is… Read more

There are so many things we dwell on and think about today. The bad news that is constantly being put in front of us, our once united nation is being torn apart by hate and evil, things are going downhill fast. But we can’t bury our head in the sand and we can’t ignore what’s… Read more

…But don’t forget God used the misfits just like us to do the most amazing things. …Even at our worst, to Him we ain’t lost causes, just beautiful messes. These lyrics are from one of my favorite songs called ‘Beautiful Messes’ by Hillary Scott. I love the lyrics, because it reminds me how God can… Read more

I will love You, O Lord, my strength.2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2 These verses are probably in my top 10 favorite Bible verses. There is just so much power and… Read more

Good morning one and all! There are changes in Gabbi Journal land! For a couple of months I have been doing Book Review Thursday’s. Well, I’m going to take a break on that for a while, and now there is a new schedule! Monday’s I am going to be posting a short devotional (written by… Read more