Living Brightly with Elayne Cross

What Begins With T? Tribe

Maybe you like to do things your way. Even if you do, it's virtually impossible to live successfully and abundantly alone. The sixth in a series on what it means to Live BRIGHTLY looks at the beauty and purpose of a tribe from the intimate husband-wife family to the nation or culture. When you use your unique gifts and talents to help me and allow me to help you we are all better for it. In fact, it is the plan of Creator God to make us interdependent and unique. 

What Begins With H? Honor

The fifth in the series defining what it means to Live BRIGHTLY. In the beginning God created man in His likeness and His image. What does this mean? It means that every person you encounter is made in God's likeness and His image. If you honor God you should also honor others. What does honor mean? Honor is an element of respect for others and not putting one person above another. It is respecting the touch of God in everyone. Celebrating their unique gifts and talents.

What Begins With G? Gifts

Human parents give us good gifts but they are limited by their own flesh. Your Heavenly Father expressed His greatest gift by sending His Son Jesus Christ but He didn't start or stop there. He gave us His word - Bible. He preserves Bible through changes in language and culture. You have individual gifts He has given you and waiting for you to seek out. Religion, experiences, & beliefs can get between you and His gifts. The fourth in the series on what it means to Live BRIGHTLY. 

What Begins With I? Identity

What does it mean to live BRIGHTLY? This is the third and an eight part series defining brightly One Letter At A Time. What begins with I? Identity. Understanding who God created you to be apart from the titles you possess and the things you do but, first and foremost as a child of God establishes a solid foundation to live life regardless of the circumstances you find yourself in. Identity brings clarity to who you are and a deep relational bond with Father God.

What Begins With R? Rest

Second of eight in a series defining what it means to Live BRIGHTLY. Learning to let your light shine by Living Brightly requires you learn to REST. God knows how important rest is and made it very clear by not just telling us but by showing us. In six days He created all we see and don't see and on the seventh day? He Rested. Not because He needed rest but as an example for how important Rest is for us. What Begins With R? REST!

What begins with B? Believer

We all believe something. Beliefs are expressed in the social causes you support, your political ideas, and your overall opinion of ...well... just about everything. What do you believe? Do you believe God? What happens when you don't define what you believe? You'll fall for ...well... just about anything tugging your heart. To let your light shine by Living BRIGHTLY requires defining your beliefs. This is the first in a series explaining what it means to live BRIGHTLY, one letter at a time. E001