By Misty Strieff Prine                   “Today you could be standing next to someone who is trying their best not to fall apart. So, whatever you do today, do it with kindness in your heart.” – Unknown                 We all must remember that each and every one of us has a story, a story that most people do not know. We need to remember that we don’t know what battles we’ve had to fight behind closed doors or the emotional toll it has taken on our lives. We are all out here

By Misty Strieff Prine “Thank You, God, for putting periods on sentences that I wasn’t strong enough to end.” – Unknown I’m so thankful for the sentences that God put a period at the end of when I was FAR from strong enough to put one there myself. God knows when we are not strong enough to find our way out of situations we often find ourselves in the middle of. His word tells us in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, “And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is p

By: Misty Strieff Prine “Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it.” – Unknown.                 Life. A four-letter word that encompasses so much as we live it out each day. Life's too short to dwell

By Misty Strieff Prine “Kindness is not an act; it’s a reflection of your soul” – Unknown             I found out that November 13 th  is World Kindness Day. Kindness is something that I truly believe comes from the soul. It comes deep from within you, weaved into your soul. Having a kind soul enables you to read a room and be able to see someone’s body language or facial expressions and see that they may stand in need of a random act of kindness. A simple smile, holding a do

By Misty Strieff Prine Don’t allow your emotions to be your decision maker. Stop and pray. Let God lead you.” – Unknown. Nothing will ruin your day, your testimony or your relationship with someone like letting your emotions get the best of you and letting them take control of a situation. One thing you can’t take back is words or actions spoken out of anger or haste or the emotional toll it takes on the other person(s). Now this doesn’t mean just a single situation, I’m talk

By Misty Strieff Prine “Just be a good person. Love who you can, help where you can, give what you can.” – Unknown I always try to live my “every day” life by this theory but with an added mindset of “if I could shine the light of Jesus so that others will 100% know I’m a believer and what He’s done for me”, I’m doing it!” You see, through being just a good, kind and humble human being, REGARDLESS of how you’re feeling or how bad your day has been, THAT alone is your testimon

By Misty Strieff Prine                 “God didn’t call you to be LIKED, He called you to be LIGHT. And LIGHT, by its very nature, makes darkness uncomfortable.” – Unknown                 I wrote this as one of my devotionals the other night on my Facebook Page, The Upward Way and the Lord REALLY laid it upon my heart to share this message through this platform as well as it reaches many who do not do social media. It moved me so much and I felt like it was meant to be shared

By Misty Strieff Prine                   “I wonder how many whales swallowed me up before I finally said, “God is God and I might as well...

By Misty Strieff Prine “Beneath the thoughts and feelings, you have worn on your shoulders for so long, there is the real you., who is...

By Misty Strieff Prine                    “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break...

By Misty Strieff Prine “It’s okay to begin your story today. Those mistakes you’ve made along the way are lessons, not failures. You...

By Misty Strieff Prine “Jesus slept on the boat to show us His silence does not mean His absence.” – Unknown. The other night, this was...