Did you know Jesus has a wish list and is hoping you will give him three things this Christmas? My husband preached about this this weekend and I just loved it. You will, too! The three wise men left us these clues. Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh were gifts they brought to Jesus when he was […]

“I got you!” When a friend says that to me, it gives me this feeling of security. I feel loved, safe, and a contentment washes over me with the thought that someone is there for me. Guess what, that is not just a feeling but actually a for real fact that we can take to […]

~If You’re Happy and You (don’t) know it….clap your hands~   “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again, I say rejoice.” Phil. 4:4 You decide. It’s no one else’s obligation or privilege to get to decide for us to be happy or to make us happy. Stir up the gift of God in you. Sometimes […]

I could hardly wait to share this with you! It’s the final book cover for Love ANYWAY! Check it out on my social media today 💕📖🙌 @addiecooley & @happy_anyway if you missed the last email we sent you with it! Shout out to Harrison House & everyone who collaborated on the cover!!! All my friends […]

Are you afraid of what all is going on in our world these days? Are you shaken up by it all? Does it seem uncertain to take the next step? Honestly, it’s hard for a lot of us to even think about it. Some go to their war room and pray. I’m sure you have […]

When I was a little girl, we had a pond behind our house. There was a picturesque meadow on the other side of that pond filled with beautiful flowering weeds each summer. There were those tiny purple flowering weeds, dandelions galore, and it seems like yellow, I recall, maybe a few daffodils here and there. […]

Do you remember the Juicy Juice commercial jingle: “The happy comes straight from the fruit”? As soon as I heard that, I immediately thought of John 15.    I actually spent much of one year about 15 years ago in that chapter of the Bible until it became a significant part of my spiritual DNA. […]

“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Ps 119:105 Are you stumbling through the dark in life?  Last week at the end of the day, the electricity went off at the office just before time to go and of course, just as I was trying to find something. […]

Did you know I just found out this Happy Monday Blog could LITERALLY BE A LIFE SAVER?! Have you heard of the “Monday Blues” or “Just Another Manic Monday?!” Guess what? More heart attacks happen on Monday than any other day of the week. Researchers have found that “The Monday Peak” stems from the stress […]

 “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬   You see, I wasn’t born […]