What Do You Need Today?

Encounter in-the-moment encouragement, guidance, and spiritual refreshment that addresses your heart and life's daily needs. What do you need? When is the last time someone asked you this question? If it's been too long or you can't remember, this book is for you. Really think about it (we'll wait). Take a deep breath. Sit in that stillness for a minute. Listen to what your heart, mind, or soul is truly longing for. Then, give that request its due attention. Do you need... • a fresh start? • boldness? • to hear everything will be okay? • a day at the beach? • prayer for a future and a hope? You can have it...and much more. Author Hope Lyda is at your service and here to provide insight, understanding, levity, a listening ear, and coaching for that inspired next step. Each chapter comes with a "care package" that contains a special wish for you, wisdom from God, practical application, and a personal affirmation. Gift this one-of-a-kind book to a loved one when you can't be there to offer support or embrace this opportunity for some well-deserved self-care. Receive what you need today. Encounter in-the-moment encouragement, guidance, and spiritual refreshment that addresses your heart and life's daily needs. Author Hope Lyda provides insight, understanding, levity, a listening ear, and coaching for that inspired next step. Hope Lyda has a heart for helping people explore their life, purpose, faith, and connection to this world through the power of the written word. She is a spiritual director, editor, and writer who has worked in publishing for more than 20 years. Her popular devotionals, novels, and prayer books have sold more than one million copies combined. Visit her at www.mywritedirection.com. 30 responses to the question What do you need today create the themes gathered. Here are a few of the possibilities. • Boldness (energy and confidence) • A Vacation (change of scenery, renewal) • Permission (freedom, understanding of heart's desire) • A Sign [or A Map or a Life GPS] (a sense of purpose and destination) • A Do-Over (forgiveness, new beginnings) • Inspiration (revival and motivation) • The Answer (guidance, direction) • Room to Breathe (quiet time and listen to God and to one's heart) • Momentum (energy, the ushering in of a dream and a sense of being compelled) • A Stunt Double (help when I must do the hard stuff of life) • Prayer (God's comfort and someone who cares enough to lift my needs) • My Hand Held (comfort of compassion, a quiet presence beside me, someone to steady me) • A Soft Place to Land (restoration after a trial, a safe place to be during the busyness of life) • A Nap [or A Break] (deep rest, a moment to collect one's thoughts) • A Good Laugh (connection, release, joy) • Comfort Food (the comfort of the familiar, gentle offerings that feed the soul and body) • To Be Heard (or understood) • A Life Coach (accountability, a cheerleader, a reminder that what I'm striving for matters) • Good News (cheer, encouragement) • Something to Look Forward To (something on the horizon that feeds the spirit of hope) • A Lady's Maid (the need for an extra pair of hands and someone to tend to our life needs. Women are always saying that they need a wife. This would sort of be the same thing.) • Some of these are serious and some are more humorous to be accessible and meet the real heart/soul needs. These entries all speak to hope, faith, frailty, vulnerability, and desire for a whole and peaceful and meaningful life. Voice: A blend of sharing a bit of personal to transition to the universal/reader-personal need and offerings that speak straight to the reader without my personal intro. It depends on the topic and the "way in" that feels