Not many people like chaos, change, and conflict. Yet, it is inevitable. Therefore, our perspective and reaction to it is vital in determining outcomes. For some, we want to get away from chaos and conflict at all costs. So, we choose to ignore an aggravating situation like it never happened, try to laugh it off, …
Category: Encouragement
Silencing The Storms
A fire of restlessness consumed my soul, and far too many years were wasted in vain attempts to quench the burn. Of course, nothing in this world could - no measure of success, promotion, praise, romance, relationship, intoxicant, and/or pursuit. Only a temporary cooling could they provide, but in time, the remaining embers raged back …
Money Master
P.T. Barnum once said, "money is a terrible master, but an excellent servant". I couldn't agree more, but there's another component necessary to prevent money from becoming our master in the first place and to serve excellently - God. Until we realize we serve God and possess a sincere desire to honor God in all …
Promotion Locomotion
My pastor shared a powerful truth recently. He asked what the opposite of praise was. We might assume it is complaining. Yet, he presented a pretty compelling case that it is in fact pride. For what keeps us from praising others? At its root, pride typically pulls us back from generously promoting others. After all, …
Life Rush
What lies ahead? No one really has any way of knowing. So, we do our best, and hope it all works out okay. We invest our days - sometimes going from sun up to sun down. Some never even experiencing the light outside their office walls. Instead, we scurry from one dwelling to the next, …
Spend Wisely
We only have a certain number of days. The trick is most of us will never know how many those are. One of the radical things my family did was too cancel cable TV. I know - extreme, and I didn't think it was possible at first, but it had to be done. We were …
Long May You Run
One of my favorite and most convicting verses in the Bible is Jeremiah 12:5. It asks a simple yet profound question. "If the footrace with men has worn you out, how will you contend with the horses"? In other words, there is much work yet to be done, and growing in endurance and perseverance is …
