My wife shared this picture with me from our past trip to Hawaii. We never saw the rainbow amidst the waves before in this picture, but I just love the metaphor it reflects about life. For even though we may feel like the waves of life are beating us against the rocks, don't lose hope. …
Tag: hardship
Hardened By Hardship
At an early age, I had to learn to be strong. My parents divorced when my sister and I were young, and as the older bother, I felt I had to be stable for her. It was hard on both of us to travel between our parents homes - leave one to stay with the …
Surf Lessons
I once took folks from work out for a team building exercise - surf lessons. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time, laughing, falling, and catching our first waves. During dinner I gave them all a miniature surfboard with the quote, "we can't stop the waves, but we can learn to …
What’s In It For Me?
Effective communication is supported by demonstrating the benefits, need and/or value of the message being delivered to the ones being communicated to. This is also known as delivering the WIFM, or What's In It For Me point. Likewise, the gospel shares many benefits available to Christians. However, these benefits are not meant solely for us, …
