How to BUILD a Well-Balanced Life
Like Everything Else, It’s a Choice Last week we discussed being busy. It’s easy to find ourselves with too much to do. There are just so many important and fun things that need done. This leads to burnout. It’s all too common for people to get burnt out. I’ve seen this happen a lot over […]
What’s Your Greatest Treasure?
It’ll Be Best If It Isn’t Monetary What is most important to you? Is it money, your job, family, social status, recognition from your peers? Not any of these things are bad or unimportant. We need to be clear on what our priorities are. In the children’s message, Jim Miller shared a math problem that […]
How Busy is Too Busy?
Having Too Much To Do Is “Self-Inflicted” The past couple of weeks have been really busy and it’s no one’s fault but mine. This last week was especially so. To the point that I didn’t have enough time to write this week’s solution. So, I decided to use a previous post about this very topic. […]
Perspective is Up to Us
It’s Important to Have the Right One We can be blind even when things are staring us in the face. This is what happened with Jesus’ followers. Even those closest to Him. Those who knew Him better than anyone else on earth. They saw Him give sight to the blind, heal the lame, cast out […]
You Have More Control Than You Think
It’s Up to You to Take Control We like being in control of our lives, but most people feel like they aren’t. I contend that we all have more control than we think we do. Control doesn’t mean you control everything that happens. It means you confidently move forward with your goals and priorities, understanding […]
Don’t Build Your Life on Sand
Build on a Solid Foundation The past several weeks we’ve been going through the Sermon on the Mount. We discussed the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), being salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16), the importance of listening to God (Matthew 5:17-20), doing things for the right reason (Matthew 6:5-15), choosing the right treasures (Matthew 6:19-24), and focusing on […]
Be Prepared for the Changing Seasons
And How This Can Affect Your Home Maintenance Sometimes the changing seasons can be quick and serious. The weather here has been a bit of a roller coaster ride over the past several weeks. We’ve had temperatures ranging from below zero to seventy. Some of these swings have happened within days. It’s currently seventeen degrees […]
Focus on Your Plank First
It’s More Important Than Someone Else’s Sawdust In Matthew 7:1-5, Jesus tells us that we will be judged the way we judge others. He says that we should focus on our own mistakes and shortcomings first, not others’. When it comes right down to it, we have no control over what others do. We can […]
It’s Never Too Late to Learn
You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks You’ve probably heard the saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks“. This means that it is very difficult to teach someone new skills or change someone’s habits, especially when they’re older. This phrase is often used to express the challenges of altering deeply rooted behaviors or learning new […]
What Do You Treasure?
This is a Choice What is treasure? Treasure is something that is valuable. This means different things to different people. Treasure is often thought of as monetary. Like gold and jewels hidden by pirates or on their sunken ship. They can also be things that hold value that aren’t monetary. For example, it might be […]