We Are All Important to the Building of God’s Kingdom
No Matter How Small We Are in the Big Picture Way too often we tell ourselves that we aren’t good enough or don’t have what it takes to do that thing…whatever that thing is. This perception is very good at keeping us from doing the things we’ve been designed to do. We look around and […]
How to Decide Where Your Time Is Best Spent
It Comes Down to Knowing Who You Want to Be Last week I wrote about the importance of spending time wisely. I shared how I was working to clear the fog to determine what things I should focus on. What should I do and not do? So, like budgeting money I decided to work on […]
Communication Has to Be Received Before It’s Complete
Miscommunication Is a Huge Problem in the World Today In Pastor Lee’s message Sunday, he told a story about a text message that was sent to him months ago. He didn’t see it until just recently and of course responded to it immediately. He made the point that… Communication doesn’t happen when messages are sent, […]
Time is the Most Valuable Commodity
Be Sure to Spend it Wisely The topic of spending time is nothing new. It’s a topic that is written about a lot. My search online for “spending time” uncovered 289 million results. Just so you know, I didn’t read them all. 😊 As I’ve been working on setting my goals for this year, I’ve […]
Suffering Has Always Been a Part of Life
What Are You Going to Do About It? Suffering and perspective have been a common theme over the past several weeks. It started with the importance of making every day a day of thanksgiving. There’s no question that there’s suffering in the world. It’s been this way since Adam and Eve were removed from the […]
Every Year is a Great Year, Some Are Just Greater Than Others
And What Makes a Year Like 2020 so Great? Some people would argue that there was very little about the year 2020 that was great. 2020 was certainly not what I expected or had planned for. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t great. Often, when asked how my day’s going, I will pause briefly, review the […]
Look for the Blessings in All Things
We Get to Choose How We Look at Things Another year has come and gone. Many are happy about this, considering this past year. There is no doubt that it had it’s share of difficulties. Why does God allow suffering? Who knows? What we do know is that can’t always understand God’s plans. Suffering is […]
Why Do I Need Focused Intensity?
And the Importance of Me Incorporating It Going Forward The world is full of amazing, exciting and interesting things which are constantly fighting for our attention. Now more than ever we are bombarded by things requesting our time. The difficult part is sorting through them and determining which ones we should spend our time and […]
Obedience is the Key to all Doors
God Does Extraordinary Things Through Ordinary People As I write this, Christmas is just a few days away. I love Christmas! It’s a wonderful time of the year. A time when people’s niceness seems to bubble to the surface more than any other. The anticipation and surprises when opening presents is one of my favorite […]
There Are a Limited Number of Ideas
So, What Makes One Better Than Another? It’s less than two weeks until this year will be over. The end of one year and the start of another is often a time used for reflecting on the past and looking to the future. In last week’s post I referred to my working on goal setting […]