I am a great proponent of applying learning. What function does learning accomplish if it isn’t tested and demonstrated in one’s life? I typically classify any unapplied learning as ‘interesting’ but not of any great use – a kind of learning for learning’s sake, still with some value. But it is in seeing, intentionally, the […]
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Do you ever think about your future? Do you know what your future will look like? “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; these He also justified; and
is the first part. The second part is continuing to grow, to learn, to become all you have been destined. My Mom would apologize to me about not providing a deeper spiritual journey for me and my brother. I kept trying to reassure her that she did fulfill the scripture, “Train up a child in
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No mulligans. No do overs. You can’t grab back those words or actions that hurt others or were just plain wrong. No turning back the clock. In so many ways, many times we have only 1, one, opportunity to do or say the right thing. None of us can say, ‘I really didn’t know/mean (fill
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First: this is not unusual. Second: what is ‘far’ and how do you define the word? Third:…when and how did it begin? Fourth: ‘feeling’? Whether you define this time as dessert or confusion, I believe we all experience those times when we don’t ‘sense’ the Lord’s presence in our lives. Regardless… He really is there, He
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Do you know your answer? Whether to verify or discover your ‘what matters most’ look at your credit card and bank items. How you spend your money will tell you, regardless of your protestations, what really matters… because we do spend our ‘income’ according to these demands. If you bewail that this is not fair because
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Since we are told to renew our minds… what does this mean? Have you ever thought about the what, how of renewal? Not only the need to renew our mind… nor only the how to renew… but the renew to what? I realize that I’ve written about this before and probably will again… probably because
How many of us advocate (use?) the philosophy of ‘stop’? Whether the stop is directed at thinking first or smelling the roses. Do we? Or don’t we follow it until we are basically forced to? In case you don’t see it, my hand is raised. It really is so foolish of us because what are
Motivator or Crippler? Consumed by or do you seek forgiveness and restoration? There are so many reasons and reactions to guilt. The one thing we can’t do is to let it define us. How do you react to guilt? What do you do about it? The simplest is not always the path we choose… again
How does this word resonate with you? What does it mean? Do you use the word lightly… like love? What qualities define ‘friend’? Actually… how do you define the word and operationalize it? Perhaps ‘friend’, for you, is comparable to the 600+ people you have friended on Facebook? And just how often do you communicate with them…
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!