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Without question fear is the most debilitating emotion. Regardless of the source for the fear, it is paralyzing. And it impacts every aspect and facet of our life when it emerges. It’s like dark – it totally encompasses everything… until the light appears. And like light and dark, faith and fear can never exist together, simultaneously – they are […]

I realize this may sound puerile (that is another of those fun words to say like oxymoron) but I have a very serious question for you. Whose life are you leading? Is it the one you always thought it would be? Is it one that has taken you on merry but certainly unexpected adventures? Is it one that

There is a wonderful line in one of Susan W. Albert’s books that says, “…under certain circumstances, almost anyone can be driven to almost anything.” True? Or are you going to attempt to take the moral high ground and state – ‘Not me!’? Sadly, it really is all too true. Sure we can say, ‘… we’re

In terms of God’s plans, I don’t think He has backup plans. He has a plan and that’s what’s in place. However, because He chose to use us as His instruments and also gave us free will, we rarely follow His path to completing the plan in a straight and smooth line. Getting Plan A completed sometimes takes us on a

How do you feel when the black hats don’t get caught? Personally I get highly irritated. But it is true that the black hats don’t always get caught… at least, we don’t see how/if they get caught.  It was so much easier ‘in days gone by’  knowing who to root for and who to boo. I

Have you even been in a dry place? Terrible, isn’t it! That really wasn’t a question… it is terrible. However, it can be profitable, there can be an upside. It’s a question of whether or not you are willing to learn from the situation. A dry place is another word for desert. Webster tells us

Hurts, doesn’t it… when you stumble? Stumbling doesn’t always mean falling but it does mean coming very, very close to falling. Stumbling can be a warning. Do we heed it? And when I’m talking about stumbling I’m not just taking about physical falling – we can stumble emotionally, spiritually and even intellectually. For some, a stumble will

We’re told that the greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, strength (Deuteronomy 6:5). But what is strength? Webster defines the word as: the quality or state of being strong, capacity for endurance, power to resist force and attack, a moral force. We can conclude then that this is not

I know we rarely think we have enough (everything) to (fill in the blank) but how much is … just a bit more? I suspect we really don’t have an answer to that either. But whatever the ‘it’ is that you don’t have enough of, we can use it as the basis for doing nothing. Yes,

You do understand that content and complacent are not the same thing? Complacent, in my world, is something to be avoided at all cost. But have you learned to be content in all situations? I haven’t. I do work on this but I’m definitely not there. From a different perspective, do you live your life