I have to be honest and say that I have a history of worry. I still remember what my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Griswold, said to me. She said that I “make mountains out of molehills.” I wish she wasn’t...
I don’t know about you but I don’t like to lose. I hate it. I especially hate it when I give my all to something and come up short. It’s much easier when I don’t try that hard to accept...
There are probably many of us that at least intellectually ascribe to the idea that there is more to this life than what meets the eye. I’ve been working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and resolution 55 says…...
I know that when I was growing up there was a lot of emphasis on being original. If you were going to get respect and admiration, you needed to really stand out. Come up with your own style. March to...
What do you look for in a friend? Someone you can confide in? Someone you can trust? I look for someone that I feel safe being myself around knowing that they will accept me just as I am. I would...
When I’m older I want be able to tell the best stories. I want to sit with my grandchildren or great grandchildren and tell them Grandpa’s amazing stories. If I’m going to tell those types of stories, I’m going to...
Regret is a powerful force. I usually think about regret negatively but I think we can really leverage the power of it if we shift our perspective. Some people say that they don’t have any regrets and I think that...
I often wonder what heaven will be like. One of the thoughts related to heaven that I find exciting is the idea that we will finally see clearly. While we are on earth, our view is drastically limited by a...
I’m working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and his 49th resolution is actually in reference to his 48th resolution. In resolution 48 (which I covered in my last post) he says that he doesn’t want to have any...
What are we really about? Sometimes I underestimate the power of self-deception. I’m working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and resolution 48 says… Resolved, Constantly, with the utmost niceness and diligence, and the strictest scrutiny, to be looking...