Have you ever met someone who always seemed like they were up to something? The reality is that it is human nature to hide. So much of life for so many people is lived like a poker game. You never...
Life in general does not usually feel like a huge deal. Today is just a Monday. The weekend is just the weekend. 2014 is just another year. The decisions that we have to make today may be somewhat important but...
Proverbs 10:4 says, Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. What makes one person lazy and another diligent? Does the lazy person really not want to accomplish anything? Where does the drive of the diligent come from? I...
One of my greatest strengths that can easily become one of my greatest weaknesses is my ambition. I can’t help but shoot for the stars. I want the very top of the mountain all the time in every conceivable way....
If you’re new to this blog, I’ve been working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and we are finally coming to a close. Resolution #70 says… Let there be something of benevolence in all that I speak. Benevolent means...
Resolved, After afflictions, to inquire, what I am the better for them; what good I have got by them; and, what I might have got by them. I’ve been working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and it has...
I have to be honest and say that a lot of times I don’t bring peace into situations. I’m learning to submit my worries to God but this is still a challenge. I’ve never been the type to just let...
I have to be honest and say that I grew up genuinely believing that life was about me. I thought it was about my wants, my dreams, my desires, my goals….I believed it was all about me. I’m working through...
If you’re new to this blog, I’ve been going through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and I’m getting close to the end of them. Resolution #61 says… Resolved, That I will not give way to that listlessness which...
I’m working through the 70 resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and resolution 59 is one of the more difficult ones for me. It says… Resolved, When I am most conscious of provocations to ill nature and anger, that I will strive...