It’s that time of year: back to school! As a child, I loved anticipating the school year approaching. I remember my mom stacking up my books, getting everything ready for the first day. My parents homeschooled me throughout all my school years. A few of my older siblings went to school briefly, but then my […]
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His Blessings Often Come Disguised
His blessings often come disguised – a line that caught my eye in a book that I’m about to finish reading. The author is talking about the importance of faithful prayer and how God always answers it. He says that often our prayers are answered in ways we don’t understand, but that God’s blessings often […]
Never Take Counsel of Your Fears
General Stonewall Jackson was approached by a timorous subordinate general who admitted grave doubts about a planned military sortie. “General Jackson,” he said, “I’m afraid of this. I fear we can’t quite carry it off.” Jackson replied, “General, never take counsel of your fears.” I came across this quote in a book I’ve read and […]
Fight
After barely escaping an assassination attempt, instead of crawling to safety, President Trump stood and encouraged We the People to fight, fight, fight. God bless that man and praise God for keeping him safe. He has been fighting ever since he first began running for President. At first the attacks against him were more sneaky, […]
Values Over Feelings
I so appreciate learning new ways to think about things. New perspectives and takes inspire me greatly! The other day I was listening to Charlie Kirk give a talk to some group and he brought up an excellent point – we should prioritize our values over feelings. Feelings will ebb and flow, change dramatically depending […]
Examine Where You Are
I think it is important to examine where you are. To consider where you’ve come from and celebrate the progress, and then also to ponder what is ahead. Life is an ongoing journey, with ups and downs, rhythms and unexpected surprises. Personally, I don’t want to look back with regrets or gloom, but rather embrace […]
It Takes a Lot of Work to Win
I’ve noticed something interesting, it takes a lot of work to win. Whether we are talking about your job, school or life, winning – or being successful – is much more valued when work, time and effort are put in. And really, that adds up, doesn’t it? If we didn’t have to do anything extra […]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Teamwork makes the dream work – it’s true! One can accomplish so much more in life by working together with others. True you must pick your team carefully, but God is so good to bless our efforts as we seek Him, isn’t He? Be Part of a Team How do you become part of a […]
How to Follow God’s Lead
One of the most important things we will ever do in life is learn how to follow God’s lead. It requires giving Him your attention and not being overly distracted by things of this world. If life and the things of this world are too loud and important to you, it will make it far […]
Turning Point
Do you ever get to a critical turning point in life? Something happens, it’s rather fundamental and you know you need to make definite decisions and perhaps some changes. That has happened to me a few times in the past few years. Something a bit earth shattering in my world occurs and it inspires me […]