Verses from the Message Proverb 27:7 – One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. Love not the world. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. […]
In your daily sketches you find the motifs for your greatest art. In your daily blogs you develop the substance of your book. In your daily acts of affection, she finds the building materials for your house of love. Don’t put off the small stuff. Don’t refuse the momentum built from doing what’s important – […]
Everyone struggles… Some for survival, Some for revival, Some for approval, hoping they are useful. Some to make difference For people in the distance… Blind to the times and needs in their presence. And I’m not any better, just vocal with my letters, We’re all seeking something, Or some kind of answer. See referenced post: […]
[Tweet “Don’t try to be an original, just be yourself.”] Originality is a relative term. Meaning you’ll have to compare yourself to others in order to know whether or not you’re different. But why should you take extra effort comparing and differentiating when you can just be you? The most impactful you can be is […]
Throughout the Bible there are many pictures of tenacity. To push through any and every obstacle to obtain your goals isn’t a rare occasion but a common one for those who achieve them. “Ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking…” Matthew 7. “Go to the ant thou sluggers and do likewise.” Proverbs […]
How do you know you’ll hit your goals? Outside of your zeal, determination, superior DNA or planning, is there anything else you use? Me? I use baby behaviors. Baby behaviors are my small intentional actions used to create new habits. If I can create a new consistent baby behavior, I can then more accurately define […]
Its amazing, when I stop to think about it, how often I over think things. Some call it, “analysis paralysis” other may say “procrastination”. But no matter how you describe it, the problem is I’m not actually living. [Tweet “Thinking is not living.”] I have a generic yet very applicable theme to this blog, “Aspiring, Perspiring and Inspiring.” […]
Here are 4 Ways I tend to judge or monitor my spiritual health.
Think to yourself and imagine what God would say to you today? What verses come to mind? What stories, what parables? Based on what you know about God’s nature and personality and characteristics, how should you be thinking or feeling about your life or situation?