What holds you back? What keeps you from doing what you know you need or want to do? Maybe you’ve said what I’ve said at times: If only I had the money. If only I had the time. If only I had the right person/people to help me. If only I had the right opportunity.… Continue reading Don’t Let This Hold You Back
Tag: Starting the Day
Monday Morning and Life at Street Level
Life at street level is often difficult. Sometimes, it is very difficult. It is Monday, the beginning of a new week, but you may feel no optimism nor sense of anticipation about the week. Instead you feel a heaviness as you think about a particular problem in your life. You may be single. You… Continue reading Monday Morning and Life at Street Level
10 Things I Don’t Have Time For
Time. Does it ever pass quickly! Today, I am looking into the eyes of my infant grandson. Today, I am talking with his mother, our 28-year-old daughter. Today, I am having a conversation with our 23-year-old daughter about her upcoming wedding. Next week, I will get another haircut. I will ask the stylist the question… Continue reading 10 Things I Don’t Have Time For
This Morning Could Be Different for You
Every morning is new. 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” (Lamentations 3:22-24) This morning many of us will begin… Continue reading This Morning Could Be Different for You
Rookie Mistake
I thought I would simply go to Target on Friday morning to pick up a GPS that was on sale. I couldn’t believe the price. Turned out to be more complicated than I thought. We were in Dallas for Thanksgiving. We were with my parents, my brother, and my sister’s family. We spent the night… Continue reading Rookie Mistake
Worth Pondering
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl
Strengthening the Soul (11)
Perhaps you’ve heard people say: “We don’t watch that much television.” Well, maybe. The truth is that many of us watch far more television than we realize. In some homes, the television is always on. Literally! The first person who gets up in the morning turns on the television and it may stay on until… Continue reading Strengthening the Soul (11)
Strengthening the Soul (10)
This morning I read a fine article by Gordon MacDonald in the November 2010 issue of Leadership (print). The article is entitled “Your Regular Checkup.” Basically MacDonald says that if a yearly physical exam is important for people then so is a periodic “spiritual exam.” Sometimes, after one has a physical exam, the physician will… Continue reading Strengthening the Soul (10)
Strengthening the Soul (8)
How could we have so much information and so little wisdom? I’ve wondered about this. After all, we sometimes make tragic mistakes in our lives, not because of a lack of information but a lack of wisdom. I just read “Wisdom & God in the Age of Information” by Dean M. Riley. (Riley is Professor… Continue reading Strengthening the Soul (8)
Strengthening the Soul (6)
Sometimes life is very difficult and even painful. Some of this pain is due to loss. Do any of these sound familiar to you? The loss of a friend due to a move, a job change, or simply drifting away from one another. The loss of a team. You feel as you are alone on… Continue reading Strengthening the Soul (6)