Trust helps societies not just exist, but prosper. When someone hands me a check, I trust that they have the money in their account. I trust that a restaurant serves safe food. If I need surgery, I trust that my doctor knows what she’s doing. Without trust, people grow paranoid, and societies break down. New […]
All of humanity shares one thing: we make mistakes and poor choices. Some people abandon the road to Heaven entirely and choose a path that leads to destruction. Others try to do the right thing but keep slipping up. Yet we share something else too: we are all children of a loving God who wants […]
Have you ever started a project or endeavor that looked appealing at first, but turned out to be harder than you thought? Numerous times I have said to myself, “What have I gotten myself into.” I sometimes watch YouTube videos on how to fix things and I will say to myself, “That looks easy enough […]
Most of us have had our share of good fortune and/or have been blessed with a special talent. When we succeed or use our talents to do something great, it’s hard to not proclaim it to everyone. We like to sweep our imperfections under the rug, while accentuating our strengths. Perhaps one of the hardest […]
If we live long enough, we will most likely experience moments of success and moments of failure. We all love the feeling of success and the high that we get when we do well. The feeling of failure isn’t as well received. It can be a real punch to the gut and knock us off […]
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” He later says, “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” Jesus didn’t come here to maintain the status quo or […]
I like to have everything planned out and don’t like the feeling of being caught unprepared. Before my wife and I went on our recent two day trip to Natchez, MS., I had our whole itinerary printed up with a general plan of what we were going to do and when we would do each […]
