Category: Inspirational

Inspirational

Stir Up the Waters

Too Many Excuses? When life doesn’t move you forward, how long are you willing to wait? How many excuses will you use to keep sounding like you’re really trying? Would you make excuses for 38 years? The Bible story in John, chapter 5 tells about the man who was born crippled and waited 38 years […]

April 15, 2021
Inspirational

More Sugar, Less Vinegar!

Soft Hearts, Please! I read a thoughtful quote that said, “The biggest judgment of God on the world comes with the hardening of people’s hearts.”  As we look at local headlines and news reports, it appears that most of the world walks on stony ground, with stony hearts to match. Some think soft-hearted people can’t […]

April 12, 2021
Inspirational

Undeserved and Under-served

I’ve been musing about these two words, “undeserved” and “under-served.”  Inserting that one extra letter “r” helps define how we may choose to live. A lot of people imagine they deserve more. In fact, they feel sure they didn’t get everything they should have or could have. Of course, someone else must be to blame. […]

March 30, 2021
Inspirational

The Choice Is Yours

  We like to have a choice about how we want to run our lives. We value our independent spirits. and our God-given talents and abilities. As we grew past the idealistic teen and young adult years though, it didn’t take long to realize that making choices could sometimes be puzzling. It was a good […]

February 12, 2021