Category: Faith & Spirituality

In comparison Throughout scripture, we are advised not to compare ourselves with one another. Whenever we compare ourselves with one another, discouragement can be the result, while self-centeredness is always the result. We find others better presented, younger, better off, more wealthy, healthier, more worthy, and so on. The comparisons we make, tear others down…

The One Thing Many people, athletes, successful business folks, academic geniuses, and even children have been characterized or described as having “The One Thing.” It is that ability, skill, or knowledge that sets them apart from so many others. They are incredibly athletic, acute in business, unbelievably smart, or a child prodigy. As a result,…

Peace that makes no sense There is no shortage of nonsense, insanity, lunacy, or deceit, dishonesty, and deception in our modern world. In fact, there are plenty of opportunities for billions of folks who don’t know truth, won’t know truth because they refuse to put in the leg work to discover, reveal, and then live…

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. This phrase is attributed to Charles Deterich as well as a song sung by John Denver. The saying means to reflect on, but not dwell on your past behaviors and approach each day as a new opportunity and freshness to begin again. However, what…

Excuses, excuses, and more excuses… How many times have excuses been made throughout one life? Excuses deflect responsibility. Excuses shun individual accountability. Excuses give false testimony. Excuses are lies spread over truth, dark obstructing light, evil in the face of good. Who makes excuses along with mankind? The evil one, Satan, the serpent (Geneses 3:1-5).…

Have you ever thought that maybe time is running out? What is your understanding of the length of your life? What is your expectation of the time and place you will die. Can you pinpoint that moment to the year, month, week, day, hour, second, or moment? Do you have an understanding of when or…

Eclipse An eclipse is when a celestial body partially or fully blocks another. When celestial bodies line up, they cause an eclipse. Children and parents don’t always behave in alignment. If you have a child and find something they like or are interested in, forfeit your behavior towards it and embrace it. Spend time with…

Don’t you want to know?When we were young we always needed answers. Children always ask “Why?” They ask questions like “Why did this happen; Why do we have to do that; Why is that; How come?” Even though we ask as children, the funny part of that questioning is we never really grow out of…

The proper time There exists a proper time for everything. For example, there’s a proper time for when a baby goes from milk to solid food; when a teenager starts to drive; when a young adult becomes old enough to drive, to enlist in the armed services; to legally consume alcohol. None of these occurrences…

Light and dark Have you ever looked up at the clear sky at night and taken in its infinite darkness? If it is overcast, the clouds are difficult to see or make out their shapes. In World Wars the searchlight was a new technology that lit up the sky wherever they were shone to reveal…