OPTIMISM AND OPPORTUNITY SEEM TO START IN THE SAME PLACE I’ve noticed this many times, our propensity to see the negative, the problem. Perhaps it has to do with protecting ourselves, this focus on the dangers that are out there
DON’T WAIT, LIVE LIFE NOW Sometimes we hesitate. Maybe we are a bit afraid. Maybe we want everything to be perfect before we act, as Joyce Meyers says. And, of course, there are times when waiting, when patience, when prudence
LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS In a Bible study I team-teach on Thursday nights, we are studying the early history of the people of God in the books of Joshua and Judges and I and II Samuel. Someone commented
INNER WISDOM Interesting comparing wisdom and wealth. Wealth goes away as we spend it. Wisdom increases as we spend it, share it with others. The teacher, it is said, learns
REMEMBER GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU TODAY Today is Valentine’s Day, a day which emphasizes love, usually our love for one another. The scriptures do command us to love one another and to even love our neighbors. Let’s also realize the
YOU AND I GET TO CHOOSE OUR FRIENDS We do, by and large, choose our friends. This is different than our family, says Jacques Delille. Fate chooses your family. You didn’t choose them. Now, there is nothing wrong with family.
