Life can be good. Like right now, I would say my life is good! But life can be bad. So bad that you need a better word than ‘bad’ to describe it – like devastating! Like when my dad suddenly died. Or when someone I was pouring myself into accused me of being a fake. Read More
Posts by Chips Ross
What Do You Need For Life?
What do you need for life? Let’s expand that a little bit, so it doesn’t sound like we’re living on peanut butter, crackers and water. What do you need to live life? Not just survive, but thrive, have joy, satisfaction? For some, their answer connects with money and possessions. For others, it’s about relationships of Read More
The Good Life
I just returned back from vacation. How was it, you ask? It was good! Or let’s try another conversation: Hey, how are you doing? I’m good. What exactly does it mean that you’re doing good? Or that vacation was good? Or that my kids get good grades? What about someone being a good person? We Read More
Reacting To Love With Love
For every action, there is an equal reaction. What about love? Does that still hold true? For every act of love, there is an equal response of love? Love comes from God; He is the God of love. His love is powerful, and always prompts a response from us. We love Him in return. Verses Read More
Success Through Dependence
I’ve been working for about ten years on being more productive and efficient. It’s been slow going, and I think only recently has there been more success than failures. What I’ve learned is my success directly stems from my dependence on God. The more I attempt to be in control, the more I fail; but Read More
From Face Down To Running Free
We enjoy feeling happy more than feeling sorrow or grief. But the lows are as much a part of our lives as the highs. This past week had a low moment for me. I was physically tired; I was made aware of poor communication and leadership in me that was hurtful to others; I was Read More
Life Isn’t Perfect
One of my more foolish mistakes in life is to plan as if life was going to be perfect. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have perfect days. A healthy plan and approach to life has to include the challenges and distractions. So far in reading Psalm 119, things have been going well. Read More
How Can Anyone Be Pure?
We have pure drinking water, but we struggle with pure lives. We can have healthy food with clean plates and utensils, but we struggle to have clean hearts. We want to breathe unpolluted, uncontaminated air, but we don’t know how to remove polluted thoughts. How can anyone keep his or her way pure? Psalm 119:9 Read More
Getting The Feel of Reading God’s Word
One of the ways I struggle with fixing and building things is feel. How do you know when you’ve tightened the bolt and are not over-tightening? By feel. How do you know how when the wire strippers are going to cut the wire coating, but not the wire itself? By feel. You only get that Read More
How Work Leads To Blessing
I was recently diagnosed with rosacea, which is a reddening of the face. It doesn’t hurt at all and has no effect on my daily life. I am mostly aware of it because people see my face and will comment on it. So when the doctor prescribed antibiotic treatment, I was faced with a choice: Read More