When is weakness better than strength? I have been advised multiple times never to get old. That growing old is not for sissies. Because your body breaks down; getting old is moving from strength to weakness. But is this all loss? Is there nothing to be gained from weakness? Our friend in Psalm 119 reveals Read More
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Different Difficulties, Same Solution
My friend, a single man, eats the same meal each night. When I first found this out, I was quite surprised, and I didn’t think too well of the idea. But I kept listening and discovered that he has chosen to do this for two reasons. 1: so that he enjoys the meals he has Read More
Fire, Freedom and Blessed Boundaries
Years ago, we lived in the forest, and our main heat source was our wood stove. Out of necessity, I learned to be really good about starting a fire and keeping it going. I also learned how to make sure the fire stayed in the wood stove! A fire that is free is destructive! Which Read More
When I Feel Powerless
I’ve recently been faced with a few situations where I feel powerless. Someone near me is hurting, but they don’t want me to help. A family member was in the vicinity of a shooting but I was stuck in traffic and unable to go to them. Because of expectations of another, I don’t feel like Read More
How Can You Be Safe?
Playing baseball growing up, I loved running the bases. The best was when there was going to be a close play, so you had to slide and reach out your hands and the umpire called ‘safe!’ Being safe is still a very wonderful things today – even if it’s not while playing baseball. I want Read More
Preparing For Adversity
I tend to be both goal orientated and positive thinking. Which is an interesting combination together. As I set a goal for myself, I think on how manageable achieving that goal will be. Does that strike you as realistic? Or wise? What about setting a goal for yourself, being very aware of the difficulties and Read More
The Sweet Goodness of Scripture
My family had donuts the other day as a treat. My oldest daughter has her driving permit so we were celebrating. We opened the box and boy did it look good. My mouth started to salivate in anticipation – your might be too as you think about this. But hours after eating my donut, I Read More
Unchanging Truth in Changing Times
School last year was quite stressful for my wife and myself with our four kids. Since my wife also worked at the elementary school, we had five different school schedules, but even these changed based on what day of the week it was. Yep, we did forget to pick up a daughter from school once Read More
When Life Is Devastating
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
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