We MUST learn to love people from where they are. Are they right? Are they wrong? Doesn’t matter. It’s irrelevant to love. Of course, love has many different applications and there are some you have to love from a distance, but the truth is this: people will never love how much you know till they […]
The dog that will bring a bone will carry one too. That’s what my grandmother used to say about gossipers. It basically means that if a person will talk to you about THEM, chances are they will also talk to them about YOU. Whether your gossiper is a relative or friend, this truth remains sure. […]
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s this… Opportunity comes. If there are two things I’ve learned… you don’t know when. So instead of stressing over why it hasn’t arrived for you yet, pour that energy into staying ready for when it does. I have done it all (well … at least most of […]
Work to erase the saying ‘I don’t have time’ from your vocabulary. A day consists of 24 hours and is filled with you doing what YOU make a priority to do. You may not WANT to do something or may not have placed it high on your ‘to do list’, but you HAVE time. The […]
Worrying about an issue keeps our hands tied to it. Trusting God puts the issue in His hands. Whose hands do you trust more? There are times that God simply does not do what we thought he should have. Don’t trust your thoughts. Trust the manufacturer of your mind. He’s been doing this a long […]
The word of God is not a good luck charm or feel good quotes. It is power and it is life. It is the power of attorney that God gives us to navigate with AUTHORITY in this world. It can be the most powerful weapon when you need it or a soothing agent for the […]
Virtually every relationship will at some point have a disagreement. The thing that makes a disagreeable MOMENT become a PERIOD of disagreement is the Grandfather clause. This is when you incorporate the last disagreement (or disagreements) you’ve had with your current one. It’s when you remember how irate you felt the last time, how you […]
The bridge you burn now may be the one you later have to cross. Embrace the chivalry of ‘hush’ when your emotions are all over the place. Emotions are temporary, but spontaneous words and deeds done as a result of those emotions are far more lasting. If the deed, however, is already done (as you […]
There are circumstances that present us with what I’d like to call a crisis of belief. This is when you either believe that God is in control or that your circumstance is in control. Too many of us have lived our lives as Christians somewhere in between the two for far too long. Real effectiveness […]
We actually see with our mind, not our eyes. When we get used to a person or a situation, the image we are ‘seeing’ is often off of memory and not reality. Ask God to help you hit ‘refresh’ your perspective and take another look. You may be surprised at both the treasure AND the […]
No one has the power to make you feel less than, unimportant, unworthy or not good enough without your approval. Until you mentally authorize each of those transactions, they are only opinions that have nothing to do with you. Embrace as your identity ONLY what God has said about you and remind yourself of this […]
I recently buried my mother after an unexpected death. It was not easy, but what was easy was doing her obituary. All we had to do was talk about her life and works. It made us proud to not have to fluff or add fillers to it. It was a known fact that Mama loved […]
