A guest artist attended my school and shared his artistic gifts with us. He sketched a beautiful landscape as he explained art. When he finished one person asked for the small drawing. He started to pass it to the student and then […]
A coach chooses you. A coach lets you know the equipment you need. A coach takes the time to train you. A coach gives you feedback so you can improve. A coach puts you in the game. It is up to us […]
I want obedience to God to be an automatic response. I want to do what he says. Test everything by His word. As soon as I come up with a ‘better’ idea, that has been what has always led to trouble. I […]
If you want to avoid failing then get off of the train tracks! We sometimes make choices that we know put us at risk. Then when the mistake or failure happens, we wonder why we failed, messed up or someone caused this […]
Jesus on the earth was the Bible in a physical form. Everything it says we should be and do He was a living example. He is the Word of God. What He said, we should say. How he acted, we should act. […]
Are you looking for life keys in boxes that do not have the answers? We spend so much time searching for the keys to our significance, peace, joy, purpose and fulfilment in things. There is nothing wrong with things unless we become […]
There was a fly trapped in the house a few days. When we finally were able to open the mesh where it was trapped in the window, we let it out. When we went back a bit later the fly was sitting […]
Peter failed after Jesus was captured. He was asked if he was one of Jesus deciples and he denied that he was. He went so far as to deny even knowing Him. This mistake could have derailed Peter from his purpose but […]
It is the unreasonable care of this other things that choke prevent or delay us obeying God’s word. We focus on our things in life to the point where we “fit” in the things of God. We try to remember to pray […]
It is so encouraging when God finds different ways to teach us about faith. When Peter was declaring his commitment to Jesus, Jesus told him that Satan had asked to sift the disciples as wheat. I thought, huh? He had to ask? […]