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Thought for the Day – I Can’t Help It
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on December 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – The Man in the Mirror
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on December 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As humans, we tend to be very focused on the things that other people do, despite the fact that our greatest limitations are ultimately rooted in the things that we are unwilling to do.
Thought for the Day – Becoming a Man
Posted in Parenting / Family, Thought for the Day / Quotes on October 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My oldest son officially became a teenager this year and over the summer he was excited to find out that his feet had grown bigger than mine. I suspect in the next year or two he’ll weigh more than I do as well. These changes have got him thinking about becoming an adult and the other day he asked, “Dad, when will I know that I’ve become a man?” I took a few seconds to ponder my answer and said, “You’ll know that you’ve grown up when you can take care of yourself and you’ll know that you’re a man when you can take care of someone else”.
Thought for the Day – The Anatomy of Failure
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on April 29, 2012| 2 Comments »
Error doesn’t necessarily become failure until we refuse to learn from it.
Thought for the Day – No Regrets
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on February 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I’ve often heard people speak of having “No regrets”, both when looking back on their lives or in the context of their hopes for the future. I’ve even heard some say things like, “if I could live my life over again, I wouldn’t change a thing”. And while those sorts of bold proclamations may sound good as T-shirt slogans or on sports drink ads, they don’t actually play out well in real life. The truth is that we all make mistakes and if we have any conscious at all, that is bound to stir up some feelings of regret. Though unpleasant, it is often those feelings that provide the incentive to grow and change. A wise man doesn’t pretend that he’s never done things that he wishes he hadn’t; he simply owns up to his failures, learns from those mistakes, changes his mind/direction and leaves those regrets on the side of the road (where they belong). I would suggest that there is a world of difference between not having any regrets and choosing not to live with regret. It is a healthy thing to live without regrets, but the only way to be truly free of them is through an act of genuine repentance.
Thought for the Day – Idle Time
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on January 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
In Western society, we are lovers of pleasure and leisure; and quite often our idle time degenerates into idol time.
Thought for the Day – Moneychangers
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Under the brand of “Christianity” now practiced in America, church leaders are less likely to drive the moneychangers from the temple and far more apt to network and franchise with them. As my friend C.Groves would say, much of this is an attempt to dress the American Dream in spiritual clothes and call it the kingdom of God.
Thought for the Day – The Measure of Honor
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The honor of a man is best measured in those moments in which he believes that no one can see him.
Thought for the Day – Peace and Joy
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 8, 2011| 3 Comments »
Peace is not simply the absence of strife in our lives, nor is joy the absence of pain in our hearts. Peace and joy are God’s response to our invitation to come into our lives and hearts.
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