Posts tagged “Patience”
3 Words that will change your New Year
If failing to achieve your goals was an Olympic sport, I would win the gold. Seriously. Every New Year I go crazy with the…
New Year, new you?
New Year’s resolutions can be good. They motivate. They’re a plan for doing better in the future. They can be a great way to…
God’s New Year’s resolutions
The moment we unwrap the last Christmas present, we quickly turn our attention to the next year—and everything we’re going to change about our…
Just be a kid
I hope you’ve seen the Hafod Hardware Christmas ad. The two-year-old going through the motions of running a store is a whole different level…
A different kind of list
From a parenting perspective, Christmas is a pretty easy time to get kids to behave. After all, they are keenly aware of Santa’s naughty-or-nice…
When it’s hard to be thankful
Thanksgiving is a time we’re all supposed to be thankful. Some years, though, it’s kind of hard to feel that way. For some, this…
The turning point
Have you ever wondered why the disciples were willing to walk away from everything to follow Jesus? What would cause them to leave their…
2 ways God (and the devil) gets you
God and the devil use the same tools. That truth is one of the more intriguing/important/terrifying facts of life. The very moments that the…
Don’t let God rest
So there I was, wide awake at 3:57 a.m. (Thanks a lot, time change.) I quietly got out of bed, went to the main…
Fill your tank
Have you ever bypassed a gas station only to find yourself driving down a highway on fumes? It sure sucks the fun out of…
God help me assume the best and speak no ill
“We should fear and love God that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, or give him a bad name, but…
The other three-fourths
If you’ve read the gospels, you’ve come across the lists of the 12 disciples. Peter is spoken of the most, then John. James gets…