Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will, never in full view of the world. You’ll never have any idea what other people are really going through. Just know that other believers wrestle with God’s will, just like you.
You can always choose the quality of your life.
In spite of the flow of time, I can make choices as how to use it. Things around me change all the time. I just need to make wise decisions in the midst of all that change. I am not powerless. I can choose.
Gratitude and thankfulness – 6 thoughts.
Gratitude and thankfulness are easy to overlook.
It’s a perverse part of our nature to gravitate toward the negative, to bemoan the fact that things aren’t going as we wish they would. Whining, complaining? That comes easy. But to count our blessings, to be thankful and grateful – that can be challenging.
Six thoughts on achieving a better life.
Who wouldn’t want a better life? It can be yours. What was it the old preacher said? “Put the hay where the sheep can get to it.” Maybe today you’re feeling sheepish, and need some good hay. I hope this’ll fit the bill. The context: I’ve spoken before about the gap between where I want […]
Getting rest.
I think so many of our problems in life grow from our inability to simply be still.
It’s matter of sitting down with God, asking “Is there anything you need to tell me?” And then just shutting the heck up and listening.
It’s not all that bad.
It may feel like we collectively, and you, specifically, are in a bad way – but it’s not all that bad. “Tony,” you say, “you gotta be kidding me.” It’s true, though. It’s not all that bad. I’ve had a little epiphany, courtesy of a federal judge and Yale law professor named Guido Calabresi. You […]
Unforgiveness is not an option.
Unforgiveness is not an option. You can choose to be a better person.