I have been blessed with four-year-old twins that are incredible. I do the best I can to raise them with an understanding of Jesus and how special and valuable they are, not only to me, but to God. They are a large part of my heart. As a parent, I never want anything...
STOP AND THINK - The fear of death is engrafted in the common nature of all men, but faith works it out of Christians. (Vavasor Powell, 17th century Welsh puritan) The fear of death seems to be almost universal. We don’t talk about death much, unless we or someone...
STOP AND THINK - Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, 20th century U.S. Supreme Court justice) The 19th century French writer, Victor Hugo, said, “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose...
STOP AND THINK - Backslappers help us feel better about ourselves, but we don’t actually profit by them. (Ted W. Engstrom, late evangelical leader and author) It’s nice to be congratulated and applauded, isn’t it? But there’s a danger in thinking too highly of those...
STOP AND THINK - If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility. (D.A. Carson, theologian and professor) We all know how difficult it is to be criticized or corrected—even when we know it’s well deserved....
STOP AND THINK - We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. (John Maxwell, motivational speaker and author) Millions—maybe billions—of dollars are spent every year on cosmetics and surgery to make our faces prettier or to...
STOP AND THINK - There are three kinds of giving: grudge giving, duty giving, and thanksgiving. (Robert Rodenmeyer, author, educator) Rodenmeyer defines the types of giving: “Grudge giving says, I have to; duty giving says, I ought to; thanksgiving says, I want to.”...
STOP AND THINK - Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. (G. K. Chesterton, English writer and Christian apologist) The more often we hear something that at first seems strange, the more acceptable it may become. Yet, falsehood doesn’t...
STOP AND THINK - Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century essayist and poet) Emerson must have been a positive thinker. Most of us probably don’t look at every day that way. We just know that some days...
STOP AND THINK - Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. (Epictetus, ancient Greek sage and Stoic philosopher) We do let things bother us, don’t we? Whether it’s a disappointment at work, in sports, or personal relationships, we can...
STOP AND THINK - Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities. (Norman Vincent Peale, 20th century minister and promoter of “positive thinking”) Sometimes we become discouraged because...
STOP AND THINK - The only person who likes change is a wet baby. (Mark Twain) Change is inevitable. Like it or not, we will face innumerable changes as we move through life. Some of us hate change; others just “go with the flow.” They adjust well. But for some, as...