"Feelings will always go away but the action you choose to take might be permanent." Joshua Weissman Just walk away. Yeah, but I am right. Just walk away. No, they need to hear what I have to say. They need to know I am right and they are wrong. We all know how this situation …
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"All at once he followed her...like a deer stepping into a noose...little knowing it will cost him his life." -Proverbs 7:22-23 "Yuck! That was the grossest thing I have ever seen. Why would anyone watch that?" Little did he know that that video was his first step into the noose. Next, he would find magazines and …
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot I shared this quote as a part of the message I recently gave to a group of students. As I recounted the story of how Jim Elliot and his friends died in an effort to reach …
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation..." -John 16:33 I have been working on creating a message to teach to 5th and 6th graders and came up with the following question: "Why even become a Christian if your life is going to get harder?" The idea …
"The value of one's existence isn't determined by successes and failures. What truly matters is having the courage to keep moving forward." -Mecha Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog I never thought I would be taking life lessons from a comic my son is reading but here we are. Who doesn't enjoy the tales of great leaders …
"I still have feelings for them." Marriage is one of the most intimate relationships you can have. You are completely naked with each other, physically and emotionally. There is nothing between you...yes again in both senses. This is how marriage should be and is the reason many do get married. They found the person with …
"You can't go passive as a parent or your kid becomes a stranger." Jon Acuff "I just need a few minutes to wind down. Let me just watch some TV or scroll through my social. You are so loud will you knock it off or go outside?" Another week goes by and you realize that's …
"You can't make a friend until you learn how to serve...Friendship is an act of service." -Simon Sinek Do you remember your first friend? How or why did they become your friend? For most of us, it was because they served us in some way. Maybe they shared their snack, gave us space to sit, …
"What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace." -John Wesley Wow, that is an absolute kick to the stomach because you know it's true, just take a look at our world. Think about what is allowed on TV now. To think my mom wouldn't let us watch Friends which pales in comparison to today's …
"We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future." -Lester Levenson You find peace by living in the in-between—that space between wanting to change the past and trying to control the future. I believe most would call that the present. Or as Master Oogway …