Category: Life Issues

Defeat is Not Defeated

Posted August 1, 2024 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Perseverance

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

— Maya Angelou —

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it…

Courage-Faith-Hope

Posted July 31, 2024 - Faith, Fear

You do not need to know precisely what is happening or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.

— Thomas Merton —

You do not need to know precisely what is happening or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope…

God-Confidence

Posted July 30, 2024 - Beliefs, Confidence, Team, Trust

We don't need self-confidence we need God-confidence.

— Joyce Meyer —

We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence…

Dream Share #1 – Shooting Sand

Posted July 29, 2024 - Life Issues

Stay away from basing your identity on people, places, things, and situations. They all eventually go away.

— JMeyer —

Reflection Over the past several months, I’ve had some wild dreams. I’m guessing it may have something to do with the meds I’m taking for my heart. A few days ago, I decided to capture the primary subject matter of my dreams and write about it in my journal. From there, I will share through…

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Faith in Reverse

Posted July 28, 2024 - Faith

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

— Philip Yancey —

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse…

God and Opportunities

Posted July 26, 2024 - Life Issues

Every problem is an opportunity to trust God.

— Unknown —

Every problem is an opportunity to trust God…

Impact

Posted July 25, 2024 - Purpose

The size of your assignment does not determine the significance of your impact.

— Craig Groeschel —

The size of your assignment does not determine the significance of your impact…

Live Well

Posted July 23, 2024 - Purpose

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

— Ralph Waldo Emerso —

The purpose of life is not to be happy.  It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well…

One Decision and Changing Your Life

Posted July 21, 2024 - Faith

You're always one decision away from a totally different life.

— Unknown —

You are always one decision away from a totally different life…

Keep it Simple With Love

Posted July 19, 2024 - Love

It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears - and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti —

It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience – to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears – and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love…