Posts Tagged ‘honest’
Deep Friendship
I have had the privilege of having many friends over the years. In my high school years, I had lots of friends. After high school, I moved about 4 hours away from home to go to college. My high school friendships faded significantly. I made friends at college and I’m close to many of them…
Read MoreHonest
I will often look up a word in the dictionary that jumped off the pages of God’s Word. This morning, the word honest jumped out. I was taught the value of honest at a young age when I was busted by my parents for being dishonest. I also learned how it hurts me and my…
Read MoreMy Word
I watched my Pappy work out deals with his spoken word and a firm handshake. Today, we really must write everything down before a deal is binding on both parties. In our culture today, our word is not enough to make something binding and enforceable. I work in the Real Estate space and it’s very…
Read MorePersonal Holiness
What does holiness look like in someone? I used to imagine that it was someone who wore white. I also thought it might me be someone in a high-up leadership position in the church. Over the years I’ve learned that the people I thought were holy were 100% human. I’ve also thought that holiness is…
Read MoreRespected
I respect people who are truthful and honorable. It is hard to respect an arrogant person even though they might be truthful. I have met people who appeared arrogant at first, but once I got to know them, they were not arrogant. They were humble at heart, but their confident demeanor was misinterpreted by me.…
Read MoreConfrontation
This is definitely NOT my favorite thing to do. Unfortunately, when working with people, confrontation is common and necessary. There are times when what I heard was not what was said. It’s important that communication that surrounds confrontation is clear and dripping with kindness. Dave Ramsey says, “To be unclear is being unkind”. I recently…
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