My Hope

I am generally optimistic and hopeful. I don’t always see life as “sunny side up”, but I do try hard to find the good that come out of most any situation. I also try to find the good in most everyone.  Jesus saw past a person’s exterior. He saw their heart. As I read this…

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Protocol & Process

I don’t always know what certain protocol is when it comes to government, but there are lots of protocols in place when dealing with leadership and access. There are also processes in place that help learn the proper protocol. “Processes is a systematic series of actions that lead to a desired end.” (Dictionary.com) I have…

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Hope For A New Plan

When things go sideways and fall apart, it’s hard to have hope that order will be restored soon, and all will be well. While I’m in the storm, it’s hard not to focus on the storm itself. It’s hard to see the calm that is coming because the storm has my attention. I love the…

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Match Maker

I see people all the time trying to connect two other people together. If they know both people and they are compatible, then they get introduced and possibly go out on a date. Relationships are tricky and somewhat fragile. When they are built right, they can be incredible rewarding and strong. I believe that God…

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Rescued

  I remember an incident that happened to me one of the last times I went white water rafting. I was on a guided trip with a church group going down the Ocoee River. I had my son with me in the raft and he was 12 at the time, I think. The guide had…

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Large & In Charge

My path has crossed people who in their own eyes were the leader of the free world. They know everything about anything. They have an arrogant attitude to go with all this “knowledge”. They are not fun to be around. My approach to people like that is to let them “blather on and on and…

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