I really try to make it a practice of praying about everything. There are times that prayer is not the first thing I think about. Prayer should be the first thing I think of IF I believe that the Lord is in control of everything. I do believe that The Lord is in charge and…
When a doctor tells a patient that they have a heart condition, it’s almost like hearing the word “cancer”. There are many different levels of heart condition as there are many different forms and stages of cancer. (I would like to be president of the “HATE CANCER CLUB”.) I was speaking to my doctor about dieting…
I see reputation as something that I’m continuously building upon every day. I believe reputation is about honor, merit, achievement, reliability and steady behavior. Reputation seems to be much about who a person is publicly. If I hold someone in great repute, I tend to look further than just their public persona. I believe a…
I really like coming home. I live out in the country in a modest home that we built 23 years ago. We love our home. We recently did some remodeling and some improvements and now my wife and I are “empty nesters”. We recently traveled to Tennessee to hang with our family and love on…
I don’t consider myself a flashy or fancy dresser. I do iron my shirts and pants each day and try to present myself as professional. I am up early with a quick shave and shower each morning. I like to start my day with gratitude deep in my heart for all that the Lord has…
I recently made a trip to Jekyll Island in Georgia. My wife had been planning this trip for several months. It’s a small island off the east coast of Georgia and known as a barrier island. It is only about 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It is surrounded by intercostal waterway on one…
I came home from Tennessee by way of Birmingham, Alabama yesterday and the road construction in downtown Birmingham was unbelievable. There were multiple bridges through the downtown area that were being taken down and replaced. We followed the detour signs and made it through what looked like a war zone in that area. It was…
I am not in the habit of fasting. I see it as a discipline that when I take a break from something (like food, or social media), I should replace that time with prayer and time spent with the Lord. I definitely don’t think this should be announced or a big deal made of it.…
This word has an important word in most every part of its definition, and that word is “again”. The word Revive carries with it words like: restart, renew, return, rebuild, vigor, strength, restore to name a few. It is a word that has some life and hope inside its meaning. For example, I want to renew…
When I read the Old Testament history of Israel, I often think about how they often missed the very presence of God among them. They were often self-absorbed and self-centered and missed what He as trying to do for them. I don’t have “Israel envy”, but I do want to know God and have Him…