The Lord still speaks through His Word straight to me. I’m not always an avid listener. He also speaks through circumstances, songs on the radio, other people and a ton of other ways. My spiritual hearing needs to improve. There have been times when I feel like the Lord needs a 2X4 to smack…
There were times growing up that I found myself defending someone else on the playground because they were my friends. I was willing to fight on their behalf against a bully or another group of kids who were pushing them around. As I’ve grown older, I find myself fighting differently for others. If I’m…
I have learned about this term the hard way. I’ve been duped and tricked with deception into believing something that simply isn’t true. I’ve put my confidence in others only to have their true colors come out later. I feel like I’m decent at discerning, but there are times when I’m totally deceived by…
I’ve lost confidence in myself before. I’ve also lost confidence in others. A lack of confidence and absolutely paralyze me. I especially can loose confidence if I’ve failed at something that I must tackle again. I remember when I took some really tough exams when working on licensure as a Real Estate sales person.…
Leadership can be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling activities. It can also be incredibly frustrating and discouraging. The leader feels tremendous pressure to lead and when the followers don’t follow, it take a lot of extra work to get them back on track. Joshua and the people of Israel are coming off…
I like old war movies. I love seeing the leaders strategize and plan in the midst of incredible stress and pressure. The history of the United States is rich with story upon story of war strategy and battle plans. I remember hearing General Norman Schwarzkoph explain the strategy of the ground offensive that toppled…
I enjoy going to a new restaurant and gazing at the menu. I should confess that I also like to look at the pictures. Some of my favorite restaurants are the ones with the simplest menus. I do like choices and I also like to mix and match the sides to make my meal what…
There are times that I will watch a movie again that I’ve seen before and the second time through, I see all sorts of details that I missed the first time. There are also times when I have this “déjà vu” moment when I feel like I’ve been here before and had a very…
One of the things I really like about my job is that I get to help people move. There are some people who are moving in to West Georgia and some who are moving out. Then there are those who are moving across town. Some people are “moving up” while others are downsizing. Our real…
I’ve heard it said that “word gets around in a small town”. I think it’s bigger than that – word gets around in any town. There are times when a person’s reputation (or lack thereof) precedes them. What they’ve done before is known and therefore people form their opinion based on the word that got…