I love the early morning. Sometimes I simply wake up and my mind goes in motion about things I need to work on or prepare for. I don’t like to start my day until I hear from the Lord and spend some time listening to Him speak to me. I’m not sure when I started…
I love seeing old furniture that has been restored and repurposed. It has beauty beyond the surface. It has character and is usually built quite solid. Growing up I saw my Mom and Dad take old furniture from a family member and strip the outside coating off of it down to the raw wood and…
I remember as a kid being told to pay attention. The people telling me this were my parents or my teachers. As a child it is pretty easy to be distracted by many things around. A child can be distracted by a shiny new toy or a butterfly and wander off of the playground. I…
I learned at a very young age that there was always someone in authority over me. It started with my parents teaching me the value of respecting others. I learned to submit to the authority of my teachers at school. I also learned to submit to the authority of the police officers. Even today there…
My parents introduced me to the Lord as a young boy. Over the years I’ve gotten to know Him more and more. I remember being afraid of Him. I remember thinking He was some “old man” – a grandpa figure. I remember trying to think about what He would look like if I met Him…
There is one thing that God cannot do – and that is fail. He cannot fail. He does not make mistakes. He does not create something that wasn’t intended. I do think that I take things He created for good and use them for bad. God can do anything He wants at any time He…
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…
I really like new stuff. There is something about the packaging that is really cool. In a new car, it’s the smell of new. Sometimes “new” is overpriced and certainly over-valued. For example, I’ve heard for years that once you drive that new car off the lot, it decreases in value by $1500 – $2000.…
I remember this particular Heinz ketchup commercial from 1979 where the song “Anticipation” was sang and the ketchup bottle was turned up and the commercial was celebrating the thick, rich ketchup that would FINALLY come from the bottle of ketchup. Anticipation is actually a “hopeful” word. It brings to mind the “possible, probable and even…
These little papers have become quite popular – at least in my world and on my desk. You can purchase just about every shape, color and size. They are not super cheap but they are sticky and serve a purpose to remind me of a name or phone number that I need to follow up…