I’ve often said that I want to be a life-long learner. I want to be learning each day of my life. I want to keep growing, stretching and learning. There are lots of things that I know that are my convictions. I believe that God is the Creator and Source of everything I see and…
One of my favorite vacations is to go camping by the lake. I must admit that I’m not really “roughing it” though. I have a camper with a nice bed, stove, refrigerator, satellite TV, but oh the view. I love backing the camper up to the lake and just taking it in. There is such…
I enjoy seeing the UPS man or the FEDX guy stopping by because they bring packages. Some of the packages are from Amazon.com or eBay. I love getting packages delivered to my door. In a sense, the people who deliver my packages are “deliverers”. The Lord is the Ultimate Deliverer. He loves. He protects. He…
I’m not a huge fan of tests. I don’t like taking tests even when I feel very good about knowing the material that is on the test. When I served as an instructor, I didn’t like exams much either. I saw the angst that the test caused students who had actually studied and participated in…
I’m trying to put into words just how my heart really works. I know about the physical part with the boundaries of blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.… I’m trying to articulate just how I take care of my heart – my soul, my emotional centerpiece. My love for my family is settled there My spiritual journey…
There are several synonyms for steady. The dictionary gives several words when defining this word: consistent, firmly fixed, supported, balanced, not shaking or moving, not wavering, controlled. This is a really big word that carries a lot with it. As I look at this “laundry list” of words that help define the word steady, I’m…
I loved the game “Hide and Seek” as a kid. I kind of like it as an adult doing the high tech treasure hunt called Geocaching. It’s where a cache is hidden somewhere and the coordinates are loaded into the website so that others can find the location of the cache and find the hidden…
These are two words that aren’t always together. Neither one is a “strong suit” of mine. I have never been known for my patience, but I’m still learning and growing. My trust in the Lord has grown a lot in recent years. There have been times that I’ve felt like I had no choice but…
Words are a single conceptual unit of language. I’m pretty sure every language has them. Some words are long and have multiple meanings while others are pretty short and simple in meaning. I use a lot of words each day in my life and in my business. One of the things I’ve learned as I’ve…
This word means to be free of deceit and untruthfulness. It carries with it the meaning of sincerely truthful and morally correct. I was taught at a very early age that being honest was always best. I remember asking a group of college students years ago if they believed honesty to always be the best…