Posts Tagged ‘awareness’
Confident
Confident means “self-assured” and positive. People who are confident are often accused of being arrogant. There is a line that is quite different between these two. Arrogance is an exaggeration of one’s own value or ability. Confidence has a subtle humility mixed in. Arrogance and humility don’t intersect. I am reading in the Psalms this…
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I grew up playing on cow paths that the cows made as they walked from one field to the other. They walked in the same way each day and a well-worn path was created. My brothers and sisters used to play “cowboys and Indians” using these paths and pretending they were roads. We have paths…
Read MoreInfluence
I have definitely been under the influence of others over the years. I have had some great mentors and teachers dating back to when I was just a kid. I remember some of my Sunday School teachers. I remember some of the Preachers at the little church I grew up in. I remember some of…
Read MoreLove Big!
I grew up feeling loved by many people close to me. There were others who weren’t very loving and kind, but they were more background noise in my life compared to the love I felt from my parents, grandparents and our large family. I have learned first-hand that love cuts through a lot of noise…
Read MoreGenerational Worship
I am so thankful to have the privilege of being a Dad. I am also thankful to have been a son to my Mom & Dad as well as a grandson to my Mammie & Pappy. Along the way, I was told about Jesus, God’s One and Only Son. I was introduced to God and…
Read MoreJoy Of Presence
I must confess that I’m easily distracted during the day with a “buzz” or a “ding” from my phone or my watch. I’m learning that to be fully present with someone, I have to lay my phone down away from me. I also need to disconnect my watch. The thing is, I want to be…
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