Posts Tagged ‘choices’
Anticipated Discipline
I used to hate it when my Dad sent to my room and told me that he would be in later to deal with me. I knew at that point that I was in big trouble. The waiting made things worse on me, but worked greatly in his favor. The anticipation of discipline was sometimes…
Read MoreOptions
This word by definition means choices. In football it means that the ball carrier has the “option” to run, pass, hand off or lateral. For everyday people like me, I have lots of options every day. There are some things on my schedule that are not “options”, but others most certainly are. Each day I’m…
Read MoreYouthful Commitment
I remember as a young kid how I trusted the Lord. I grew up in a home where there was respect and love for God. My parents lived out their faith in front of me. I remember simply loving God with my whole heart. As I grew older and had more things coming at me,…
Read MoreCalled Out
I have been called out before for doing something that is offensive to someone else. Sometimes I don’t realize that I’m hurting someone else – other times I might just not care. There are situations when I need to call someone out that I might decide to wait a minute and there are other situations…
Read MoreCause & Effect
I do believe that there are consequences (good or bad) to my choices and my behavior. I looked up the phrase “Cause & Effect” and found that it is derived from “Causality”. This word means: 1“the relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it”; 2 “the idea that something can…
Read MoreVisual Faith
I think about my faith pretty much every day. There are some days my faith is shaky and other days it is unshakeable. After I turned 50 years of age a couple of years back I see today differently. I realize just how important today really is. I’m not promised tomorrow or next week or…
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