Too Important

I have met people who think they are too important to help others. I have found myself busy at times and I wasn’t able to carve out time to help. I don’t ever want to be perceived as “too important” to help someone else.  I want to be attentive to the needs of others as…

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Promises

I have made many promises over the years. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned the weight of promises and I try to make fewer spontaneous promises. I try to be careful and discerning about the promises I make. Promises kept speak to the integrity of the person making the promise. I take the promises I…

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Recognized

I love our small town where I’m going about my business of pumping fuel or buying groceries and recognize a friend or a neighbor and strike up a conversation or a quick “how are you and your family?”  I dress similar each day with dress slacks and nice shirt with my company logo on the…

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Kingdom of God

I don’t always stop and reflect upon the size and influence of the Kingdom of God. It’s massive when I think about it. There are followers of God all over the world. I remember as a young man, I realized that when we were meeting together on Sunday, there were millions of other Christ followers…

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News Travels

I remember the morning of September 11, 2001, like it was yesterday. I was in the church office working and someone called to tell us about the first plane hitting one of the towers in New York. We immediately got to a television to hear about it and then the second plane hit. The news…

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Changed Life

I once heard it said, “It’s hard to argue with a changed life”.  Real and lasting change in a person comes from deciding to change.  I have gone through lots of change in my life over the years and I still have a lot of changing to do. The older I get; it seems the…

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