Ever have one of "those" days, weeks, months or dare I say years? Did you ever sit and say "why me?" I know I have, in fact in many ways that was shown to me by my dad. I can remember many times over hearing those two words to the point I started saying them! …
Category: Life Stories and Turning Points
Real-life moments that shaped your journey—personal stories, cultural snapshots, and reflections that invite readers to pause and see God’s hand.
What’s in your History?
When you are using the internet there is a place called “history” in your computer that essentially tracks every site you visit. I can come over to your home, open your computer and go to “history” and I can see what you have been putting into your mind (looking at). What if I could walk …
What are you Chasing?
28,470 days, 683,280 hours or 2,459,808,000 seconds. I happen to be somewhere around 18,000 days. Did you figure it out? Those first three numbers represent 78 years of life, which is the average life expectancy currently in America. Now, look at where I am at: approximately 18,000 days in. A very sobering thing to see! …
You don’t know me
Can I just SCREAM!!!! That is what I want to do, but what would people think? I am supposed to be the strong, calm one. I am supposed to be the one that has the cool head, thinker, solver of problems and offer up wisdom and advice when needed / asked. After all, I am …
Mountain
There you stand, facing an enormous mountain. It is a formidable giant that once again you face. Maybe it’s a loss of a job, a struggling marriage, a goal you want to achieve, etc. and you turn and there it is bigger than life, what do you do? Do you turn and run? I hope …
The Christmas gift I received last year, 2 years ago, 5 years ago was…..
We run around this time of year from store to store looking for Christmas gifts for our family and friends. Many people will get very stressed over this period of shopping and never really enjoy the season, all because of the pressure of finding “that right gift.” Now I will admit I am one that …
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Each of has a unique story..be thankful for where you are…
As I was driving around town today doing some errands I did a lot of people watching. I began to think about each person I saw and wondered about where they were going, what they were doing and even why they were doing it! A few things came to mind: • Each of us has …
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Back to reality
Back to “reality.” Okay first I must let you all in on a little “secret” I was out of town for 8 days on vacation. So fasting from some technology was the thing to do, in all honesty though every time I have taken a vacation in the past I have brought my lap top …
14709 Days
I have been alive now for 14709 days today! Made me think - what have I done with my past 3650 days? Have I impacted my family, my friends, my community, this world for Christ? Have I been living a life that represents Christ or the world? Do my friends really know that I am …
Not a spare part
It's Christmas morning and your kids have unwrapped their presents... That's when you see it: written right there on the side of the box are words that a lot men do not like to read; "some assembly required." I don't do well with these as I rarely will actually read the directions, I mean where …
Fire Side Therapy 