A moment of honesty. My mind is blank. Normally, it runs in circles like the cars on the Indy 500 racetrack; however, at the moment, it is curiously quiet. Perhaps all the drivers are making pit stops. It may…
I’ve hiked it a million times (ok, that’s an exaggeration, probably it’s more in the hundreds). I’ve stood on the same ledge and overlooked the valley below. This morning, the sun-angle cast a different kind of glow, giving a…
It sneaks up on you. Before you know it, it has iron clad fists around your heart. You’re paralyzed. It’s hard to think practical every-day-common-ordinary thoughts, let alone make life changing decisions. Your mind feels a bit like Hurricane…
It’s noticeable. The summer season is slowly slipping into fall. My backyard-aspen have a tinge of gold. The mornings are cool and the days warm. The squirrels are bustling about from tree to tree as they build their nests…
Sometimes my study in God’s Word takes me to places of comfort. Sometimes I find myself a little beat up (this I have, over the last few weeks of learning how to “Man-up!’”). But at all times, I discover…
I’ve put off writing this week’s thought, because, for me, it’s one of the more convicting areas of maturity. Before we dig in, let’s recap (or you can skip down below the ***). **************** The Apostle Paul admonished the…
Jesus said, “You must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48).” There’s that word: perfect. In other places, it’s translated mature. Mature Christians look like their heavenly father. Ufda (I love this word…I should have been…
Last week I alluded to a current inner struggle. It would be my desire this morning, as I sit down to write today’s thought, to gloss over it and move on. I can’t, because that struggle carries with it…
Maturity. It’s the process we work toward. I wish that I could say with certainty that were the Apostle Paul sitting over a cup of coffee with me, he’d applaud my growth. Yet, I have a feeling that he’d…
(An early P.S.: If you’re just joining this current blog-thread, you might want to go back and start at July 23rd, just to keep this in context…) Reflect on these words a second… The words of your mouth are…