I had an experience this weekend that was a true blessing, and I want to share it with you because it revealed to me another piece of what our true identities are in Christ. My grandmother is battling cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.  She lives with my mother, who is a nurse and works [...]

NEWSFLASH! I want what I want, when I want it, and how I want it, and not surprisingly, this applies pretty much across-the-board in my life.  It’s not reserved to just my wife or kids or family or friends. I want the stoplight to change when I want it to change.  I want people in [...]

I’m sorry to those of you who missed my post from Monday.  I had major computer issues and spent the day trying to wipe out viruses, which eventually turned into reformatting my whole hard drive and reloading all the stuff.  Quite a time-consuming pain.  So, alas, here we are on Wednesday with a post… I [...]

Here is what I want you to do today… Find someone in need and meet that need, whatever it may be, whether it be emotional, physical, spiritual, financial, etc.  Wherever that someone is in life, meet them there and love them.  Love them like Christ loved the woman at the well or the Good Samaritan [...]

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10 We have proceeded to the final portion of this verse, “…which God prepared in advance for us to do.” In prior posts, we looked at what it meant to be [...]

We are going to look briefly at the 3rd part of Ephesians 2:10 today.  In my last two posts about this verse, we learned some very valuable information about who we are in Christ. First, we are God’s workmanship, which means we are made with SKILL and QUALITY through God’s EFFORT and ENDEAVOR. Second, we [...]

I need a break from me. I was once again in a local establishment yesterday morning, and I overheard two women talking.  You may have noticed that I tend to pay attention to the people around me.  This is mostly because I’m always on the lookout for blog fodder or inspiration for writing topics.  Sometimes [...]

When we serve and love others, where is our motivation? Is it God, or could it be that it is often self?