Quit Deceiving Yourself
A couple of years ago, I suffered a severe back injury. For seventeen grueling days, I was unable to lift my head higher than 3 o’clock. Despite a trip to the ER and prescription medication potent enough to sedate an elephant, my lower back remained locked up as tight as a drum. I shuffled from […]
The Key to Perseverance
Like many of you, I’m enamored with men and women who beat the odds in impossible situations. Those who keep fighting when everyone else call it quits fascinate me. I often wonder, “What keeps a person going when there’s no visible evidence to warrant perseverance? Can I develop that tenacity?” Life has a strange way […]
Hard Feelings? 2 Reasons to Let it Go
C.S. Lewis wrote in his classic book, Mere Christianity, “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.” In theory, most of us want to be quick to forgive. After all, who wants to be bitter, easily offended, or stuck in the past? But in reality, most of us are prone […]
3 Biblical Principles That Will Set You Apart in Your Workplace
We all want to succeed in our work and be good at what we do. Those of us who work full-time invest at least 40 hours a week or 2080 hours a year in our workplaces. Our careers represent an enormous amount of our time and energy. Naturally, this is an area we want to […]