Showing posts from December, 2024
"Give yourself a gift, the present moment." Marcus Aurelius *** As the year is wrapping up, I find that I’m looking forward to a few things: one of which is returning to my love of books. It has been many years since I’ve read a satisfying book and read, not for improvement or self-development, but for e…
“The credit belongs to the man who …. at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” T. Roosevelt I shared a story with…
I was watching a drama with French subtitles and the character said this statement: “The door is open to everyone, but not everyone can take the road.” The statement jumped out at me that I had to write it down. And then, today, someone said to me: “scared money doesn’t make money,” and this person was encouraging m…
There are times when you are in certain crowds, certain rooms, even in church, when words of wisdom are delievered, and you check the temperature of the room, and there’s an awareness that the words are going over the majority’s heads. It’s like the farmer is throwing valuable seed onto the field,…
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12 ** From time to time, I write things that encourage me, even on this blog. But there are days like yesterday where discouragement comes out of nowhere and all that I …
There are kings There are kingdoms There are mountains and there are thrones Only Yeshua will reign forever To His kingdom, there'll be no end Only Yeshua- /David Dam/ *** As someone was ministering a song during service on Sunday (Only Yeshua by David Dam), I paid attention to the lyrics of the song, and from i…
I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! Matthew 11:11 *** During bible study as we talked about faith, it became apparent to me what a great impact our environments make to our…
I blinked and it’s already December. It’s tempting to think about all the things that are still outstanding that I was hoping for for 2024, but I cannot take for granted that I have something that cannot be replaced: life. As long as I’m alive, there’s still hope, there’s still opportunity. It sounds cheesy and …
