Daily Expectations

We begin each day with certain expectations. If we have gotten a good night’s sleep and things have been going well for us, we awake with expectations of another good day. However, if things have been going roughly and we know we may expect to face another hard day. Of course, our expectations rarely matchContinue reading “Daily Expectations”

Daily Habits

All of us have our daily habits, many of which govern how our days go. We shower, shave, and brush our teeth in certain ways and at certain times. We tend to gravitate toward particular foods and eat at particular times. We wear the same sets of clothes on a regular basis. While many ofContinue reading “Daily Habits”

Effective Hope

Medicine, to be effective, must be taken as prescribed by a doctor. Advice or counsel is only effective as the hearer’s response to the advice. I have had to undergo physical therapy a few times. It was only as effective as my willingness to do the prescribed exercises. Lamentations 3:21-22 says, “But this I callContinue reading “Effective Hope”

Right Time for Everything

You have heard it said, “This will be the perfect time to…” You have probably even said this yourself about some opportunity that you have had. The truth is that there is a perfect time for us to do every little thing that we do. God has designed it so. If we will only followContinue reading “Right Time for Everything”

Handbook For Life

The Oxford Language Dictionary defines righteous as “morally right, justifiable, virtuous, very good, and excellent.” Most of us would like to live our lives in this way.  Even when we are successful in doing so much of the time, we still fail miserably some of the time. However, God has given us the Handbook forContinue reading “Handbook For Life”