“Mistakes are the most destructive force in our lives.” The caption caught my attention as I thumbed through a SkyMall magazine on a recent flight. I kept reading: “Turn on the power to success, money and happiness with zero mistakes. (This book) by ** supplies you with sharp advice on how to avoid mistakes to become …
Show Me
“Prove It!” I loved this book. An easy reader, every page included step-by-step instructions for simple “science” experiments” with stuff you already had around the house. Perfect for my then budding research career. Although I loved watching the way that soap repelled floating pepper, I don’t know that I actually ever proved anything. I was much …
Simple wisdom
“Pray as you can, not as you can’t.” Bobbie’s words struck like a bright bolt of understanding into my dark space of confusion. For weeks, I had been grappling with just how to connect with God. At age fourteen, my insecurity complicated the thought of prayer into an elaborate, mysterious web. Yet in her simple and …
Wisdom is believing
“But if any of you lacks wisdom..” (James 1:5) Grey hair. A little old man leaning over a cane. Solomon on a throne, maybe? I don’t know. What exactly is wisdom? As I searched for clues, something Moses said made me stop and think: “See, I have taught you statutes….so keep and do them, for …
Source of the Spark
Have you ever thought about the fact that you can be “enriched in all speech and knowledge” and yet not be a spiritual person? The Corinthian church was. Paul praised them for there knowledge in one chapter and then had to admit their lack of spirituality a few paragraphs later. We are much the same, don’t you think? …
Entering His Presence
Father, Thank You for Your mysterious wisdom. All along, You have been storing up wonders greater than anything that we can think or imagine. Your gifts to us aren’t necessarily things that we can see, but are way better than that. Indeed, Your lavish present is sourced from the depth of Your heart – Your very Spirit. By …
The Springs of Truth
Yesterday, we did a truth meditation on 1 Corinthians 2:12. Let’s move onto verse 13 today. Rules are the same – we are allowing Truth to wash over us. Then, in so doing, we will write out a testimony as to what this truth means to us. (Check yesterday’s blog if you need more direction.) “This is what …
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