Choose Your Color

This lesson never ends. When it does, I’ll be strolling on Gold!

During the past months at the physical therapist, my emotions rode a pouting rollercoaster of “Baby me” and “I hurt” and “woe is me” and stuff. Day after day, I had to choose to either dwell in the ride of my complaints or purpose to be present, to engage, to focus on the end goal not the momentary pain. My therapist is amazing, my trainer exceptional, and the vibe of the office is pleasant and kind, but if I didn’t join in and do my part, there is nothing this staff could have done for me. My pain would still be there, my bones would still hurt. I had to choose. Read more

… And Pray.

He who is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace. Proverbs 11:12 (MEV)

Here we learn a definition we ought to have define our personal lives.

What we learn from this verse is a simple solution to many questions thrown at us day after day. The answer is this: Pray for wisdom and shut your mouth! Living a peaceful lifestyle truly takes time and practice, but if there is one thing we need to practice, time and again, it is the art of binding unnecessary words that quickly stir up strife, destroy relationships, and ruin the sweet testimony of Jesus Christ. Read more