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You don't become a concert pianist by avoiding the piano. You don't catch a prize bass by avoiding the lake. You don't build muscle and endurance if you don't exercise. You don't learn discipline without saying no to the lesser thing and yes to the greater thing. You...

I've written plant growth metaphors plenty of times - The Root of the Problem Part 1 and Part 2, Planted and Growing, Real Life Gardening, and Fruit and Growth. I have yet another metaphor. Plants that don't have to struggle don't grow strong. While you might want to...

While thinking about what to write I read a few notes I've written and found a couple of convicting sentences: "When you say you have no time, you really mean that you have given it to something else." "You will always have time for God's will. If you don't think you...

Prayer is a wondrous thing! You get to talk directly with God, walk right into His presence! In the sermon yesterday morning the pastor went through a lot of things about prayer that I don't typically think about, and I wanted to share. So let's go back to the...

When you read Matthew 6:12 and 14-15, you find that forgiveness is a very important thing. To be human is to need forgiveness. We need it and others need it. We need to receive it and we need to give it. According to Jesus, we must incorporate forgiveness into our...

Mistakes are not things that anyone really likes to make - especially if you're a perfectionist. But just because you've messed up doesn't mean you can't learn from it and try again the right way this time. As a reforming perfectionist I often struggle with being...