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A Choice for Now

In my last post, Choosing Between Good Things, I mentioned I might have to put my blog on hiatus. I've decided that instead of a full stop, I'm going to post on it when I can instead of posting regularly. As for a few other choices going on in life, I've got those...

Choosing Between Good Things

I have things to plan and work for regarding the future, and to do so I must figure out what things to give up in the present, if only temporarily. I don't want to give things up. I feel like I shouldn't give up some of them. But I do need to at least consider doing...

Summarized Bible References to Get You Curious

Robust 80-year-old man claims mountain inheritance promised to him 40 years before. (Joshua 14:6-15) Two men get too big for their respective britches. One flees from the other in battle, the other dies after a very strong woman tosses a millstone on his head. (Judges...

God’s Will Can Be Weird

Sometimes we know what God has called us to do and where we're supposed to be, but we don't always know how we'll get there. Sometimes we get there even if we didn't participate the way we were supposed to. For an Old Testament example, Samson was supposed to deliver...

Phone Notes

When I don't have a paper notebook with me, I put notes in my phone. I thought I'd share a few. God doesn't need eyes in the back of His head, He just knows where we are all the time. He saw us "sneak" off. Serving God is never part-time. It is a full commitment....

Paul’s Personality

The other day a friend and I were talking about the apostle Paul. Among the things we discussed about him were his personality, which God did not change upon converting Paul, God just gave it new direction. Paul was a very driven, zealous man. He gave every ounce of...

Treating Symptoms, or the Problem?

When you see a doctor for uncomfortable symptoms, the point is to find out the problem that's causing them. If you have pain, you might take some pain medicine for a while so you can function, but that doesn't actually fix the problem, it just minimizes your awareness...

Just Say So

Sometimes we go about life feeling miserable because someone didn't do or say something we wanted or needed. But sometimes that's because they didn't know we wanted or needed it. Sometimes a lot of complications in life can be cleared up by simply telling someone how...

When God Moves the Furniture

Sometimes God needs to rearrange your life. Sometimes He puts things in different places to better optimize how things are done, or gets rid of things to make room for something else, or does both to make it easier for you to move around. Sometimes God needs to move...