When you were a kid, how many times did you hear an adult warn about choosing your friends wisely? I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard it preached to youth and taught to teens. Surely, you’ve heard someone say: “It’s easier for someone to pull you down than for you to pull them up.” And, it can be completely true, but… I think that, as adults, we have a tendency ...
Faith
What does wisdom seek?
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,” right? And not just in physics, you know? When we seek, we find. When we sow, we reap. There’s no denying it though sometimes we try to deny what it is we are actually seeking and sowing so that we can be surprised by what we find and reap. Proverbs 21 has a good bit to say about that. “Whoever loves ...
Rare Words.
I remember looking at precious gemstones at a store in Kenya once. They ranged in price based on the quality and the rarity of the stones. Sometimes, a smaller Tsavorite stone was worth a great deal more than a larger stone of some other kind. They’re just harder to find. It’s not difficult to find people who want to talk, is it? Just turn on the television, and you’ll ...
The Wife I Don’t Want to Be.
Have you ever had a leaky faucet? The sink in our master bath had one once, and it dripped. ALL THE TIME. I remember lying in bed at night, waiting for the next “Plip….Plip…Plip…” I could hardly rest because though the sound was small, it was persistent. Constant. Grating. Annoying. You get the idea. And, the most frustrating part was the fact that nothing we ...