It’s officially 2022 around the world, and I would imagine you have received many social media wishes for a Happy New Year via Facebook, Instagram, GIFs, and personal texting. Did you know, however, that there is actually a “top way” or “best way” to express sentiments for a Happy New Year? Many websites have dedicated space to suggesting EVERY kind of message to EVERY category of people: loved ones, family and friends who are near and dear in heart, “professional peeps” and even acquaintances. Also, many…
Theodore Roosevelt once spent two weeks hunting buffalo in the Dakota Badlands during intense heat and driving rain. One day of that trip, in particular, was riddled with many trials. He sustained a deep gash in his forehead when his horse reared up without warning. While crawling on his belly to get a shot at an animal, he accidentally placed his hand on a cactus and received a fistful of spines. Then later that day, he and his guide were…
Have you found yourself using certain words and phrases during these trying times of 2020? Have you said, “unprecedented”, “I’ve been 2020ed”, “social distancing”, or “Zoom” an unprecedented amount of times? I certainly have! However, lately, more than anything, I have heard myself say, “Let’s take it one day at a time”.
When asked what I am doing over fall break, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, I usually say I will have to take it one day at a time because we…
C.S. Lewis once told a story about a little boy who wanted to go on “making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.” I can picture a contented little boy playing with his trucks in a mud puddle when along comes his father offering to take his son to the beach and the ocean where sand and water are abundant to make fantastic mud pies. However, to get to the beach would require enduring a loooong ride to…
Not only is the beginning of a new year a time to make resolutions, but it is also a time of taking inventory of what went well and what didn’t go so well last year. When we remember the abundance, and all of the joy that God allows through our family and friends, and in giving our daily bread, it is easy to proclaim His praises and say, “God is good-all the time-God is good!”
It may not be so easy to shout out the same adoration when we…
