May 01, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day five...
Sherrel and I continually comment on how good we feel after a run. But we never comment on how good we feel before a run. For most of the year we run before the sun comes up, so we have to deal with the dark. And we have to deal with the weather… nothing to look forward to about the run itself.
May 02, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day six...
If you want to have a better life, a happier life, I encourage you to rethink the way you handle all the stuff coming against you. You just cannot be happy without dealing with the resistance.
May 03, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day seven...
How we handle all the stuff that comes against us has everything to do with how happy we are. Something had to come against that happy little one‐year old to cause her to start cutting at age fourteen. Something had to come against that happy little four‐year old to cause him, at age thirty‐two, to depend on anti‐psychotics just to function.
May 06, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day eight...
God typically gets the credit for things He has nothing to do with.
- “The storm was God's judgment.”
- “What kind of a God would cause a child to be born that way?”
- “God told me to leave him.”
- “Why did God take that sweet couple, and let the drunk driver live?”
May 07, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day nine...
In the movies, treasure is always hidden away somewhere—covered by boulders in a cave, or buried deep in the dirt. Treasure is never found just lying on the surface of the ground in plain sight.
May 08, 2013
from Mike
Joy
Day ten...
Our only granddaughter is now close to seven months old. As it should be, her room is fit for a princess. I have only one complaint (which is never taken seriously by the way) about her otherwise perfect environment—the music that plays on all her gadgets.
May 09, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day one...
According to MarketLine, the global apparel and luxury goods market had total revenues in 2011 of $1,778.5 billion. That's a lot of money spent on what we wear or carry around (clothing, jewelry, handbags, etc).
May 10, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day two...
What does it mean to be forgiven? Did Adam and Eve ever need to be forgiven prior to the incident with the “forbidden fruit”?
May 13, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day three...
When a newly married couple wakes up together for the very first time (assuming it is the very first time) there is a certain fear of exposure. Everybody was on their best behavior yesterday. He was thoughtful… considerate. She was admiring… respectful. Everybody was looking good. His teeth were brushed… nails clean. She looked stunning… perfect hair… perfect makeup.
May 14, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day four...
A couple of weeks ago, I passed a car moving slowly on the interstate. And as I glanced out the passenger window of my truck, it was easy to see why. The young lady's hands on the car's steering wheel were bouncing as if her hands were operating a jack hammer.
May 15, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day five...
As we have been discussing, one of the most freeing and empowering things in life is to hear the words: “I find no fault in you.” But it is equally freeing and empowering for us to say to another person: “I find no fault in you.”
May 16, 2013
from Mike
Forgive?
Day six...
I hate injustice. How sweet it would be to right all the wrongs in this world. How sweet it would be to make all the guilty pay. If it were up to me, I would….