Influence/AssociationThere are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cann... [More]

TruthVery few of us are authorities on the truth. About the closest that any of us can get is what we hope is the truth or what we think is the truth. That’s why the best approach to truth is probably to say, “It seems to me...”There is nothing wrong with affirmations, provided wha... [More]

I have pretty much determined that I am not good at sticking to a plan-of-action and I have wondered why.  For me it seems that I have great intentions and I do make progress, but I am very easily derailed.  Set backs in areas of my life that are not even related to the goal I am working o... [More]

I have been meaning to do this for a while, and decided that today was the day to do it.  Things lately in my life have been in an uproar.  I have been running around with so much to do and so many things I want to do that there is no way I can begin to even talk about it.  There are ... [More]

I am finding myself blogging a lot more lately and I wonder why?  My entry for today came from my daily Bible Reading.  As I have been going through the books "48 Days to the Work You Love" and "No More Monday's" and listening to Jim Rohn, I have been putting tegeth... [More]

Proverbs 24:30-34 NIV  I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;  (31)  thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.  (32)  I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a... [More]

A couple of weeks ago I posted about trying to start to rebuild the foundations of my life that seem to have crumbled recently.  Well, I have not done well.  I could blame it on being sick for a week, or I could blame it on having my daughter with me, or any number of other things, but if ... [More]

Well, week one was not as successful as I would have liked it to be.  I did not read my Bible every day, I only excercised once this week and I cheated on my weight loss plan.  Guess I need to do better this week..

Sometimes things tear me down, chew me up, and spit me back out. When that happens it is like the very foundation of my life crumbles beneath me. Well, this is about how that has happened in my life this year and how I plan to start rebuilding the pilers of my life that hold the foundation, walls and the roof in place. [More]

No, I did not say pray fastly. I said Prayer and Fasting. I feel God isat work right now in my church. I think I see a place He wants me tojoin His work at. You see, the book "Experiencing God" that we arestudying on Sunday mornings in Foundations for Living classes has beentalking about h... [More]