When I wrote my last blog a couple weeks ago about “bad things,” I had no idea I would be sitting in church the following Sunday, listening to an amazing story filled with pain, sorrow, and faith. It got me thinking about what I didn’t discuss in that blog—the...
STOP AND THINK - The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. (Martin Luther King Jr, 20th century civil rights leader) Readin’, writin’, and ’rithmetic....
STOP AND THINK - Integrity…does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God’s grace sins less. (Sam Storms, American theologian) Although God is perfect and wants His people to be perfect, it is clear from the Bible and the lives of biblical characters...
STOP AND THINK - Transform your behavior by changing your thinking. Your behavior is not the problem, your thinking is. (Chris Suitt, American pastor) We hear a lot about behavior modification today. In the attempts to correct bad behavior or to help someone overcome...
STOP AND THINK - What someone is begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do. (Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher) We seem to think that what we do—our actions and accomplishments—will impress people so much...
STOP AND THINK - Set yourself on fire and people will come for miles to watch you burn. (John Wesley, 18th century revivalist and founder of the Methodist movement) Sounds like Foch (from yesterday’s “thought”) and Wesley were on the same page, although a century...
STOP AND THINK - The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. (Ferdinand Foch, 19th-20th century French soldier) That’s an interesting statement from a military man. We might have expected him to name a big cannon or a strong cavalry unit as the...
STOP AND THINK - The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim, 20th century American poet, novelist, and editor) In American this is April Fool’s Day, a day when people play pranks on others to get a laugh and to...
STOP AND THINK - Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. (Shakespeare) Simple words but loaded with meaning. Shakespeare might have been thinking of Jesus’ words in the first statement, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27). No doubt, life experience had...
STOP AND THINK - We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived." (M. Scott Peck, psychiatrist and author) No one wants to fail. We all work hard to succeed, but failure is a part of...
STOP AND THINK - Start living now. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. (Mary Manin Morrissey, life coach) Some people are always waiting for a better day to enjoy something special. Morrissey says, “Stop saving the good china for that special occasion” and...
STOP AND THINK - Success isn’t something you achieve, it’s someone you become. (Kary Oberbrunner, author and motivational speaker) We’ve heard this idea before, but we need to be reminded of it regularly. Our society honors achievement (Olympic medals, winning in...