Happy Monday. “Hope is like the sun, which as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” –Samuel Smiles Looking around the neighborhood and my own yard, I see things completely “spent” after the heat of … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” Will Rogers Packing a suitcase is not a favorite pastime unless it means I’m going to a special place. What I really don’t like is unpacking! However, I’m smart … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “Adversity is God’s University.” September is here—cooler, crisper days, football season, apple pie time, pumpkins piled high at the market…I love this time of year. Of course, school is back in session. Did you, as I, love school … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “Success is not based on where you start, it’s where you finish—and I finished.” So said Bob Ireland at the conclusion of the New York City Marathon, November 6, 1986. He finished last, the 19,413th person to finish. … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” –George Santayana (philosopher). Not long ago I did a thorough study on the book of Deuteronomy. It is basically Moses’ farewell counsel to the Israelites before going … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “You are not what you think you are, but what you think, you are.” I wonder how many thoughts go through our heads in a day. We are so affected by our thought life, much of which is … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “God is to be praised with the voice, and the heart should go therewith in holy exaltation.” –Charles Spurgeon I have always been captured by the story of Paul and Silas and their response to being in prison, … Continue reading →

Happy Monday. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming.” –Helen Keller I recently was scanning my book shelves and my eyes saw the book The Gift of Pain and next to it How to … Continue reading →