Obedience joyfully submits, no matter how unjoyful and unsubmissive you feel. Obedience starts at home. I hated obedience as a kid, but as a young parent it’s my favorite. With all the complaining, eye-rolling, and stonewalling that come with kids, it’s no wonder obedience is our Heavenly Father's favorite too (1 Sam. 15:22). I wish [...]
Trials are your obstacle course to faithfulness. It was so long ago that I still looked like a Baywatch lifeguard. Well, sorta. Walking down a dusty gravel road on a sunny Texas morning with sweat pouring down my face, I was wondering what in the world I was doing. Seriously, why was a shy rural [...]
You can’t touch even one memory for a day, but even one memory can touch you for eternity. I was 25 years old and clueless. So wise, yet so humble, or so I thought . . . but I was so wrong. Ever been there? My friend, Floyd Woods, had just returned from a Jamaica [...]
Your legacy isn’t what you take with you to eternity, it’s who you take with you. And it’s not what you leave behind, it’s how you help others leave their own legacy. If your kids chose A-to-Z character qualities, what would they choose for L? Laughter, Leader, Learner, Legacy, Level-headed, Likable, Limitless, Listener, Lively, Longsuffering, [...]
