Dedicated? Dedication. Celebration!

Are you committed? Are you devoted? Are you firm? Are you steadfast? Are you resolute? Are you unwavering? Are you enthusiastic? Are you eager? Are you passionate? Are you hard working? Are you dutiful? To what? Where is your dedication directed? What is your dedication for? What is it doing for you? What is it…

Will you give credit where credit is due?

Will you give God the credit? Will you celebrate what He has been able to do in and through your life? Will you celebrate what He is doing in your life? Will you celebrate what He is doing through you life? Will you give God the praise, the honor, and the glory He deserves? Will…

How will you celebrate it once you have it?

Is the suffering forgotten? Is the journey forgotten? Is the rescue forgotten? Is the end of one and the beginning of another forgotten? How will you celebrate? Will you celebrate in a way that will be and can be remembered? Will you celebrate at all? Will you remember? Will you cease the moment? Today's reading…

Are you ready to celebrate?

When was the last time you had a party to celebrate something huge? What were you commemorating? What were you observing? What special thing were you marking? What memory were you keeping? There are many holidays that get celebrated for religious and national purposes. Some seem to get celebrated in different ways and at different…

Don’t be judgmental! Don’t taunt or find joy in the pain of others! Let’s do good to all!

We are to weep with those who are weeping! We are to celebrate with those who celebrate. Not the reverse...Don't be kicking people when they are down. Don't be mocking people when they are going thru troubles. Even if they are your enemies, we are not to hate them and only love our neighbors. We…

It’s sad when we lose people…

Have you lost anyone? Do you remember the pain? Do you remember the sadness? Do you remember the emotional rollercoaster? Do you remember the anger? Do you remember the joy? Do you remember the love? Do you remember someone who wasn't treating you well who passed? Do you remember someone who was like a brother…

Will you remember? How will you remember?

Do you leave a marker? Do you write something down? How will you remember and remind those that come after you? Is there anything that you can do so it won't be forgotten? Is there anything you can do to ensure that others will see it and remember what happened? How can you tell people…

Do you take time to celebrate the good?

Ever finished a big project and then people setup meetings to have a retrospective or post mortem? Ever found people tend to focus on what went bad more than what went well? What we need to fix or stop vs what went well and should continue? It seems to be human nature to do that,…

It’s time to come home…

Have you wandered away? Have you walked away? Have you turned away? It doesn't matter how far you have gone! It doesn't matter what you have done! It's time to come home! Don't be afraid! Don't be worried! Don't be discouraged! Be humble! Be repentant! Come home with a heart in the right attitude. Let's…

Where do you go when you get such news?

You just got a message that will change your life and the lives of so many others, where are you going to go? Who will you turn to? Is there someone who ranks high enough that you would go and see them? Would it be family? Would it be a friend? Who would it be?…

Have you been touched? Have you been able to keep quiet? Have you been able to keep it to yourself?

Has your life had a divine encounter? Has your life been transformed? Have you had your eyes opened to the truth? Are you able to see things more clearly because of the transformation? Are you keeping it all to yourself? Are you not sharing the good news with others? How have you been able to…

There will always be people who question when you do something good for someone else.

Ever noticed that people are suspicious of people who are doing good things. Suspecting that they are going to want something in return. Suspecting that it is a trick of some sort. Things have gotten so off track that doing nice or good things for others isn't the norm but raises concerns in others. Does…

What are you doing to make LOVE GROW?

Are you thankful? Are you praying? Are you believing? Are you proclaiming? Are you filled with faith? Are you rejecting doubt? Are you helping others flourish? Are you loving not only much but well? Love sincerely! Love intelligently! Don't make it all gushy and sentimental! Love in a way that is circumspect and exemplary! Love…

There’s no if’s…it’s a matter of when!

Do you believe or not? Do you think it can be done or not? Consider your thoughts and your words! When you are going to say something consider what you are trying to say. Imagine if my previous statement has started with if the difference that makes to the comment. It's not if, it's not…

God won’t give you more than you can handle…are you adding more?

At lunch with a friend yesterday this very topic came up. He was sharing how God had spoken to him about not everything we get is from Him, but that we add to it ourselves. He mentioned about how insurance policies speak about "acts of God" and that how about 98% of the events can…