The Craftiest Thief (31 Days of Balance – Day 27)

by | Oct 27, 2012 | Faith

As I sat down to write a post for today, I couldn’t focus my mind.  Part of that was because I was tired…but part of it was because when I opened my browser I was hit with bad news from all directions.  My instant reaction was fear and sadness…and I...

More Than Food (31 Days of Balance – Day 22)

by | Oct 22, 2012 | Faith

What I feel led to discuss today is not exciting to me. Quite the contrary. It’s a lot easier – and much more pleasant, may I add – to discuss things that I feel like I am doing well. It’s easier, too, to talk about things I know I need to work...

A Focused Work (31 Days of Balance – Day 17)

by | Oct 17, 2012 | Faith

The other night in my small group, we watched a message from Craig Groeschel that hit me in my heart.  It penetrated deeply.  It hurt.  I laughed at the many similarities between what he said and my own life…but inside I was thoroughly disturbed.  (It is no...

Not By Myself (31 Days of Balance – Day 16)

by | Oct 16, 2012 | Faith

It’s easily one of the hardest things you could ask me to do.  I would do a million other things – likely destroying myself in the process – before I could take the plunge and do it.  No matter how long I think about it, I cannot develop a scenario...