If you see God’s hand in it, look ahead to where you’re going.
Category: Observations
Grieving the Giver
A hypothetical man—let’s just call him Alan for the sake of expediency—was praying to God one day. “Father God, why is it that You never give me any really cool spiritual gifts? I do what You ask. I go to church Sundays, Wednesdays, Men’s meetings, Father/Son events, Couple’s Group. My wife and I even lead…
Husbands. My brothers. This is good stuff.
…you can never rest on your laurels… there is ALWAYS something you can improve on or stop doing altogether.
Caramel Cookies (karamellkaker)
I don’t normally post recipes… …but this one is not just a delicious treat, it is a fond memory of love. If you think back on your childhood, (I’m 45, if you’re wondering) you discover that many of your happiest memories have a element of food attached to them. Every year, my late grandmother, Clara,…
Life: Interrupted
It was… …a long day at work—ten hours. Arriving home, I discovered things in a shambles. Dinner not started. Dishes not done. And my wife still working feverishly in her office to satisfy a deadline commitment. There was a time when I would have just said, “Let’s go out for dinner.” But in today’s economy,…
Subject : Football Practice
You worked through some pain tonight… But you saw it through to the other side. When I was running alongside you I saw that you were in pain. Tears were flowing. So what. You stuck with it. You kept going. You blew through it. You honored your coach when he disciplined you. This will only…
You deserve the best
I saw this… …on a friend’s Facebook Timeline and knew I had to save this for you.I lub you.-Dad It Matters Whom You Marry My husband and I were once with a youth group. There were three kids sitting across from us at a meal: two guys and a girl. The one guy was a…
Submission to authority.
What is it… …about submission to authority that drives us to total insanity? Why is it so difficult to just submit to authority? I mean, everybody has to do it! I had to go home at lunch today to talk to my son about submission in doing his homework. The funny thing is… this week…
Is this for real?
So I’m lying in bed. Can’t sleep. A couple hours earlier, I was whispering in my wife’s ear that I loved her. Affirming her as my beloved. Thanking her for completing me. Then once again, I said, I love you. Inside my head, this voice says, Why? What do you mean, why? I responded back…
Branded By The One 