Feeling Inadequate?

A feeling that we are all familiar with is the feeling of inadequacy. All of us at some point in our lives have felt helpless, insufficient, and like we don’t measure up. Feelings of inadequacy may cause us to avoid healthy challenges. Having low self esteem hurts our relationships, and comparison undermines contentment. Throughout our… Continue reading Feeling Inadequate?

Two Ways To Live

Psalm one is about two ways to live: The righteous and the unrighteous, the good and the wicked, as a saint or sinner, the godly and the ungodly. This Psalm contrasts the two. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits… Continue reading Two Ways To Live

A New Leaf For Me

We all know in our heads that when the calendar changed at 12:00 AM Monday morning, there were really no major changes in the universe. We know that life goes on, oftentimes exactly as it has in the past. However, there is a sense where we can reflect on and consider what, if any changes we… Continue reading A New Leaf For Me

Muscle Memory

How many of you have written the wrong year on a check or form? Maybe I should have asked how many times you have done it. Most of us have a hard time putting the correct date for at least the first two or three weeks, if not the first two or three months. In… Continue reading Muscle Memory

Control

Have you ever noticed that much of what plagues us in our lives and trouble our soul is the stuff we can’t fix. We cannot control the weather.  We have no control over the other drivers on the road! We cannot control what others do to us or say about us. We cannot control decisions… Continue reading Control

Who’s Watching You?

It’s the time of year that I remember that I usually got threatened with the thought that Santa Claus was watching. For a kid that didn’t get many toys through the year growing up, this was quite the deterrent for bad behavior for at least a couple of months out of the year. I wanted… Continue reading Who’s Watching You?