Just me trying to be honest with God.

“When God has led you through the sea, everything else is a mere creek crossing.” Andy Stanley

A tour guide was leading and speaking about an historical event that had taken place in the Holy Land. What impressed one person on the tour is that he spoke of what happened in the first person as though he himself was personally there. This is the connection every child of God should have when speaking of the Red Sea crossing. Think about it!

“For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea..” 1Cor.10 Conversations Within” ts 5/2726





“Try to draw a circle so huge that there is no way we can finish it while we are alive. Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara

Live with divine purpose, and you will need to live forever to accomplish it. The good news is that God will accommodate such a life with all that is needed.

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” Phil.3.12 Conversations Within” ts 5/26/26



One key to a healthy relationship is to love someone on the days you don’t like them.

I can make peace with the fact that I do not always like someone as long as it does not interfere with loving them. Liking is a feeling. Loving is an action. 

“Love never fails.” 1Cor.13 Conversations Within” ts 5/25/26




“Right now counts forever.” R.C. Sproul

It is one thing to live “in” the moment and another to live “for” the moment. The first is perfect focus, the latter is a kind of nearsightedness--the inability to see beyond now. One of the most important reasons to give myself fully to this moment is that there are other moments to follow, and what we do now will follow us. 

“Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you.” Jesus Conversations Within” ts 5/23/26



I asked AI, “What is the most important verse in the Bible?”

After offering a few qualifications, AI's answer was John 3.16. I thought this was worth sharing. Loving God is the greatest commandment. But as important as it is that we love God, it is infinitely more important that He loves us. We love Him because He first loved us.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3.16 Conversations Within” ts 5/22/26