”Everyday with you...is sweeter than the day before.” Classics IV

May this year be your best year yet! Why not? Why not live each day with a deliberate purpose to do it better, live it fuller, and embrace life deeper than the day before. Is it not the core of our Christian belief that in Christ our best days are before us.  May your blessed hope become your daily reality.

“The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.”  Conversations Within” ts 12/23/2016

"In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. Author Unknown

It is easy to waste time on trivial matters. We all do it. We all know we can't get those precious moments back when we do. It takes a certain kind of mindfulness and deliberation to quell such tendencies. Define your life’s center, remind yourself every day in the shower what it is, and measure every activity by asking, is what I am doing right now expressing it?

Make the most of every opportunity because the days are evil. Eph.5 Conversations Within” ts 12/23/2016

“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis

We were born in the likeness of our Creator and what better expression of it than to bring a dream into reality. Of course we should give considerable thought as to whether our dream is worth pursuing. A simple test might be to ask if Christ would happily agree to ask His Father to bless it? Make such dreams the seed of your prayers.

“Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.”  Jesus Conversations Within” ts 12/22/2016

“Hey, in case you forgot, You are a child of God. Pretty cool, huh?” Unknown

 When I think of the word family, my thinking is being shaped more by a Spirit that includes not excludes. Father, mother, brother, sister and family are words common to those who name the name of Christ. We are related by His blood. When you think about it, when I do business with a Christian, I do business with kin. Is there not a level of trust under it all? One can trust family.

“I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family … derives its name.” Eph.3:14-15 Conversations Within” ts 12/21/2016

Christmas is all about family; namely God making His family bigger.

People generally answer that family is one of the most important aspects of life. I feel certain that God shares this sentiment. “Father” is after all, Jesus’ favorite designation for God and He encouraged us to see Him this way. This means of course that all who share this faith are family, and should be treated as such. That person in line at the store in front of you may very well be your brother or sister in the realist sense of the word.

“I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you...and In you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” Gen.12 Conversations Within” ts 12/16/2016