“Who you work for is waiting for you at home.” David Bach, The Automatic Millionaire, p. 68  Need I say more?   ________ If you think this post would help someone please feel free to share it. Continue reading →

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” _Martin Luther King, written from a Birmingham jail while in solitary confinement (April 16, 1963) If you’ve been keeping the peace at the price of your dignity and freedom-will then it’s time to go … Continue reading →

“It will certainly mean fighting. You won’t rescue the Shire just by being shocked and sad, my dear Frodo.” —Merry (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King) Honestly, do you think things are going become better in your life without you doing something different?  This is not the lottery, it’s your life and it will … Continue reading →

“Strategy…an approximate course of action that you frequently revisit and redefine, according to shifting market conditions.” _Jack Welch, Winning, p.166 “Figuring it out” is not the goal—you’ll never completely and finally figure it out. The sure-fire strategy for success begins with faithfulness… …faithfulness to the right things is the objective for… …faithfulness to the right … Continue reading →

Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; You can know too much for your own good. There are some things that are beyond you, you simply do not have the capacity to handle them. Sometimes (probably most of the time) you must practice childlike … Continue reading →

Genesis 1:9-10 (NKJV) And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Recently I was speaking with a friend of … Continue reading →

Genesis 1:6-8 (NKJV) And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning–the … Continue reading →

Genesis 1:3-5 (NKJV) 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.  It was no … Continue reading →

Genesis 1:1-2 (NKJV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Really it makes sense that God used formless stuff to create our world. You and I … Continue reading →

Genesis 1:1-5 (NKJV) In the beginning God… It is significant and appropriate that the Bible begins with, “the beginning”. It is even more significant and appropriate that the Bible tells us the beginning began with God. It can prove helpful to go back to your beginning and determine if God was in it. Don’t go … Continue reading →