Starla and I have four wonderful children. But we didn’t plan our first child and we didn’t plan our last child. We were married for three months when we found out Starla was pregnant. Our first son, Kolt was born one week before our first anniversary. We then had two […]
“How to Turn Your Pain into Gain”
Everyone experiences pain in life. Pain comes in different ways to different people. But we all experience pain, loss and heartache. Can we turn our pain into gain? Yes. Read this verse below. 2 Corinthians 12:7, 10 (NLT) So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn […]
It’s not all about you!
1 Corinthians 10: 23-24 (ESV) “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. Today’s word is others. The Bible teaches us that there are certain […]
Amazing Grace!
Everyone experiences pain in life. All have experienced betrayal of some kind. All have lost someone we love. Most have suffered a broken heart. Many have been fired from a job. Some have experienced the failure of a marriage. Pain comes in different ways to all people. But we all […]
Are you Committed?
A wealthy old man was very excited about his lovely young bride but sometimes wondered whether she might have just married him for his money, so he asked, “If I lost all my money, would you still love me?” She responded, “Of course I would still love you. Don’t be […]
It’s all Good!
It’s all good! Have you ever asked someone, “How are you doing?” and they responded by saying, “It’s all good!” I realized some time back that it really is… “All good.” Romans 8:28 (NLT) says, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those […]
Agree to Love!
What do you do when you can’t agree with someone you love? There is little doubt that as you are reading this you can probably recall a moment when you disagreed with someone you love. It may be a disagreement with a spouse over how children should be disciplined or […]
The Key to Life!
I was looking at my key chain the other day and I realized that I did not know what a few of the keys were for. I thought to myself, “Why am I carrying around keys that I have no use for?” Except for the fact that maybe I will […]
The Power of a Kiss!
My two-year-old granddaughter Scottie Jayelle ran up to me the other day and was crying about her toe hurting. I said, like any “Pops” (Grandfather) would, “Do you want me to kiss it?” She shook her head up and down. I picked her up in my arms, placed a gentle […]
Expand or Explode
I have a small refrigerator in my office. It has a freezer section at the top. I opened it the other day to grab a can of Sparkling Water, only to realize that the can of water had exploded. It was sitting to close to the freezer section. Have you […]