Posts related to goal-setting, embracing your current reality, clarifying vision, overcoming obstacles, and pursuing intentional growth.
⏱️ The Strange Illusion of Time “Son, it goes by fast… so enjoy it.” My dad said that often. And now, at 55, I can see it. It really does feel like just yesterday that I was in high school.Or standing at the altar. Or holding our first child. But here’s the math that doesn’t […]
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⏳ The Time Paradox We All Live In Have you ever noticed how life plays this strange trick on us? On one hand, it creeps by—hour by hour, task by task, one Monday at a time.And yet somehow… decades disappear when we’re not looking. One day you’re saying, “I’ll get to it soon,”…and the next,
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The Restlessness That Won’t Let Go Darren Hardy once shared a parable that hit me in the heart.It was about a successful, happily-married, middle-aged woman who just… felt something was missing. Life looked great on paper, yet a quiet restlessness kept tugging at her soul. In the parable, a character in similar circumstances sets out
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A Little Extra That Changes Everything This is arguably part 2 to my last post about exceptionally average, or maybe it’s how one becomes exceptionally average. There’s a Cajun word I’ve always loved—lagniappe. It means “a little something extra.” Like when the barista tosses in an extra cookie with your coffee, or a friend leaves
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Leveraging Your Position for Kingdom Impact “She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.” – Acts 16:14 (NIV) In the book The Monk and the Merchant, Terry Felber shares powerful insights on how God uses both those in vocational ministry (the monks) and those in business (the
Obstacles: The Gateway to Growth “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” – Exodus 14:14 (NIV) We tend to see obstacles as roadblocks—things that hold us back, frustrate us, or delay our plans. But what if these obstacles aren’t blocking our path at all? What if they’re actually essential steps
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