I’m so overwhelmed!

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1, KJV It’s a common feeling. You start thinking about all of the things you have to do, and before you know it, you feel completely overwhelmed. You think, “I’ll never be able to get it all… Continue reading I’m so overwhelmed!

What do you think 1,000 elderly people had to say?

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience]. – Proverbs 20:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Proverbs 4:7 (AMP), God teaches us that: The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal… Continue reading What do you think 1,000 elderly people had to say?

Make sure you make your future plans with the correct present mindset.

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Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a… Continue reading Make sure you make your future plans with the correct present mindset.

Too much honey will make you sick!

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it. – Proverbs 25:16, Amplified Bible (AMP) I love Krispy Kreme doughnuts! I love them so much, as a matter of fact, that I have downloaded the Krispy Kreme app to my… Continue reading Too much honey will make you sick!

Be sure to apply what you have learned.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. – James 1:22, King James Version (KJV) A decision is worthless unless it is followed by consistent action. Just ask the millions of people around the world who sincerely committed to New Years resolutions earlier this year, only to fail… Continue reading Be sure to apply what you have learned.

The recipe for making your dreams a reality.

For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool’s voice with many words. – Ecclesiastes 5:3 Amplified Bible (AMP) Many have argued that American swimmer Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time. His 22 career medals – 18 of which are gold – go a long way towards supporting that… Continue reading The recipe for making your dreams a reality.

Be sure to twist your wrist when you cast the net.

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. – Ecclesiastes 10:10, KJV Some years ago on a trip to the beach, my mother-in-law showed me how to cast a shrimp net. For the next several years, I had… Continue reading Be sure to twist your wrist when you cast the net.

Be ye man or woman, be like this woman!

She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]… – Proverbs 31:16a, Amplified Bible (AMP) If we are not careful, we will spread ourselves too thin. From a desire to serve and to achieve, we can take on more responsibilities than… Continue reading Be ye man or woman, be like this woman!

Why do I have to take math classes?

…to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law. – Hebrews 5:14b, Amplified Bible (AMP) In a recent Sunday School class, our teacher asked a very simple question: “What is the purpose of education?” Several in the class answered the question,… Continue reading Why do I have to take math classes?

It’s amazing what a stroll along the beach can accomplish.

And Moses said to the Israelites, See, the Lord called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and wisdom, with intelligence and understanding, and with knowledge and all craftsmanship, To devise artistic designs, to work… Continue reading It’s amazing what a stroll along the beach can accomplish.