2:144 – Should We Fear Or Welcome The Unknown? #faithbites #faithjourney unknown Most of us have had this experience: You go to the doctor expecting one thing and they said it might be something else. Perhaps the unknown is just not knowing what is going on. Then you spend time waiting for the results or a diagnosis which can drive […]
2:134 – I Feel Bad For Everything I Did Tonight #faithbites #faithjourney bad Life as a parent is never dull. Tonight the girls were st each other’s throats. St some point, my youngest was so upset she told her sister “I don’t love you in my heart”. That had the eldest upset and wanting her to move out of her […]
2:129 – I’ve Succeeded As A Christian #faithbites #faithjourney succeeded I have succeeded as a Christianmany times, but I am not a success. I have prayed continually, shared my faith with anyone who will listen, given time and energy to the church, written #faithbites for nearly 500 days, and read the holy scriptures. There have been times when I give […]
2:128 – I’ve Failed As A Husband #faithbites #fauthjourney failed I have failed as a husband many times, but I am not a failure. I have yelled at my wife, shown her anger, had lustful thoughts, been selfish, and wounded her spirit. There have been times when I don’t want to hang out and say I can’t because I just […]
2:123 – Conjunction Junction What’s Your Function? #faithbites #faithjourney function As I’m getting older, I’m am wondering more and more what my mark on the world is going to be. When I’ve gone to the Lord, will anyone remember me and will there be anything I built that will survive? I see friends who have gone onto save lives, political […]
2:116 – Together We Can Defeat Evil #faithbites #faithjourney Defeat For family movie night, we watched the Kid Who Would Be King. It is a modernized version of The Sword In The Stone about who would follow King Arthur. Without going into details, the movie stressed how King Arthur brought together warring clans to his roundtable and they were able […]
2:73 – Just Be Kind #faithbites #faithjourney kind Sometimes I feel like my parents must have felt when I was little. “How many times do I have to say the same thing before you get it?”. I say this as I write another #faithbite about being kind. As part of the Lenten season, I gave up trying to change people’s […]
2:71 – Does Telling the Same Story Again Get Boring? #faithbites #faithjourney story Most of us like to hear a good story. Some like me, like to tell a good story. When you are on crutches or have an injury, you get asked the same questions, over and over again. How did it happen? What does it feel like? What […]
327 – Do You Have The Skills to Do The Job? #faithbites #faithjourney skills Last night I was putting things away from Thanksgiving dinner and thought about how I would eat leftovers the next day. My favorite is a turkey sandwich with a little bit of mayo then warmed up in the microwave. That is always good. But then I realized I didn’t […]
312 – Will I Mess It Up? #faithbites #faithjourney mess We like to be comfortable. Having the what we know is calming to our souls. While change can be good, change can be terrifying. While there may be an outcome that we want, if we make a change it can change things we don’t want. Call it the butterfly effect […]