Expectations: Discovering what is Unrealistic

Expectations: Discovering what is Unrealistic

A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. (Proverbs 16:9) I’m a fairly down to earth guy. Blue jeans, untucked shirt, no expensive hobbies, no designer clothes… Just a regular guy. But a recent experience surprised me regarding my sense of...
Honor in the Friend Zone

Honor in the Friend Zone

Let’s have some fun with a frightening phrase that instantly renders us speechless: The Friend Zone! Ugghh! Your heart just skipped a beat, didn’t it? Realizing that this topic is about as much fun as a root canal or a tax audit, we will keep this lighthearted to be...
Never Settle

Never Settle

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.  (Psalm 42:1) The absence of bad does not equate to good. When sampling new cuisine, I sometimes say, “That’s not bad.” This can mean I either enjoyed it or merely tolerated it. But there is a...
Deception of Perception

Deception of Perception

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. (Jeremiah 17:9-10, NKJV) Have you ever heard the...
You want my…..What?

You want my…..What?

Great relationships involve much more than simply gratifying every personal want and whim. They involve the give and take of out-serving and out-loving each other. Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends”...