Thursday August 25, 2016

Do you feel like you're headed nowhere? Divide the word differently and you'll be amazed. "NOWHERE" becomes "NOW HERE!" You are blessed to be exactly where you belong. Make the most of it with positive resignation that God brought you to the very spot you stand, for very good reason. 

Having a once-in-a-lifetime peak experience can lead to an unexpected blasé feeling of dissatisfaction. Peggy Lee sums up the malaise you can feel in the aftermath of a peak experience in her song, "Is that All There Is?"

The quest for peak experiences can become like searching for the Holy Grail and inadvertently create a vortex of malcontent. Oftentimes, it creates isolation and a disconnection from friends and family. Standing alone on a mountaintop with a trophy can fill you with a sense of rapture for a few minutes, but it also creates a lonely vacuum...READ MORE 

Please pray for my niece, Melissa. She is 15 years old and making really bad choices. It breaks my heart but she is angry with me because I had to practice "tough love" and tell her what I thought about these bad choices.