Having an Uncommon Home, Education, and Personal Life
What it Takes to be More Than the Rest – Part 2 In the blog post, What it Takes to be More Than the Rest, we reintroduced you to Jabez who prayed a prayer that changed his world and rocked our world. I will now give you the first of my …
Read MoreWhy Did this Happen to Me? Part 2 – Regardless of what we may think, God knows best. After receiving the news of her passing, God gave me two responses to the question “why did this happen to me?” The first response is “Regardless of what we may think, God …
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The terms ordinary, average, and common are words that identify areas where you’ve come short. Short of what? You’ve come short of being uncommon. You’ve come short of being extraordinary. You’ve come short of being great. If you have an average marriage, you’ve fallen short of having a great marriage. …
Read MoreWe think like ordinary people: There was a man named Gideon who looked at the facts. He looked at his past and current set of circumstances. He applied those to his future. God doesn’t think like ordinary people: God said something totally different than what Gideon was saying to himself. …
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What I envision as great are the things that you read about in articles or see others doing on the news that makes a big difference in society or touches the world. With this in mind, I never thought I would accomplish anything great and I am convinced most people …
Read MoreWe may throw the dice [take a chance with an uncertain outcome], but The Lord determines how they fall [the results of the action we’ve taken]. (Proverbs 16:33 NLT) When I read this, it changed my mindset about everything that I’ve been uncertain about. It gives me confidence to make …
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Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself for years; how am I more different than anyone else I know? For the majority of my life, I have been trying to fit in. In elementary school, I wanted to be just like everyone else. I wanted to have the things that …
Read MoreI believe that one of the keys to life is that we must be satisfied with our present circumstances. Satisfied! Being satisfied doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams of something better. Let your manner of life be without love of money, being satisfied with your present circumstances. For He …
Read MoreJesus turned to Peter who is a follower of Christ. In other words, He was a Christian, a church member. Peter had good intentions and wanted nothing bad to happen to Jesus. However, Jesus made these statements. Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are …
Read MoreThe bowl of spaghetti I used to teach about – has new meaning. Let’s say spaghetti is your favorite dish and you can’t live without having it. In fact, you are addicted to eating spaghetti. With that in mind, let’s now equate spaghetti to something in your life that’s not …
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