One of my favorite stories is of the man who entered the police station to pay a parking fine and noticed an old woman just ahead of him was trembling all over. He paid his three dollars and was about to leave when he saw the woman sitting on a bench in the corner absorbed in a book, still trembling.
“What’s the trouble? Is there anything I can do?” he asked. Continue reading
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“There are certain things in this world God has for you to do; and you are just the right person to do them.”
All Christian parents desire that their children follow God; that they be what God wants them to be and do what he wants them to do. As parents, Laurel and I want to affirm to our children that they are important to God. As Larry the Cucumber says, we want them to know that “God made you special, and he loves you very much.” We want them to believe that their mission in life must be tied to his purpose — even driven by it. Continue reading
Everyone thinks his or her job is the most stressful.
I read recently that teachers have the most stressful jobs. Of course, that conclusion was proclaimed where? On a teacher’s website. Management guru, Peter Drucker once indicated that pastoring is highly stressful. He suposedly called pastoral ministry “the most frustrated profession in America.” Guess where I read that? On a Pastor’s web site.
Most people feel that their lives are stressful. In fact, Continue reading
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