Everyone wants the perfect present. Some of us have never received one. The perfect present does 2 things: It communicates to the receiver that they are understood. Someone understands what they like, what they don’t like, you understand what makes them tick. Someone understands how they are unique and different. While a Starbucks gift card is [...]
Archive for the ‘Meditations’ Category
16 Sep
You wear the ring…
When you become appointed to a new position it comes with a new aura of attained confidence that you didn’t have the day before. It could be a promotion to team lead, manager, or CEO. You have been validated. What you say now matters especially to people that are underneath you. You may be more likely to [...]
9 Sep
Savage Love
Been starting to think that the biblical response to your spouse sinning against you or your family is to embrace her, lock lips, and make out with her. Not just with your body but with your heart. To fully accept and approve of her, not for what she has done, but for what God has [...]
2 Sep
Hardcore Bob
The other day I was hanging out with my friend Hardcore Bob. He asked me how I was doing. I had to think about it because you don’t just mindlessly say “great” to Hardcore Bob. I ended up telling him that I’ve been frustrated and depressed because I had experienced a month of being on [...]
25 Aug
Changing my Mind
The other day I was heading out to Starbucks to get some work done. Almost every time I leave one of the kids asks me if they can come. I decided that it didn’t make sense because I was in a rush and didn’t have the emotional bandwidth to deal with another small creature so [...]
5 Aug
Ben #1 and Ben #2
Ben #1 is: successful in business, generally happy, does not struggle with much, is not insecure, is not afraid, is confident, feels loved all the time, a hero, at his worst not very bad. Ben #2 is: scared sometimes, does things that if people knew about, thinks that he would not be loved in the same way, [...]
6 Jun
Trust
In Mark 5 a man named Jarius comes to Jesus to request healing for his daughter who is on death’s bed. But Jesus was delayed and the news came that the girl had died. Jesus looked at the man and said “Trust me.” In our lives God calls us to give things up. It could [...]
