I recently had the privilege of traveling to a third world country. I realize that using the word “privilege” when talking about an underdeveloped country may seem incongruous; however, it proved otherwise. I was part of a group of nineteen, along with my husband and 16-year old son, who traveled to Ghana, West Africa. …
Abraham Lincoln once met a man who he really didn’t like. The man kept annoying him and Abe couldn’t understand what it was that made him have to act like that all the time. In a famous quote, he said “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” This quote …
Thank God inspiration didn’t wait for me. Had it done so, I’d probably still be trying to ward off the person holding the knife. I wasn’t trying to be inspired. I was trying to survive — literally trying to spare my own life. I knew if I didn’t hold the door closed then the …
You have the best of intentions. You know you’ve been too intense at work. And you’re really disliking your job more and more each day. You promise yourself to keep a better focus on what’s really important in life. But so far you haven’t kept your promise to yourself. Or maybe it’s the upkeep …
Daily inspiration helps us to stay focused on God’s love, no matter what else is going on in our daily lives. In today’s world there is such a high level of challenge and rapid change happening for most of us, that it has become even more important to find a way to stay connected …
I have always been a dreamer. Even when I was a little kid my thoughts were always full of how my life could be different or of how the world could become a better place. Sometimes, after my mom had tucked me into bed with an instruction to stay in my bed no matter …
During the heaviest stress of the Civil War, when many matters of great moment were occupying his thoughts, Pres. Lincoln, walking one day through the woods, came across a fledgling bird which had fallen from its nest, and whose life was consequently in danger. He picked up the little bird, examined the branches of …