Many have been checking in to see how Sharon is doing following surgery on Friday. The surgery was long and a bit complicated, but the surgeon felt pretty good about removing the tumor. She is home now. As a care giver I’m a bit overprotective. She is doing well. She is a strong person, for …
At 1:00 EST my wife, Sharon, will have surgery. She had breast cancer and a mastectomy 30 years ago and apparently this is a recurrence. The surgery will last about 2 1/2 hours. Your prayers for Sharon, the medical staff and a good recovery would be much appreciated. I usually don’t share personal things with …
“Mark Twain said it best: ‘I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.’ Think about that for a moment. Fear is rooted in what may happen, something that does not even exist in reality. Yet how frequently we allow this emotion to consume our thoughts, ultimately deciding the …
God’s love for us is not based on our performance. We want to grow in order to be more like Jesus (strong and compassionate). But, when we stumble, He still holds our hand to guide us and to get us on the right path. “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights …
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” (John Quincy Adams) “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” (Philippians …
As a coach I learned that you must demand but not demean. You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. “Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.” (Galatians 5:26 ) Keith Madison SCORE International
Abraham Lincoln once said, “the best way to predict the future is to create it.” We don’t control everything in our lives, but God gives us many blank pages in the book that is known as “2020.” He also gives us a pen to fill those pages with dreams, goals and plans. I encourage you …
God loves us for who we are, not for what we do. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1a) Keith Madison SCORE International
Jesus knew that His followers would miss the mark. Even though we say things and do things that disappoint Him, He forgives and continues to love us. Since I know of His grace, perhaps I should be more tolerant and forgiving of people who see things differently or say things that don’t set well with …
My good friend, Max Appel, has shared the following with me several times during our long friendship: “I’m not who I should be. I’m not what I could be. I’m not what I’m going to be. But thanks be to God, I’m not what I used to be!” “being confident of this, that he who …