“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” — Christians toss around the word “sanctification” — when used in the Bible, sanctification means to be holy, sacred, set apart, consecrated, and dedicated. In the KJV, the following words are used: Sanctify 65x Sanctification 5x Consecrate 28x Consecration 13x As you can see, the verb tense is used much more…

The hard things are often the right things — In 5 Simple Lessons from My Super Slow Weight Loss this Year, I walked you through my meandering weight loss journey. I revealed the diet plan that yielded the best results. If you paid attention, you realized I was successful with this plan in the past, but it was the…

The lessons are as valuable as the weight loss — The take-aways are simple yet profound. Losing 28 pounds in six months was hard! But do we learn anything doing easy things? …

If only we obeyed ourselves like we expect others to obey us — Let’s imagine you own a construction company, and you’re talking with your employee, John. You: John, I need to run an errand, but when I’m gone, I want you to dig a ditch from the foundation to the road. John: Ok (John is a man of few words before his…

The answer may surprise you. — I had one more set of exercises to do, and lazy me didn’t want to do them. Better me sympathized with the argument. 5:30 am was a long time ago. When you start goal setting and practicing good habits, it’s tempting to cheat now and then. …

The Tale of Matthew McConaughey’s Sixth Toe I know you’ve done this. You’re writing a blog post or story and open a new browser tab to research a fine point of your topic. Microsoft’s news feed, the default browser start page, flashes a story about Matthew McConaughey growing a sixth toe overnight. You have to click it…

I’m not lying. In the daily Summer Slams of life, the lazy me usually wins the main events. The lazy me gets what he wants — cheeseburgers, Netflix binging, naps, etc. He’s a bully. But not yesterday. Oh, he tried. He was loud and obnoxious. He whined, cried, and tried…

Jesus saves your soul, but He’ll let you atrophy on the couch binging Game of Thrones and eating orange circus peanuts. He wants you to live your best life now, serve others, and be fulfilled. He even sends the Holy Spirit to lead and prompt you, yet the volume of…

I used to stop writing for long seasons for the wrong reasons. I allowed the devil to whisper into my ear, “no one wants to hear what you have to say.” And I believed him. So, I shut down and shut up. …