Wise Words No. 47 (Letting Go)
The day you resign as General Manager of the Universe, you’re going to find that it doesn’t fall apart. You can relax in faith, trusting that God is able to run things without your help
Rick Warren
Everyone Needs A Sam – Chapter Ten Excerpt
We need mentors or Sams as I call them. They help guide us on our life journey with advice that lasts a lifetime.
It is important to use as many Sams as possible, to seek as much advice as you can. Because at some point, you will have to make the decision.
Today, is another excerpt from my new book, Everyone Needs A Sam. I encourage you to visit Sam’s web site to learn more and to tell the world your own story about a mentor who helped you out in life.
Chapter Ten is entitled “In The End, It’s Up To You.” Following is the excerpt: Read more…
Everyone Needs A Sam – Chapter Nine Excerpt
My book, Everyone Needs A Sam, is now available at the Sam web site.
Sams are mentors; they are the ones who stand beside you and guard your back. When everyone else deserts, a Sam will remain true.
But there’s something you need to remember – they are just like you. Chapter Nine, titled “Sams Are Human,” focuses on that fact; Sams are not perfect.
I invite you to visit the Sam web site where you can learn more. And I encourage you to share your own story about a Sam in your life. You can visit the site here.
Following is an excerpt from Chapter Nine:
Sam Comes Home
Sam is home.
He got here, not by stork, but the magic of UPS. Overall, he took up four boxes. Individually, however, he’s pretty small. All told, 8 inches long, 5 inches wide. Weighing in at 134 pages.
Everyone Needs A Sam, my first book, is printed.
The arrival was almost bittersweet. We took so long deciding to have him before we finally sat down and wrote him. But it seemed the design, type setting, front and back covers, copyright and everything else in publishing a book just went on and on. In reality, it didn’t, but it sure seemed like it.
Stop by and say hello by clicking here.
Wise Words No. 46 (Difficult Test)
We are often put to our most difficult test just before the greatest work of God in our lives is about to be accomplished
Stormie Omartian
From: Just Enough Light For The Step I’m On
When You Do Something Really, Really Dumb
First, you start kicking yourself. Second, you start rehashing with “how could I do that” and “why didn’t I just…”
Third, the comedy of errors kicks in and things just get worse. I mean, they get so much worse you either walk off the plank or just sit down and laugh. I think I did both.
The eldest Son of Thunder and I were going to take one of the waverunners out for a little spin. Wind was blowing hard, big waves, lots of big boats out celebrating the Fourth. We would get very wet. It would be ideal.
But first, needed to fill up with a little fuel. And that’s when things fell apart. Because I was obviously thinking about something else and not about putting gas into the waverunner. Because as soon as I started to fill it up, gas came right back out.
I knew the tank was almost empty, so I tried again. Same thing. And that’s when I realized I was pumping gas into the oil reservoir. Read more…
Everyone Needs A Sam – Chapter Eight Excerpt
Waiting for the first copies of your new book is like waiting for the baby to come. They, and the book, appear when they are ready.
As they say, “any day now,” and that won’t be too soon. But we’re moving forward and today is another excerpt from Everyone Needs A Sam.
Chapter Eight is entitled “A Sam Is A Guide, Not A Leader.” You can learn more about Sams – those mentors in our lives – by visiting the web site here.
Following is the excerpt: Read more…
Just Read The Sign
One would think a simple sign, written in less than 10 words and quite succinct in its message, answers the question.
Yet it does not. And people will disregard said sign and try all kinds of contortions to get the sign to not say what it says. Or act like it doesn’t exist. Or try to figure out a way to override the sign.
Recently, I watched not one, but three people read a sign, totally disregard it, and then get all upset because what the sign said was true. And that truth was not sitting well with these people. Read more…
Wise Words No. 45 (Broken Life)
You don’t throw a whole life away just because it’s banged up a little
From the movie, Seabiscuit
