When you have HOLY fear, you will fear NOTHING but God.
When you have UNHOLY fear, you will fear EVERYTHING but God.
Unholy fear makes people want to run away from God in anger and resentment, but holy fear draws you closer to God in love, appreciation, and gratitude.
~ Dr. Michael Youssef in his series What’s Life [...]
I learned something new last week when Pres. Bush commuted the sentence of two border patrol guards. If he had ‘pardoned’ them, they would have the entire event wiped off their record. It would have been as if they had never been at fault. He chose, rather, to ‘commute’ the guard’s sentences, meaning that the [...]
I wonder why we so often thank God for His blessings, but rarely ask Him how He wants us to use them. I’m making a commitment to ask His opinion! What about you?
Keeping it real,
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GratiTuesday @ Heavenly Home Maker
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I am SO thankful my husband is a handy man extraordinaire, and that he fixed the dryer himself for $70, rather than paying the repairman $150. Now I’m off to climb Mount Laundry!
Keeping it real,
I am wondering what I would accomplish today, if I were working with excellence … constantly striving to reach my highest potential. Isn’t that what Scripture indicates we should do?
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.
(Ecclesiastes 9:10a NIV)
So what would I do with excellence today? A few things come to [...]
