Forgiveness isn’t always a one and done act. When you feel hurt or wronged or misunderstood or misinterpreted or maligned, it’s easy for unforgiveness to drip into your soul and ferment, seeping into more layers of your attitude and actions than you realize. You may...
I was furious with Leif last week. We were driving home from the airport when the car in front of us started cruising 20 miles per hour below the speed limit in the fast lane. The vehicle refused to move into the slow lane. Leif flashed his lights. The driver slowed...
Throughout this battle, I am choosing to fight with joy. To lay hold of happiness in every situation. To choose to laugh despite circumstances. To pursue gladness with every breath. I’m taking on this Goliath battle, not with a handful of stones, but a balloon of joy....
Unforgiveness holds us back from fully experiencing God’s wonder. Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. Take fifteen minutes to prayerfully consider any things you’ve had a hard time forgiving yourself for. Record them on a blank sheet of paper. Then...
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that sometimes my emails disappear in cyberspace. I send someone an email and they claim they don’t receive it. I resend with the time stamp. On other occasions, people have promised to send some important information, and I never...