My 100-Day Plan, Day 61: Fix You, Fix the World
“He knows not how to rule a kingdom that cannot manage a province; nor can he wield a province that cannot order a city; nor he order a city that knows not how to regulate a village; nor he a village that cannot guide a family; nor can that man govern well a family that knows not how to govern himself; … neither can any govern himself unless...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 60: Waiting On God: It’s Funny How We Think We’re the Ones Being Patient
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 In this verse, Peter’s defending Jesus against false teachers who encouraged immorality because they said He’s taking too long to return. It’s ironic how long...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 59: Have A Plan
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver, American poet During his nightly American Campfire Revival, Kirk Cameron’s encouraged each of us to have a plan. His 100-day plan started as a way to spread the word from The American Covenant: The Untold Story, a book about getting back to our history...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 58: Really Forgive, part three (the beauty of forgiveness)
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” Robert Muller I teared up when I stumbled onto Robert Muller’s perfect quote for my imperfect blog post. I’m a pretty good forgiver, but so high strung about anything emotional (like forgiveness) that I overtalk it. By the time...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 57: Really Forgive, part two (how to forgive)
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Lewis B. Smedes The Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor in Matthew 18: 21-35 is just like us holding onto our unforgiveness after being forgiven and saved by Jesus. Jesus tells the story … A king took pity on his servant and pardoned the...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 56: Really Forgive, part one (why forgive?)
“A person who cannot forgive is a person who’s forgotten what they’ve been forgiven of.” Pastor JP Miller, paraphrased from Bait of Satan by John Bevere Since I’m really on a roll, I decided to add really forgive. I spent five weeks simultaneously going through two books about forgiveness: Bait of Satan: Living...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 55: Really Pray
“Prayer changes everything.” After I wrote about really reading our Bibles, I thought about how often I used to say “I’ll pray for you,” but I really didn’t. Sometimes I said it out of habit. Sometimes I said it because I didn’t know what else to say. Sometimes I said it because I meant to really pray, but I got distracted and...