Fingerprints are evidence of someone being there. Each are unique. I’m not sure when or where the concept of God leaving His Fingerprints is from, but it has become one of my default responses throughout the day. This intentional looking for His Fingerprints keeps my relationship with Him fresh & Joyful. Each time it creates …
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Is It Professional or Personal?
People are relational. The question is, what is the nature of the relationship? I have had more professional relationships in my life than personal. Professional relationships have a common bond found through work, school, church, organizations, and many others. Professional relationships may have some of the same characteristics of caring, empathy, and knowing personal details, …
“Catch Anything?”
This one of my treasured possessions. It’s an early picture of my dad and his catch. Like most farmers, when there was time, the only hobby he had was hunting & fishing. I still have dad’s old tackle box with his lures and a small bottle of iodine (for young readers, this was the standard …
The Least Likely…
Life is full of the “least likely.” The shortest basketball player to play in the MBA is Muggsy Bogues. This 5’3’’ man played in 889 games for 14 seasons. Bogues had career averages of 7.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 7.6 assists. As a leader I look at most things as an opportunity. The first step …
Have You Got Your Hackles Up?
Hackles are “the hair or feathers on the back of an animal's neck that stand up when the animal is feeling threatened or agitated, or to the figurative meaning of making someone angry.” (Google) Our 6-month-old dachshund puppy gets her hackles up at everything. Like her, “We fear what we don’t know,” Anonymous. Last week …
“Who’s It From…”
The sender’s address sets the stage for our expectation. If you get an envelope from the IRS, your mind will probably begin to create many scenarios of what could happen. Fear might set in as you hold your breath opening the envelope. You quickly scan the form letter. You know it’s not an invitation to …
Will It Hold Up Under the Load?
I remember getting ready early in the morning to go to the field. Hooking up the equipment was always a process. It required getting the hole in the tractor hitch and the hole in the equipment hitch lined up perfectly. So many times, I thought I had it lined up only to discover after I …
Truth & Trust…
Last week I searched on Google for a man’s plaid newsboy hat. For the next few days, my phone and laptop were flooded with opportunities to buy such a hat. It’s become commonplace in our world. Whatever you search for… technology will flood you with it. Like no other time in history technology is used …
Victim Or Victor, The Choice
Next month will be the 5-year anniversary of breaking my leg. What makes this significant is how it changed the way I pray. As I was laying in the ER at Conway Baptist, Pastor Randy Jumper came to check on me & pray for me. After we chatted, he said, “I’ve got to get back …
“Can I Have Your Order Please.”
A friend with a national reputation of selling cars once told me, “Robert, I can tell everything I need to know about a person by looking in the backseat of their car. If I see fast food wrappers, clothes, papers, an unkept life, they are probably going to be a risk.” In 1976, The Eagles …
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