Listen for the soft answer

January 29, 2025 | 19 comments

If another person vents anger toward you, it might be tempting to vent anger right back.  But if you’d like to be a healing influence and prevent a conflict from growing, you might consider a different approach.   Rather than letting

Be willing to listen and learn

January 28, 2025 | 24 comments

I overheard a conversation between an aspiring tennis player and an experienced coach.  The coach was a person of few words, but very wise words.  The student was a talker.  He dominated the conversation, talking about his problems, his shortcomings,

Listen for God’s direction

January 27, 2025 | 32 comments

When two people are talking to you, you must choose which person you are going to listen to.  It’s very difficult to divide one’s attention and fully absorb what you are hearing. The same rule applies when listening for God’s

A glad heart

January 24, 2025 | 18 comments

A glad heart makes a happy face. ~ Proverbs 15:13, NLT Is your face happy today?  Are you radiating joy?  You can. Count your blessings.  Remember all you have to be grateful for, which is much.   Let the joy of

Health as a fixed constant

January 23, 2025 | 22 comments

Conventional medical belief teaches that health is a material variable.  Depending upon the state of the physical body, health is either good or bad, or somewhere in between, material observation concludes. But Jesus Christ taught a higher view of health.