Tag: trust

Listening for God’s direction

December 22, 2008 | 9 comments

When making a critical decision, how do you know if you’re listening to God or to blind human will? This can feel like a tough call to make at times. Last Thursday was one such occasion here on the family

What’s in your In Box?

December 10, 2008 | 5 comments

A worker complained of too much to do and not enough time to do it in. Her In Box was overflowing, she fretted. And it was growing, not shrinking! Have you ever felt that way? Overwhelmed by too much to

Supply is freely given

November 19, 2008 | 5 comments

Two days ago, while I was opening my mail, I came across a beautiful thank you card with an extraordinarily large check enclosed. The sender of the gift owed me no money, but was sharing “out of his abundance,” he

My Fichus tree and the economy

November 6, 2008 | 5 comments

A week ago, the Fichus tree in my office was shedding leaves by the hundreds every day. It’s a little tree, about 5 feet high, and I started to worry that it was dying. “There weren’t going to be any

Facing election results tonight

November 4, 2008 | 7 comments

At the end of today we’ll probably know who the next President of the US is going to be. From watching past elections, we might expect that many people will be elated with the winner, and others will be depressed