Contradictory Truths, Part One
So much of what results in a fulfilled life is really the product of a contradiction. Those who wish to be the best leaders must demonstrate true servanthood.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
So much of what results in a fulfilled life is really the product of a contradiction. Those who wish to be the best leaders must demonstrate true servanthood.
The wealthy John D. Rockefeller was once asked, “How much does it take to satisfy a man?” With rare wisdom he answered, “A little bit more than he has.”
Dissatisfaction. It creates (if we let it) a restless drive for more...or better...or bigger.
Due to the tragic problem of ignorance and passivity in our world today, I’ve been extolling the benefits of reading.
Reading expands us. It scratches those itches down deep inside. It navigates us through virgin territory we would not otherwise explore.
Everything I have seen belongs to this one galaxy. There are hundreds more beyond our own. Maybe thousands...some much larger than ours.
How much better to invite the living, all-knowing Lord to show you ways to make the coming years much better than the years before! To allow you to become better, as well as older.
There’s a TV ad for a first-aid ointment that says, “Stop hurting...start healing.” Another offers a bandage that takes the “ouch” away. That’s good counsel. Let’s be gentle and sensitive when we are touching the tender feelings of others.
Wisely labelled “the saving virtue,” tact graces a life like fragrance graces a rose. One whiff of those red petals erases any memory of the thorns.
Few characteristics are more contagious, more magnetic. I’m convinced that one of the reasons God gives us so many personal promises in His Word is to stir up our enthusiasm—to build a bonfire in the steam-room of our souls.