Success is not a single act or event but rather a long series of tiny steps taken to accomplish your goal… It doesn’t just occur when you are in the spotlight and everyone is watching to see you reach your goal. Success is created and achieved late at night when no one is watching and your motivation is lacking, but you still keep working because you know that you will someday reach that moment when…
At the Foot of the Cross Looking Up Lord, I lay prostrate and crawl to the base of the cross. My tears soak the earth beneath my face as I edge closer to your holy cross. I embrace the foot of the cross and rise on my knees. My arms hold tightly around that ancient tree. I look upward and feel your holy spirit move within me. Now, I feel your power of love…
You are always willing to give a helping hand. I think of all the wonders you have done. You have turned non-believers into believers with your miraculous ways. Even when it’s cloudy and gray…if I need advice or just need a friend, you are there to guide me all the way. Some may curse you, but I just want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to know You. See The Good would like…
I love this blog because I feel at home whenever I read an entry. It is a welcome addition to my daily incoming messages, tucked between my inspirational quotes. Those messages all are a perfect fit to how I have come to see only the good always. I have come to believe that we are born into the world to experience only joy, to celebrate while we are here. I…
A flower does not think of competing with the next flower. It just blooms. “The light of God surrounds us, the love of God holds us, the power of God protects us.” Amen. “Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.” ― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art Rea is a mom of three, one son and two daughters,…
For most of us, each day is a long blur of activities, responsibility, and deadlines which consume us. The goal is survival and crossing off as many items on an ever-growing to-do list as possible. As a result, the aspects of life that are most often neglected are the moments of personal connection with those who are most important to our us. We all assume that friends and family are equally as busy and will…
Esther is a Salonist, Teacher and gospel Musician. She lives in Nairobi with her lovely daughter. Can you bear what Esther went through? Admittedly, it requires God’s grace and power to endure all this and remain standing and hopeful. I interacted with Esther, and this is what she had to say, Esther, how was your life as you grew up? My life as a single parent child and later an orphan*** Yes,…
In a hospital waiting room in Dayton, Ohio, Mahler Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHsFIv8VA7w&t=225s) plays for a comatose patient. I had chosen this piece of music for my brother, Ryan. It was his favorite Mahler symphony. The theme of the symphony is resurrection. Like Martha from the John 11 Bible passage, my family had the faith to believe in the future resurrection of my brother’s soul but we’re wrestling with the faith that his seemingly lifeless…
Everyone experiences trying times in his or her life. And on many of those occasions, human nature takes over, and we mentally utter what might be the oldest question in the history of mankind, “Why?” Sometimes, it is said in a truly puzzled tone and other times it is snarled in a voice demanding an instant answer, and an apology, from the universe. But in all of these cases, we feel that our predicament…
Dreams Some big, some small They are made by every one of us Whether we want to make just a slight change or a profound one, there is always this desire to improve our lives. The most important thing is, do we have the courage to do what it takes to make our wishes come true? Do we have the confidence? Yes, we do. We have the ability to accomplish our goals but taking the…