Day 17 of Lent: Learning

Have you heard the encouragement “always be learning”?  It is a reminder that just because you may have finished school, it doesn’t mean that you are done learning.  Think of how we all have...

Day 16 of Lent: Humility

You hear many people talking about humility and wanting to be humble, but there is a big difference between true humility and false humility. True humility does not care if the person gets recognized...

Day 15 of Lent: Simplicity

Have you heard of “The 40 Bags/Items In 40 Days Declutter Challenge”? As the name implies, the idea is to use the 40 days of Lent to get rid of things you no longer...

Day 14 of Lent: Focus

Our verse and thought for today is a nice follow up to yesterday.  There are a number of things which play into good self-discipline and one of those is focus or single mindedness.  You...

Day 13 of Lent: Discipline

Our concept for today hardly ever has a positive notion. If you hear the word discipline you probably think of what your parents had to do to you when you were not behaving or...

Day 12 of Lent: Persistence

Persistence is one of those words or concepts which can be perceived as both good and not so good. If you are persistent in working on something, that is a very wonderful thing.  However,...