conquer yourself

you can’t conquer mountains, but you can conquer yourself. be slow to speak, while hastening to listen.

what’s coming next

forget what’s gone.
appreciate what still remains.
look forward to what’s coming next.

what undergirds you

though you may be unsettled, remember what undergirds you. if you think you have no such faith, know that you’ve had it all along. you were born with it. maybe you just haven’t been using it. God is near.

brilliant torch

though life is but a brief candle, burn as brightly as a brilliant torch.

step back

step back and see the picture and all of its colors, beyond the dab of gray where you may be standing right now.

imitation

imitation may be the grandest form of adulation, but I beg of you, only imitate me as I follow after Christ.

resurrect those around you

we’re surrounded by hurting, forlorn and lifeless people. aspire to be so infused with love and integrity that you resurrect those around you simply by being.

stronger than our yesterday

trials present new opportunities for us to confront and be stronger than our yesterday.