Perseverance

2,402 dead, 1,282 wounded

Today is the 72nd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack where 2,402 were killed and 1,282 wounded.

At Pearl Harbor the USS Arizona Memorial stretches over the ship resting below that it honors and remembers.

Avoid easy at all cost

“Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” — Numbers 14:3

The children of Israel said this on their way to the Promised Land. The field report they just heard brought tangible examples of the wealth ahead, but also descriptions of the mammoth enemies…

Trusting in the slow work of God

Last night brought a rare moment of being able to just sit in the living room and be quiet for awhile. It was a prayerful time: who I am, my family, church and all the horizon will unknowingly reveal. While staring at our fake fireplace a line from a prayer I heard a few…

If it didn’t…

If it didn’t take hard work it wouldn’t be worth building

If it didn’t stretch you it would be a complete waste of energy

If it didn’t make you feel like giving up at times it wouldn’t be worth persevering for

When Plan A fails

Love this pic I just saw on a friend’s Facebook:

Mighty Mouse

The conference I was at this past weekend showed the below video. Apparently it has been out for awhile, but it was the first time I’d seen it. So funny…



In the words of the great Winston Churchill…

You cannot tell from appearances how things will go. Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse…