Everything is meaningless. At least, everything is meaningless until Jesus comes in and transforms the heart, mind, and body. Jesus changes everything and, in doing so, makes everything meaningful, beautiful, and appropriate in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11, NASB). [Read more…] about Everything is Meaningless
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Pursuing Joy
“Restriction is not an enemy of joy.” — Tyler David, The Austin Stone
Follow or Perish
My journey into entrepreneurship often puts me in mind of Abraham—the Israelites, too, although they at least had an idea of where they were going. They might not have thought it was going to take forty years to get there, but they did know God was leading them to Canaan. Abraham, though, had no such knowledge. God told him he would be a blessing to all nations and then said to follow. No destination; no time frame. Simply a call to follow, the same call Jesus made to his disciples and continues to make to people today.
Pursue Joy
The stumbler doesn’t aim for joy. Joy is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes. — David Brooks, The Road to Character
Have Fun
To be a writer and an artist is to be given a gift and a responsibility. I am to care for the gifts and talents I have been given. At the same time, I should have fun with them.
Enjoy the Little Things
We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemist’s eyes to notice. — Jacob Nordby