This is a photo on a very confident day, from the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. I knew sports commentator Verne Lundquist, but I did not know figure skater Scottie Hamilton, yet I seized the opportunity to jump into the broadcast booth to take a photo with the two of them. You can see…
What is your level of confidence? Are you very confident? Moderately confident? Or not confident at all? As a child I had very little confidence because of a dysfunctional environment. I had no confidence in relationships, my abilities or school, but what I have determined over the years is that everyone lacks confidence. When someone…
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward” (Hebrews 10:35, ESV) I was not a confident teenager. What about you? I was thin and wore silver, thick-lensed glasses. Once a screw fell out of my glasses and for a stretch of time I used a straight pin to keep them together….
For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance (Psalm 94:14, NIV). The most effective witnesses are the ones who have been rejected in their past. Moses was rejected by his own people after he murdered an Egyptian for his poor treatment of a fellow Israelite. The day after the…
It is easy to trust during the good times but do you trust when life turns upside down? When going through a difficult season, I think it’s a discipline to trust that God has your best interests in mind. This concept of trusting no matter what is an area where I need work. I have…