Jeremiah 29 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. This scripture has been an encouragement to me in difficult times. However, I have also heard it associated with a “prosperity gospel”, that being the Christian doctrine […]
Are You Making Your Plans in Pencil or in Pen?
1 Corinthians 16:7 For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. I’ve often pictured the Bible heroes as people who were fully tuned into God in such a way that every step was laid out in […]
Don’t Follow Your Heart
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Follow your heart. How often have you heard someone use those words? Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, said: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. […]
What Do I Do Now?
James 4: 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. I recall professional sport seasons being cancelled, usually because of union disputes. To name a few, there was the MLB strike of 1994 which cancelled the […]
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
Colossians 4: 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. It was 2015 and the Canadian Track & Field program was on fire. The team took home a record 8 medals from the World Track & […]
The Importance of Time
Psalm 103 15 The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; 16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. Could you picture sports without time? Imagine track & field runners who might be able to run for the win, but they have no idea […]
