Words of Worth

“Did I ever tell you about the time…?”

My Dad, like many Dads, had many good stories to share with my family (he also had some bad Dad jokes). He told wonderful stories about his childhood, his time in military service, his courtship with my Mom, and many other events of his life. And I was intentional about making sure I had heard every possible story my Dad cared to share before he passed away.

My good Dad stories make me think of a Dad, in the Bible,…

“Exchanging My Rocking Chair for the Rock”

“Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere!”
-Unknown

How many of us can honestly say we are worry free and not preoccupied with the “what ifs” and the worst-case scenarios of life?  Or how many of us, who say we live in a worry-free zone are really worry warts who dignify worry by calling it something else like “concern”?

On my first birthday, I was…