Restoring My Path

Are you tired of just existing?  Just trying to get by for the day, week, or year?

Sometimes in life we get so focused on where we are going, the final destination, that we miss the journey that God has for us while we work on getting there.  Just a few little helps as we go through this thing we call life. 

Trapped in a small house, 10 people, 1 bathroom...trying to be thankful for Thanksgiving.  Let's look for the good.  This may actually put a small smile on your face as you see your family in this kind of situation.  Have a listen. 

Have you ever sought for help that really didn't help?  Let's talk about that for a bit.

I'm just barely hanging on by a thread.  Been there?  How about a little different point of view?

We live in a society that focuses on the great, awesome, talented, and stupendous.  We ignore the mediocre, the okay, the just normal ones.  

Have you ever gotten to the point in life that you just ask yourself the question, "What now?"  I may have some helps that you can use.  

One great attribute missing from our culture and society is consistency.  In what we believe, how we act, what we do.  We need to relearn what it means to be consistent in who we are and how we live.  

Have you ever been there when you are empty physically, spiritually, or emotionally?  What are we supposed to do?  Let me give you some help.

Do you have it all figured out?  I thought I did, like 473 times in my life. Life happens and the best laid plans can be blown away very quickly.  So what do we do?  Let's chat about it. 

What are you doing for those coming behind you?  Just asking some simple questions, and giving some help on what to do.  

Sometimes we just need to do the things that may not be our favorite.  It's okay.  Just eat your meatloaf and you will be alright.

In our conclusion to this miniseries on fear we tackle what it means to fear God.  This is a very important and necessary part in our lives.  

Now that we have covered some basics about fear, let's get to some practicalities of life about fear.

This world is filled with fear.  Let's talk about what happens when we put our fear into the wrong thing or allow it to control us.

What happens when our fear is not there?  Is that dangerous? Just a few helps.

How do you handle fear?  Do you face it well?  Over the next few episodes, we are going to talk a bit about fear, how to handle it as a Christians, how to balance it with faith.  So let's talk about fear.

They are everywhere.  Everyone is talking about them.  Many folks are arguing about them.  What do we do?

If you were stopped on the street, or asked by a loved one who was hurting, about who God is, what would you say?  If you were to be put through a hard time, is your belief and relationship in God strong enough to withstand the struggle?  Today we talk about that for a few. 

What have you built your life upon?  What we secure our lives upon will determine how we handle the harder times of life.  Let's talk about it for a few.  

Let's explore for a few minutes on what it takes to be a good dad.  

This is the first of many episodes on the grief journey that my family is going through.  Facing the pain.  One of the hardest things we have had to do during this journey through grief.  Please take time to listen to this and our Facebook update also on our channel.  They go hand in hand.

In this interview with my wife talking about her ordeal of living life these last 15 years with chronic pain.  I do apologize...when reviewing the recording, I noticed my microphone dropped in volume considerably.  I would try to rerecord this, but it is so raw and real with her that I didn't want to try to reproduce her heart.  So forgive the technical difficulty, and listen to her...

Remember Doug from the movie 'Up'?  "Squirrel!!!"  ADHD  It is something that I deal with daily.  I want to give you some basic easy things that I do to help me function with a mind that loves to switch tracks faster than a auctioneer at the cattle sale barn.  Squirrel

So you have some emotional, mental or physical struggles.  Let's not let them become an excuse to not live for God and others.