Sharpen the Axe

Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. I want you to imagine a forest full of huge trees where two trees in particular need to be taken down. Maybe they are sick or...

A Quiet Heart

Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Recently I was with some friends riding a train from Williams, Arizona to...

You Get What You Give

Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. I want you to imagine that you are in your favorite restaurant on a Friday night in your hometown. Across the room you see a couple in their late twenties, and they...

Cultivate Today

Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? Years ago I was looking up the old Rice Ranch in West Texas where my grandfather was born in 1912. That ranch is now part of a larger ranch called The Williams Ranch. The Rice...

Arrogance is Ignorance

Proverbs 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Have you ever noticed that sometimes the people that do the poorest in some area are the ones that least know it? Here is a guy who thinks he can sing. Everyone knows he...