Browsing Category: Ponder…

Ponder…Silence

“Endless invention, endless experiment, brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
knowledge of speech but not of silence.”
– T.S. Eliot

Today, I’m heading to find silence and stillness at the beach on a breezy sunny summer day in Milwaukee.

Where are you finding it?

Ponder…Pain for a Purpose

God gives us a vision, then takes us to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision.
-Oswald Chambers

I’m ready for the valley…ready for pain for a purpose.

How has or is God using the valley the batter you into the shape of the vision He has given you?

Ponder…Faith

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

I always thought I lived by faith. But, the faith I’ve been living by lately through this transition season of life has absolutely blown me away. There is such peace and joy that flows out of trusting in God and taking that first step even if you don’t have a clue what is coming next.

Do you think you truly live by faith? If not, what’s holding you back?

Ponder…Failure


“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot . . . and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why . . . I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

How do you respond to failure? Does it leave you defeated? Or does it propel you forward with new knowledge and skills, better equipped to accomplish the task God has put before you, to chase the dream He’s planted in your heart?

Ponder…Impact


Note: Going to try something new and start an ongoing series of “Ponder” posts. Short, simple, with the hope to make us pause and think.

“The impact God has planned for us doesn’t occur when we’re pursuing impact.
It occurs when we’re pursuing God.”
– Phil Vischer

I’ve done (and continue to do) some readjustment of my focus lately. What are you pursuing today? Does your pursuit need a realignment?