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Life is the Dash…

Life is the Dash…

“Here today, gone tomorrow…” I remember hearing that a lot growing up.  Now, I’m looking around and realizing, gosh my elders were right. Last week was quite an emotional week.  I talked about “Blue Monday,” got through Monday, went to the gym on Tuesday morning, hopped online as usual and began reading a story about a possible homicide-suicide that occurred in the next town over from my hometown.  When I initially read the story the names had not been released….

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Day 17 – “Promises” #SteeleThankful Challenge (30 Days of Thanks)

Day 17 – “Promises” #SteeleThankful Challenge (30 Days of Thanks)

-Promises aren’t meant to be broken -Don’t make promises you can’t keep -2 Corinthians 1:20, Yes and Amen Have you ever heard, “I promise I won’t break your heart.” Or, “I promise I got your back, don’t worry.” Well, I’m not here to focus on the negative, because Lord knows I’ve experienced broken promises. I mean I’ve broken some promises too. At the end of the day all you have is your word, so I encourage us all to do…

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Day 12 – “Opportunity” #SteeleThankful (30 Days of Thanks)

Day 12 – “Opportunity” #SteeleThankful (30 Days of Thanks)

Have you heard the saying, “When opportunity knocks…”  There are many quotes that begin with that phrase.  What does it mean though? You can interpret the phrase many ways, but the first thing I thought about were two scriptures in Matthew 7:7-8; ask, seek, and knock.  For the past two years I have faithfully executed what the featured image says; iAsk, iSeek, iKnock.  After you “ask, seek, and knock” what do you do?  Well, you wait. Now, I’m not saying…

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