Category: Personal Development

Putting it all Together Progress is step by step. One grade at a time. One town at a time. You never just arrive - you must take the journey. It's part of the process and just as important as the destination. Go for consistency - doing well for the long haul. Not just quick bursts of enthusiasm. … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.9)

Season #4 – Autumn (or Fall)  Autumn is a time for harvest. This is when the crops are brought in. It is a time for celebration, satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. [Of course, different crops are harvested at different seasons throughout the year, but for our purposes we are focusing on Autumn representing harvest … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.8)

Season #3 - Summer  In many ways, most summers are marked by long, hot, tedious days. Many people endure summer but do not enjoy it. It is easy to simply mark time, walking through one long day to the next, seeking relief and relaxing during the holidays. For the farmer, summer is a season for watering … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.7)

We are already one week into the new year - 2011. Did you make any new year's resolutions? ABC NEWS ran a story explaining why many people fail to keep their resolutions. The Barna Group recently conducted an extensive research project about Americans and their new year's resolutions. Read the full report here. It explains … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions

Spring is a Season to Stop Procrastinating The book of Exodus records the intriguing encounter of Moses with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The entire land was filled with frogs and Pharaoh had had enough. He asked Moses to get rid of the frogs. Moses gave Pharaoh the option for determining the time for the … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.6)

Season #2 - Spring After a long winter, you wonder if things will ever change. The first day of spring is a wonderful time – flowers and colors appear, birds sing, clouds clear, gentle breezes blow and the sun begins to shine. It is a time of refreshing and encouraging renewal. New life emerges. For some, … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.5)

After dreaming, the farmer begins to formulate a plan for his work in the soon coming season of spring. Without a plan and goals, dreams remain abstract and we coast along without any sense of progress of achievement.  God is the great time manager. He is also a great planner and goal setter. He has a plan, a design and a purpose He is working to accomplish. … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.4)

Season #1 - Winter  In the natural, the winter season is a time of cold, rain and frost. It's a time to be inside keeping warm. It’s wet, cold and windy outside. In many parts of the world, winter is accompanied by snow and ice. We can also go through personal seasons of winter. Everything … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.3)

God has created principles, laws and systems by which the world runs. There are natural laws and spiritual laws. These are not formulas. They are principles that have general application in all cultures, times and situations (always with exceptions). They exist whether we know about them or not or whether we believe them or not. They are very … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.2)

Welcome to 2011! Today I want to start a series of posts on Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life. We are all at different stages of life. However, we can draw strength and hope from the promises of God's Word. Here are two of my favourite statements from the Bible ... Jer.29:11. “For I know the … Continue reading Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Pt.1)

In many ways, our life is like a journey. Listen to the language David uses about his life in Psalm 23: "He leads me beside still waters … He leads me in paths of righteousness … even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death … goodness and mercy shall follow me all … Continue reading Pause and Reflect …

I have always had a huge appetite and up until the age of 40, I was able to burn it off. I never put on weight and was always on the skinny side. I remember once at my Year 12 graduation celebration finishing off two huge 'pig troughs' - the biggest item on the menu at … Continue reading The Power of Accountability

While speaking about time, it is interesting to note that in the Greek language there are two words for time: chronos, which refers to the ongoing forward movement of time, and kairos, which refers to opportunity, or a favorable time. Jesus’ brothers wanted to push him into prominence (seeJohn 7:1-8). Jesus knew that there was … Continue reading Kairos Time

There never seems to be enough time nowadays, even though we all have the same amount of it - 24 hours or 1440 minutes each day. The classic book on time management is Alec Mackenzie's The Time Trap published many decades ago. I first read the 1990 edition and found it very helpful at the … Continue reading Time Traps