God’s Perfect Peace

While I was in college, a friend gave me a cartoon that parodied a popular phrase at the time, “Remember, Jesus loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” The cartoon depicted a woman talking to an exasperated man in a chair, and the text read, “Just remember, Jesus loves you, and everyone else has a wonderful plan for your life.” The cartoon […]

I Have To

“I have to…” In the last post, we reflected on the importance of recharging. Today, we begin considering some of the major culprits consuming our energy, and one of the leaders is a false sense of obligation. Undoubtedly, there are commitments we must keep and obligations that require our attention, but frequently, we assign ourselves mandatory responsibilities that do not have the urgency we assign […]