I received this beautiful story from Anne (not her real name): This is a story of a small candle carried by a man as he climbed the stairs to the lighthouse. On the way up, the candle asked the man: “Where are we going?” “We are on our way to the lighthouse to give signals […]
Read moreI was thinking about gifts. I’ve written and spoken so much about it, and yet I’ve completely missed one major truth about gifts. Okay, we know we’ve all received a set of gifts. But why was it given to us? What was God’s idea when He decided that all people who are created must have […]
Read moreOn the farm, I made the same mistake a few times. When you find a good worker, you want to help him earn more money. You find him a job with more responsibility and appoint him as foreman. He is grateful, but soon you see his head drop. He struggles and the wheels come off. […]
Read moreThe talents we have were not just dropped randomly so that a few fell on some people and the rest on the ground. Every person is specifically blessed with a talent or a number of talents and God did that. Listen what is being said here: The talent you have was specifically given to you […]
Read moreI don’t know why this happens, but if you have a sore toe or finger you keep bumping it against things. Or someone touches that sore spot. The you want to go through the roof. I suspect it’s the same when you talk about giving, money and gifts. People get easily upset when you talk […]
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