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Why Trump will not be the GOP Nominee

matthew May 4, 2016 Thoughts 0

Today is May 4, 2016. Over the last 2 days, Ted Cruz and John Kasich have suspended their presidential campaigns leaving Donald Trump as the “presumptive GOP nominee”. It only stands to reason that the last man standing will win the race; however, I believe there will be a different outcome.

Forgiveness is Easy (a guest post by Rico Ignace)

matthew May 3, 2016 Thoughts 0

If love covers a multitude of sins, then forgiveness is the fabric of that sheet. A friend of mine has a large family, with about ten children. A huge family by today’s norms! And at this point in time, he and his wife are accumulating a fair number of grandchildren. Some years ago this couple had an… Read more

Being In Love – Valentine’s Week Inspiration from C.S. Lewis

matthew February 16, 2016 Quotes 0

If the old fairy-tale ending ‘They lived happily ever after’ is taken to mean ‘They felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day before they were married,’ then it says what probably never was nor ever would be true, and would be highly undesirable if it were. Who could bear to… Read more

Chosen for Pain?

matthew February 2, 2016 Thoughts 1

My beautiful daughter has lived with continual pain for more than 5 years. A number of specialists from local providers, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Duke University Medical Center have confirmed rotator cuff damage, thoracic outlet syndrome and partial rib development to be the root cause of her hurts. This led to multiple trips for multiple surgeries resulting… Read more

Anxious, Worthless and Bears – Oh my!

matthew December 5, 2015 Thoughts 0

Bears – I live in a nice neighborhood on the outskirts of town where neighbors wave hellos and children play. Many days, I come home to my son playing XBOX with his pal from next door. Other days, I find that they are playing basketball at his house. Many times, they are not to be… Read more

A Few of My Favorite Quotes

"We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." - Sarah Williams

“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – Albert Einstein

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." - Helen Keller

"Being right doesn’t always take care of what’s wrong." - Greg DePriest

"It is impossible to fight an enemy that has a fort in my head." - Greg DePriest

"My flesh has not yet learned what my spirit already knows." - Greg DePriest

"The cross did not secure the love of God, but the love of God secured the cross." - Steve Brown

"Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination." - Andy Stanley

“The gospel is not a self-improvement plan; it is a self-replacement plan.” - Paul Provance

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” – C.S. Lewis

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis

”Successful people make the right decisions early in life and then manage them daily.” – John Maxwell

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