MATTHEW CLEEK – living life well – Page 3

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

What is life?

matthew June 28, 2015 Thoughts 0

“I have come that they may have life,and have it to the full.” John 10:10b Jesus made this statement to a group of breathing, walking, talking people. By all natural definition of the word, His listeners had “life”. What then, is this life Jesus speaks of? Is it possible that we have mistakenly synonymized “being… Read more

Now What?

matthew May 6, 2015 Thoughts 0

This is where the story get’s really interesting. Something happens that I had never picked up on before and it is ever so applicable to our “Now what?” moments today as it was for Mary Mag 2,000 years ago. There are so many times in life when something comes to an end and we’re not… Read more

Invaluable? – that’s not natural

matthew May 1, 2015 Thoughts 0

Merriam Webster definition: extremely valuable or useful priceless As children, we are taught to breakdown the individual parts of words and sentences. We are told that learning this will help us to be better readers, writers and communicators. We are told that developing this skill will increase our understanding. This is true, but there are… 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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