Do you have a dream germinating inside of you? A passion you have a hard time even defining? Be encouraged: God never wastes passion

The Pandemic exposed so many things about us, didn't it? Counsel your heart with truth regardless of how exposed you may still feel.

For a guitar to make beautiful music, its strings have to be tight. When a musician makes the strings tighter or looser, it changes the pitch created when the string is plucked. If a string is far too loose, all you will hear is a disappointing “thwump.” Life is like that, isn’t it? I may wish for an easy life, for a tension to be resolved or for a challenging circumstance to go away. But I wonder how much music is made in a vacuum, or if harmony happens without work. As a musician, I know the answer—none at all.

On movie night at our place, something interesting happens after the last scene is over. No one gets up and turns off the screen. The end credits have become an art form of their own, and the movie isn’t over until the credits have finished.

Before taking the tape off that bordered and ran through the project, it was just chalk on a board. Some would have called it scribbles. But now? Now it was art. Original, carefree, beautiful art.

“…Speak softly and carry a big stick.” [Theodore Roosevelt] Something happened that caused them to take a stick of some sort with them on their walk. They could stay inside because of what might happen. They could ignore the possibility of danger and walk hands-free. They may even have a valid reason to not go on a walk again. But they don’t let those things keep them inside. They still venture out for walks. They instead wisely carry something with them for protection while enjoying movement and fresh air.

Just because it’s good, doesn’t mean that it’s my good. All of life is sacred. There is no dividing line between the sacred and the secular. Serve Jesus where you are, in the way that He has called you.

In the world of photography, there are as many ways to take a picture as there are photographers. How the elements are arranged in your scene, your angle and perspective, and your subject itself when you click the shutter button—that is composition.

Do you wear a wedding ring on your left hand? Remember that happy day when you were engaged? Everything that you did was about and for your fiancé. Their every preference on the forefront of your mind; you arranged entire schedules and commitments so that you could spend as much time with them as possible. And so much about your previous relationship led up to the point of being engaged…of him getting down on one knee, of her joyfully answering, “Yes!”