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Hub You - May Thoughts
Rather than sending out RFPs (Request For Proposals) and seeking out another transfer agent, it is a much better idea to try and work things out with your current agent. This is the preferable route to take for most businesses, as it is much easier than the alternatives and should be chosen if at all possible. Seeking out another transfer agent and trying to make the switch might not be worth your while if you can remedy the situation with your current transfer agent.To fix the situation, you will need to open discussions with your transfer agent. Before beginning the process, make a list of items that you would like your transfer agent to improve upon and specify what level of service you expect them to provide. Place these points in order of importance - what improvements are most important to you, your company and top management?Schedule a meeting with the account manager (and his or her manager if applicable) to discuss in a clear and coherent manner what you expect of a transfer agent. Make sure he/she fully understands the implications of your expectations and can promise to firmly adhere to them.Inform the transfer agent of your intention to tour their shop as a prospective client would. This ensures that you are serious about working well with the transfer agent and want to be treated as an important customer. Also, be sure to get all your expectations, agreements and the promises of the transfer agent in writing as soon as possible. You can’t leave any room for future misunderstandings.After the tour decide whether or not the account manager or any of the staff you observed are adequately qualified or equipped with the resources to carry out your specific expectations. All too often an account manager is the root cause of the problem, due to lack of experience, skill or training. Hiring a new account manager may be the solution you were looking for.At this point in the game, if you are satisfied with the progress you’ve made with the issue and feel that the transfer agent both understands your needs and can deliver on its new promises, there is no need to set a tight deadline for full compliance. On the other hand, if you’ve reached the point at which you don’t yet feel confident that the transfer agent will change its ways without further prodding, it might be a good idea to consider making a change.Before sending out the usual RFP, however, make sure ah
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TI
Let's face it: Kissing someone that you’re attracted to takes guts. You have to have confidence in the other person’s attraction to you and the courage to risk facing what might happen. The other person may turn their face away. Or, worse, you may finally have the kiss you’ve been waiting for—and nothing will happen. No nerves will tingle. No blood will race. It was a dud, and all that chemistry you imagined you had just went right out the window.The best way to avoid all these situations is to know when it is finally right to kiss someone! And I’m going to tell you how. In this exclusive article, I’ll give you the essential tips you need to lay the groundwork for the first kiss of your dreams. These NEVER-FAIL strategies ensure that you’ll always know when is the right moment to move in for a spine-tingling kiss.So listen up, guys: First kisses usually happen on first dates, at the end of the night when you are saying goodbye. If you try to kiss her before you’ve gone out properly together, she may think that you are forward and fresh. Making the effort to see that you are compatible and offer her an idea of what life would be like dating you is important. Although you may be tempted to kiss her during the date, restrain yourself. She is still making her mind up about you.Consider your attitude towards kissing girls. Is it just a prelude to sex? It should NOT because you’re curious about what it will be like, or think she’s hot but otherwise couldn’t be bothered with spending time with her. This may be a common assumption, but women have a sixth sense that detects it RIGHT away!Instead, adopt the attitude that kisses are wonderful, special gifts that should be given to a girl because you care about her and are interested in getting to know her better. You should want to kiss her because you enjoy being with her and want to let her know that you want to spend more time with her.Guys and gals alike know that a first kiss means one thing: I like you, and I want to continue seeing you. Both of you will be anxious at the end of the night, wondering whether there will be a kiss and how it will result. I know that I STILL feel nervous on the ride back home after a date. We may have had a great time and be chatting away, but in my heart I can’t stop thinking: will he kiss me goodbye? A kiss goodbye is an almost certain sign that there will be a ne
When Dr. R.B. Bingham was 60 he plunged through a windshield. He had many broken bones and was almost scalped. Unconscious, he was taken to the hospital. When he woke the next day, the nurse cautioned him to be still and quiet because he had a terrible accident. He said to her, "Accident? Accident? There is no accident to a Christian; this is an incident!" In his first sermon after he was well, he told his congregation, "I have been through every translation in the English Bible and I cannot find anywhere that a Christian can experience an accident."
May 2
Turgeniev, the Russian writer, tells in his Poems in Prose how one day he met a beggar who besought him for alms. "I felt in all my pockets," he writes. "No purse, watch, or handkerchief did I find. I had left them all at home. The beggar waited, and his outstretched hand twitched and trembled slightly. Embarrassed and confused, I seized his dirty hand and pressed it: "Don't be vexed with me, brother." The beggar raised his bloodshot eyes to mine, his blue lips smiled, and he returned the pressure of the chilled fingers. "Never mind, brother," he stammered. "Thank you for this. This, too, was a gift." I felt that I too had received a gift from my brother.
May 3
God desires that all be saved and know of His preserving truth (1 Timothy 2:4). God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son not to judge but to save the world through His death (John 3:16,17). But God also gave us the gift of choice, and it is the seemingly unimportant decisions that we make on a daily basis that construct our destruction, if our resolutions are against God and therefore against our larger interests. God cannot force us to love, obey and repent, but there is a day of reckoning when consequences come due and payment must be made. In the end He must be Judge as well as Savior.
May 4
It isn't necessary that we win our little wars with others. When the stakes are so trivial, then why drive a stake into another's self-respect? To stand on one's rights too many times means to stamp on the other person's heart. It isn't worth the temporary mean battle we would win. Never in Christ's sensitive life do we read of Him speaking an unkind word. If we would have Christ then we must have His consideration for others and His ability to have the larger view of their problems. We may think we have just demands but Christ-like love desires peace even more. Christ will take care of our need for justice.
May 5
When she was drunk, the mother would shout at her shy, thin, illegitimate daughter, "You aren't worth the powder to blow you up!" The girl believed it when others told her she fell short of their expectations. She was sure she would fail in life. Then one day a beloved teacher told her God had a special plan for her life because of the mother He gave her. Because of this teacher’s insight and love, the girl lived and flourished. Parents, be careful what you say and do to the little ones. God sees and hears all you say and do to His children.
May 6
"While he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran...and kissed him" (Luke 15:20). The story of the prodigal son is the illustration of our Father who runs to us when we are desperate after having tasted the husks of life and are tired of searching. The son tells his father he is not worthy but that does not stop the father from loving him and forgiving him and bringing out the best of what he has to give to his precious son who has come home. Our Father runs to us and gives us His best--anyway.
May 7
What joy there was when little Obed was born. His grandmother Naomi had lost her two sons but was blessed with her daughter-in-law Ruth who loved her better than "seven sons". Her friends said to Naomi, "May he [this precious baby] also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age..." (Ruth 4:15). Here was a welcome child and grandchild. He was also a child of great privilege and even greater responsibility. "The Lord enabled her [Ruth] to conceive." (v.13). "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3). Have we lost the wonder of this blessing? Indeed, our children are a grace to us.
May 8
We should prepare for but not presume on tomorrow. Especially, "do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1). We--or someone we love--may not see another sun rise on the horizon. God has wisely put a veil over tomorrow. Only in His gracious time will that veil be rent and we shall see His costly love which asks us for now to enter into the most holy place with Him and trust Him. The only preparation for tomorrow is to fill today's purpose and appointments.
May 9
"The truth is that the evil is in the man; and hence your aim is not to kill the man, but rather to deliver him from the power of evil...If we have any faith in the moral order of the universe, our answer to every temptation to meet evil with evil is this, `I grant it might answer today, but am I sure it would answer in the long run?'...Why? Because the laws that govern the world are the laws of righteousness. It is never worthwhile to do evil that good may come...The Cross tells us that victory lies in the hands of him who will use the Divine weapons and eschew the carnal ones; by that Christ overcame evil with good" (Bishop Boyd Carpenter).
May 10
We have a bank we can draw upon that will make us either rich or wretched. It is called the memory bank. Fortunately we can choose to withdraw our bad memories and deposit our good memories. We cannot avoid some wounds of life, but we can learn from the contusions and confusions of life. Our mental wounds might include wrong learning patterns; physical wounds are just that; emotional wounds may leave us bitter instead of better; and spiritual wounds are the sins that we have committed. God heals sad memories and repairs broken heart, and He fills our depressions with love and forgiveness.
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TI
Wedding anniversaries signify milestones passed in a couple’s life; and you can enjoy their happiness at crossing these milestones by gifting them wonderful gifts on their wedding anniversaries. You can very much help the couple feel that they have accomplished something special in their lives with an anniversary gift. In fact, special anniversary gifts are known to rekindle whatever dying romance there may be in couple’s life.There are traditional ideas for wedding gifts, which you could choose from to make a presentation. Each passing wedding anniversary signifies a different theme for presentation. The first year calls for something made of paper like a book, movie tickets or perhaps wrapping a gift with paper. Similarly, the second year calls for cotton, the third leather and so forth. The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary calls for a silver gift and the fiftieth wedding anniversary, a gift made of gold. Reaching the seventy-fifth wedding anniversary is indeed a great achievement, and calls for a gift made from diamonds!If you are not content with presenting gifts based on these themes, you can always look out for gift articles to be presented to the couple. There are many gift stores and online stores you can visit to get an idea of the perfect gift to gift the couple. Gifts like chocolates, jewelry, clothes and decorative items are the most preferred gifts. However, you can become ingenious, and using your creativity, create some changes to the gift to make it stand out.You could perhaps gift a beautiful night out for the couple with Broadway tickets and a romantic dinner for two. Or perhaps a gift basket in a decorative basket, with products that you pick according to the likes of the couple. This adds a personal touch to the gift. If you are not that sure on what to buy for the couple you could always gift gift certificates. There are different gift certificates to choose from; some gift certificates permit the recipient to buy goods in their establishment worth the amount on the certificate. Then there are gift certificates where you can send the couple to enjoy the Florida sun, take an adventure trip, go on a diving trip or perhaps have a refreshing spa experience.Couples who love parties and partying can be gifted theme parties. You could call all their near and dear ones, order food they like and spring a surprise party for them! As you can see, there are many choice
May 4
It isn't necessary that we win our little wars with others. When the stakes are so trivial, then why drive a stake into another's self-respect? To stand on one's rights too many times means to stamp on the other person's heart. It isn't worth the temporary mean battle we would win. Never in Christ's sensitive life do we read of Him speaking an unkind word. If we would have Christ then we must have His consideration for others and His ability to have the larger view of their problems. We may think we have just demands but Christ-like love desires peace even more. Christ will take care of our need for justice.
May 5
When she was drunk, the mother would shout at her shy, thin, illegitimate daughter, "You aren't worth the powder to blow you up!" The girl believed it when others told her she fell short of their expectations. She was sure she would fail in life. Then one day a beloved teacher told her God had a special plan for her life because of the mother He gave her. Because of this teacher’s insight and love, the girl lived and flourished. Parents, be careful what you say and do to the little ones. God sees and hears all you say and do to His children.
May 6
"While he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran...and kissed him" (Luke 15:20). The story of the prodigal son is the illustration of our Father who runs to us when we are desperate after having tasted the husks of life and are tired of searching. The son tells his father he is not worthy but that does not stop the father from loving him and forgiving him and bringing out the best of what he has to give to his precious son who has come home. Our Father runs to us and gives us His best--anyway.
May 7
What joy there was when little Obed was born. His grandmother Naomi had lost her two sons but was blessed with her daughter-in-law Ruth who loved her better than "seven sons". Her friends said to Naomi, "May he [this precious baby] also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age..." (Ruth 4:15). Here was a welcome child and grandchild. He was also a child of great privilege and even greater responsibility. "The Lord enabled her [Ruth] to conceive." (v.13). "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3). Have we lost the wonder of this blessing? Indeed, our children are a grace to us.
May 8
We should prepare for but not presume on tomorrow. Especially, "do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1). We--or someone we love--may not see another sun rise on the horizon. God has wisely put a veil over tomorrow. Only in His gracious time will that veil be rent and we shall see His costly love which asks us for now to enter into the most holy place with Him and trust Him. The only preparation for tomorrow is to fill today's purpose and appointments.
May 9
"The truth is that the evil is in the man; and hence your aim is not to kill the man, but rather to deliver him from the power of evil...If we have any faith in the moral order of the universe, our answer to every temptation to meet evil with evil is this, `I grant it might answer today, but am I sure it would answer in the long run?'...Why? Because the laws that govern the world are the laws of righteousness. It is never worthwhile to do evil that good may come...The Cross tells us that victory lies in the hands of him who will use the Divine weapons and eschew the carnal ones; by that Christ overcame evil with good" (Bishop Boyd Carpenter).
May 10
We have a bank we can draw upon that will make us either rich or wretched. It is called the memory bank. Fortunately we can choose to withdraw our bad memories and deposit our good memories. We cannot avoid some wounds of life, but we can learn from the contusions and confusions of life. Our mental wounds might include wrong learning patterns; physical wounds are just that; emotional wounds may leave us bitter instead of better; and spiritual wounds are the sins that we have committed. God heals sad memories and repairs broken heart, and He fills our depressions with love and forgiveness.
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TI
Product First Service Next:We understand that business primarily mean production of marketable commodities. Secondarily, we construe that business is service to maintain these products in good condition by repairs and services.Gets Life Extension:We aim to keep our products intact for a reasonable period by repairing the break down condition. The product under repair may be a baby toy, kitchen machine or a household article. This could be machinery related to any field like agriculture, engineering, building construction, medicine, automobile, and aircraft.Regain Full Value:We may try to restore the original condition of any mobile or immovable property of any size. We desire to maintain and improve upon its utility value.The broken articles are worth nothing while the repaired goods regain their full value. More Clean More Value:Likewise, a landed property is valued less when kept unclean and with poor amenities. Nevertheless, the house property gets a higher market value no sooner renovations made and an approach road re-laid. Adding more comforts and recreations to the occupants, the lodging houses get more remuneration.Service Guarantee:Generally, the commodity seller gives a warranty for the product sold with a ‘back up service’ guarantee. The company maintains a team of service persons to carry out their promise to the end users. This is for a limited period.Service Entrepreneur:Then, there is every chance for an independent service provider to work for the public. He is a ‘service entrepreneur’ of a specific field or a odd job specialist too. Again, there could be an endless products, structures and machines requiring repairs and maintenance.Specialized Service Skill:I was traveling on a motorcycle on a country road. I could understand that my vehicle is wobbling a little and needs a mechanic’s attention. I entered the city and to my luck, there was a mechanic’s shop at the entrance itself. He examined the vehicle, loosened some bolts and nuts, applied a little oil, and tightened. The motorcycle is very much all right for any road now. I paid the required money as service charges and went peacefully.Here, the mechanic did not give me any product of any nature. He used a little oil only and the balance is his tec
May 6
"While he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran...and kissed him" (Luke 15:20). The story of the prodigal son is the illustration of our Father who runs to us when we are desperate after having tasted the husks of life and are tired of searching. The son tells his father he is not worthy but that does not stop the father from loving him and forgiving him and bringing out the best of what he has to give to his precious son who has come home. Our Father runs to us and gives us His best--anyway.
May 7
What joy there was when little Obed was born. His grandmother Naomi had lost her two sons but was blessed with her daughter-in-law Ruth who loved her better than "seven sons". Her friends said to Naomi, "May he [this precious baby] also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age..." (Ruth 4:15). Here was a welcome child and grandchild. He was also a child of great privilege and even greater responsibility. "The Lord enabled her [Ruth] to conceive." (v.13). "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3). Have we lost the wonder of this blessing? Indeed, our children are a grace to us.
May 8
We should prepare for but not presume on tomorrow. Especially, "do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1). We--or someone we love--may not see another sun rise on the horizon. God has wisely put a veil over tomorrow. Only in His gracious time will that veil be rent and we shall see His costly love which asks us for now to enter into the most holy place with Him and trust Him. The only preparation for tomorrow is to fill today's purpose and appointments.
May 9
"The truth is that the evil is in the man; and hence your aim is not to kill the man, but rather to deliver him from the power of evil...If we have any faith in the moral order of the universe, our answer to every temptation to meet evil with evil is this, `I grant it might answer today, but am I sure it would answer in the long run?'...Why? Because the laws that govern the world are the laws of righteousness. It is never worthwhile to do evil that good may come...The Cross tells us that victory lies in the hands of him who will use the Divine weapons and eschew the carnal ones; by that Christ overcame evil with good" (Bishop Boyd Carpenter).
May 10
We have a bank we can draw upon that will make us either rich or wretched. It is called the memory bank. Fortunately we can choose to withdraw our bad memories and deposit our good memories. We cannot avoid some wounds of life, but we can learn from the contusions and confusions of life. Our mental wounds might include wrong learning patterns; physical wounds are just that; emotional wounds may leave us bitter instead of better; and spiritual wounds are the sins that we have committed. God heals sad memories and repairs broken heart, and He fills our depressions with love and forgiveness.
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TI
Hairloss has always existed and people have always suffered from it. More than that, People have started inventing hairloss treatments thousands of years ago and they still do – The FDA has announced in a recent report that over the last nine years more than 300,000 new hairloss treatments that claim to stop hair loss and regrow hair have been examined.Before we will go over the leading ancient hairloss treatments that still work today, we want to introduce you to two hairloss treatments legendary treatments:The first legend is about the ancient Egyptians who believed that they will avoid or treat hairloss by putting fat of lions like lions and crocodiles over their head. The second legend is about Julius Caesar and Napoleon who also suffered from hair loss and tried to hide it by combing their back hair forward.It seems that natural hairloss treatments have always been popular, most of them include herbs. Those herbal hairloss treatments are proven to stop hairloss and regrow hair. The most popular are: Saw palmetto (Seranoa repens) – This is the most common herbal hairloss treatment – it slows hairloss, stimulates hair growth and protect the prostate. It is made out of the berry extract. Other popular herbal hairloss remedies are green tea and Ginkyo biloba.Another popular hairloss treatment which has been used for centuries is hair extension or hair replacement – this is actually a method of hiding hairloss and not stopping it. This hairloss treatment includes wigs made of synthetic fibers or human hair and hair additions such as hair weaves and toupees.Yet, if you suffer form hair loss we suggest that you try using also modern hairloss treatments. There are effective and safe hairloss products which are proven to stop hairloss like Propecia, the all natural Revivogen and Minoxidil. Don’t get frustrated of hair loss. Like any medical problem, it can be cured. It is all up to you. Good luck.
May 9
"The truth is that the evil is in the man; and hence your aim is not to kill the man, but rather to deliver him from the power of evil...If we have any faith in the moral order of the universe, our answer to every temptation to meet evil with evil is this, `I grant it might answer today, but am I sure it would answer in the long run?'...Why? Because the laws that govern the world are the laws of righteousness. It is never worthwhile to do evil that good may come...The Cross tells us that victory lies in the hands of him who will use the Divine weapons and eschew the carnal ones; by that Christ overcame evil with good" (Bishop Boyd Carpenter).
May 10
We have a bank we can draw upon that will make us either rich or wretched. It is called the memory bank. Fortunately we can choose to withdraw our bad memories and deposit our good memories. We cannot avoid some wounds of life, but we can learn from the contusions and confusions of life. Our mental wounds might include wrong learning patterns; physical wounds are just that; emotional wounds may leave us bitter instead of better; and spiritual wounds are the sins that we have committed. God heals sad memories and repairs broken heart, and He fills our depressions with love and forgiveness.
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TI
I hear it all the time from my students and at the seminars and workshops I lead. The writers that I work with are excited to work with a "real" writer. Most people define a "real" writer as one who is published. Therefore I, with three published novels and innumerable newspaper and magazine articles under my belt, certainly qualify.However, the longer I am involved in the business of professional writing and the teaching of writing the more I question that definition. For me, being a "real" writer is much more about a state of mind rather than a state of being. I believe very strongly that you need to become a real writer before you can become a published writer for I know that while most (if not all) published writers are real writers that the reverse is not necessarily true. I have known many real writers who have not yet been published but I believe they will be some day -- if they just stick with it.Real writers are made. No one is born to be a writer although many real writers are born with a drive or need to be a writer and this is certainly a help during the difficult times and challenges that all real writers face. A real writer requires five essential tools.The first, and most important, is a unique writing process. In order to write well and effectively not to mention to grow as a writer, you must develop a writing process. A nonexistent, or inefficient, writing process can greatly hinder your ability to write but a writing process tailored to your unique strengths and weaknesses can make your writing stronger and easier.The second element goes along with the development of your writing process. This is learning your strengths and weaknesses as a writer. What is the most difficult part of writing for you? What is the easiest? The more you know about your own writing then the better equipped you are to take advantage of the areas where you are strongest and to work on the areas where you are weakest.Another essential element to becoming a real writer is criticism. Writers need to develop the skills necessary to be critical of their own work and to edit effectively. Most real writers also have a support network in place, such as a critique group or critical reader, to assist with this process.Real writers also need to be readers. Writers must read a variety of authors and types of writing in order to learn more about the language, its structure, and its v
May 11
God is our Tuning Fork. We are His harps being tuned for a concert of the victorious who will meet on the sea of glass and sing in unity the Song of Moses (Exodus 15): "Great and marvelous are your deeds...just and true are your ways..." (Revelation 15:3). But first comes the tuning. He gently sweeps His hand over our strings and hears a discordant tone. Then He begins to tighten here and to loosen there. When we thought we failed, He was tuning a string of our life; when we had surgery, He was tightening up the loose ends of time that we wouldn't give Him; when we lost our cherished one, He was asking us to play a new song of faith for Him.
May 12
Be laborers for God. Belaborers for God... What a difference there is here. We can labor without belaboring. There isn't a subject on earth, including the goodness of God, that one wants to be bashed over heart and head with! There are some who wish wisdom in small doses and others who can absorb like sponges, and our wisdom lies in knowing the difference, having the courage (and courtesy) to act on that wisdom, and having the serenity to accept what we can't change in others, to borrow from a prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Dogma-bashing is never stylish. Jesus went about doing good--firmly but very quietly and tastefully.
May 13
What is it that everyone in the whole world has the same amount of? Why, it is TIME. Paul wrote, "Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:15,16). It might be a good idea to keep a diary for a week of just how we spend this precious commodity and see how many hours we spend in front of the television, how many minutes we squander talking about unprofitable subjects and people who can't defend themselves, etc. We have only so many more days and hours before our time is up, so let us use it ever so carefully.
May 14
When he was dying, the prominent chemist Michael Faraday replied to some journalists who questioned him on his speculations concerning death, "Speculations! I know nothing about speculations; I am resting on certainties!" Oh, that we could all exhibit such faith as this! Interest in the nonsensical occult has grown enormously in the last few decades because we are not content to let God rule our life. We want to control our own destiny and God will not allow such foolishness; He loves us too much to permit us to run and ruin our lives. He has given all the certainty we need in His Word of love and service. Read and ponder!
May 15
Someone made the comment that the reason there are so many critics is because so much business can be done on so little capital. Samuel Johnson said, "Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense" (The Idler, No. 60). A dear elderly lady who lived in a high-rise for senior citizens became the target of the gossip vultures and her reply, so Christian, was, "Well, if they aren't talking about me, they'll be talking about someone else." What a grand thought when we suspect someone is tearing us apart verbally. But what tongue can hurt us when we have our God to defend us?
May 16
The life of Solomon is an historical lesson we should not miss. Here was a man mightily blessed of God: a royal temporal ruler who seemed to possess every possible natural advantage, inconceivably wealthy in material possessions, learning and experience--and yet he fell into apostasy. His father David committed sins, sincerely repented and was restored to full fellowship with his loving Father and, from a full heart of sorrow, wrote the Psalms; Solomon, David's son, wrote that grand book of life, Proverbs, yet he failed to complete the race. What a tragedy for a life so full of promise.
May 17
Sold to the highest bidder, Satan: our dreams of a worthier life, of helping others, of praying for their salvation and eternal happiness... Oh no, my Lord. Sold, sold, to the highest Bidder, the One who gave all, the One who came naked and left naked, who owned not a place to lay His sacred and wounded head even in death. Please, Father, let us not succumb to the devil's auctioneer. The goods look so fine and so beautiful but, should we even touch them, they will turn to dust, and our hearts will turn to ruin. Oh Father, please, tune our ears and turn our eyes and hearts to Your pleadings and pleasings.
May 18
"[God] shall wipe away every tear..." (Revelation 21:4). He shall gently mingle them with His own tears of empathy and sorrow. He is the Father of mercies and the God of comfort. The promise is that God shall, not that He simply may, erase the griefs that grip mind and heart and cause us to weep. The stings of death, the words that kill love, friendships gone sour, hopes that die, dreams that fade into some dark hole: these will be wiped away with a new beginning, for our robes have been washed in tears (Revelation 22:14). We have a right to claim our inheritance as God's heirs. Jesus gave us that right at the cross.
May 19
"However..." (2 Samuel 12:14). Nathan has just assured David that God has taken away his sin and he won't die. However, because his sin has given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, "the child also that is born to you shall surely die." What a sad "however..." Great trouble does indeed follow great transgression of both natural and divine law, and mortal man is silly to think otherwise. One of the grievous aspects of sin is that it involves families and counties and countries, never just one person. Consequences can be far reaching right into eternal salvation, so let us remember the howevers of life.
May 20
Anger, that terrible force that sweeps away rational thought and behavior--what purpose does it serve? "An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression." (Proverbs 29:22). The remedy for anger is in 1 Peter 3:4: "...The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit..." Anger stirs up more embers and keeps the heat going, whereas the gentle person makes peace and keeps peace. It isn't true that venting one's anger clears the air. The rubble remains to clutter another's heart, perhaps even to ruin what was once a good relationship.
May 21
"God has made laughter for me..." (Genesis 21:6). Sarah rejoices at the birth of this child of hers and Abraham's old age. Yes, God made joy for her. There is indeed a time to laugh, for to everything there is a season, and laughter is a fine gift from God who knows that it is an extraordinary healing force for a broken heart and hurting body. It doesn't glorify God or man for us to hit the floor in the morning in a morose mood and blame the weather, our creaking bones, or what the neighbor did yesterday. This is a new day, "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118:24). So let us laugh today.
May 22
"...My people do not understand." (Isaiah 1:3c). We know how hurt we feel when others don't seem to understand us. Here is the Creator reminding us that we are thoughtless of His care and His love for us. He is the Author and Sustainer of our life that we waste on foolishness. Truly, we don't understand the value of the extraordinary gift of life. We claim practicality and reality, but God's claim is creatorship and the rest
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