The older I am growing, the more I find myself thinking of the things that are eternal. Some of the things that once occupied my time and my attention have now become obsolete or irrelevant as I am more and more captured by the things that are deeper and will last forever.

It was C.S. Lewis who said, “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”
Richard Foster in his book, Celebration of Discipline, gives helpful perspective regarding the culture of the world in which we live that is in conflict with a culture that is deep and eternal. He writes, “Superficiality is the curse of our age. …

(61)  “ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE”

One of the qualities I have been consciously working on in recent times is that of being someone whose life is characterised by bringing something to the table. In short, it is someone who adds value to the world in which they live wherever they go.
Recently, I initiated a conversation with the lady who serves me at my favourite Subway store and in the process, I learned that she had been working there for 21 years. Suddenly I felt a prompt to go and buy her a twenty first anniversary card and a box of chocolates to celebrate her years of service. …

The most difficult person we will ever have to lead is ourselves. So important is Self-Leadership that the Bible mentions the word self-control 174 times and the word discipline 169 times. (Deb Preston, Self-Control in the Bible)

The apostle Paul tells of the high priority he placed on Self-Leadership in his first letter to the Corinthians where he writes, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. EVERY athlete exercises self-control in ALL things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we, an imperishable. So, I do not run aimlessly; I …