by DDI | Jun 30, 2024 | Inspiration, Archives, Featured
I have always had a special love for words. Words have such power in them. The right words can uplift, inspire, heal, and create endless joy and love in our… I have always had a special love for words. Words have such power in them. The right words can uplift, inspire, heal, and create endless joy and love in our lives. The wrong words can depress, discourage, hurt, and bring us endless misery and pain. It is so very important then to try and choose the right words in our lives. By choosing the right words I don’t just mean saying the right words or writing the right words either. I also mean thinking the right words. It is amazing the garbage that so many of us allow ourselves to think each and every day of our lives. In order to live a truly blessed life, we must haul away the garbage and start to plant words that will grow into a garden of joy and light in our minds. Start today then to make the words in your life work for you and not against you. Do away with “can’t” and “no”. Try “can” and “yes” instead. Say, “I can be happy, I can choose joy, and I can share love.” Say, “Yes” to life, to learning, and to
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by DDI | Jun 19, 2024 | Archives, Featured, Leadership
New Beginnings The creator created people, gave them words for communication and thinking, settled them in the fertile valley at the foot of the mountains, gave them longevity and started… New Beginnings The creator created people, gave them words for communication and thinking, settled them in the fertile valley at the foot of the mountains, gave them longevity and started to observe how they would aspire to the development. The time has passed, but people did not develop. Their feet did not go beyond their village and did not climb up the mountains. Their eyes did not look at the sky and did not look in the Heart. So they became old. The Creator decided to find out, what was the matter. He became a man and came to them as a traveler. Before sunset people gathered at the square to talk with the traveler. He described them a life beyond the horizon and suggested: “Do you want me to lead you there, and you will see how people live in these places?” “Oh,” they answered sadly, “It is late, we became old…” “Then come with me to the mountains to look at the world from the top!” “Oh,” they suspired, “It is too late, we have no energy…” “Look at the sky.” The traveler said to them, “And I
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by DDI | Jun 15, 2024 | Archives, Featured
The seven ups of life is not the carbonized lemon-lime soft drink, but a perspective on life. As we approach the end of the year, remember being up isn’t difficult,… The seven ups of life is not the carbonized lemon-lime soft drink, but a perspective on life. As we approach the end of the year, remember being up isn’t difficult, but it does require a conscious effort on our part. So here are the 7 Ups: Wake-Up! Decide to have a good day and wake up to the realization that we have been given the gift of another day. Dress-Up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. Shut-Up! Say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking. Stand-up for what you believe in. Stand up for something or you will fall for anything. Look-Up to the Lord, for your every need, or every problem. Reach-Up for something higher. When everything else fails, we know we can depend on Him! Lift-Up! Our prayers to him, not just all of our burdens and cares, but also our gratitude for what He has done and will do
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by DDI | Jun 13, 2024 | Featured, Inspiration, Spiritual Growth
Here is the concluding part of the true-life story about Tommy the atheist theology student who was found by God Then a sad report, I heard that Tommy had terminal… Here is the concluding part of the true-life story about Tommy the atheist theology student who was found by God Then a sad report, I heard that Tommy had terminal cancer. Before I could search him out, he came to see me. When he walked into my office, his body was very badly wasted, and the long hair had all fallen out as a result of chemotherapy. But his eyes were bright and his voice was firm, for the first time, I believe. “Tommy, I’ve thought about you so often. I hear you are sick!” I blurted out. “Oh, yes, very sick. I have cancer in both lungs. It’s a matter of weeks.” “Can you talk about it, Tom?” “Sure, what would you like to know?” “What’s it like to be only twenty-four and dying?” “Well, it could be worse.” “Like what?” “Well, like being fifty and having no values or ideals, like being fifty and thinking that booze, seducing women, and making money are the real ‘biggies’ in life.” I began to look through my mental file cabinet under “S” where I had filed Tommy as strange. (It seems
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by DDI | Jun 12, 2024 | Inspiration, Featured
The Atheist Theology Student Who Was Found by God John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy:… The Atheist Theology Student Who Was Found by God John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy: Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith. That was the first day I first saw Tommy. My eyes and my mind both blinked. He was combing his long flaxen hair, which hung six inches below his shoulders. It was the first time I had ever seen a boy with hair that long. I guess it was just coming into fashion then. I know in my mind that it isn’t what’s on your head, but what’s in it that counts; but on that day I was unprepared and my emotions flipped. I immediately filed Tommy under “S” for strange … very strange. Tommy turned out to be the “atheist in residence” in my Theology of Faith course. He constantly objected to, smirked at, or whined about the possibility of an unconditionally loving Father-God. We lived with each other in relative peace for one semester, although
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by DDI | Jun 11, 2024 | Archives, Featured, Spiritual Growth
David Morse, American missionary to India, became great friends there with the pearl diver, Rambhau. Many an evening he spent in Rambhau’s cabin reading to him from the Bible and… David Morse, American missionary to India, became great friends there with the pearl diver, Rambhau. Many an evening he spent in Rambhau’s cabin reading to him from the Bible and explaining to him God’s way of salvation. Rambhau enjoyed listening to the Word of God, but whenever the missionary tried to get Rambhau to accept Christ as his Savior, he would shake his head and reply, “Your Christian way to heaven is too easy for me! I cannot accept it. If ever I should find admittance to heaven in that manner. I would feel like a pauper there… like a beggar who has been let in out of pity. I may be proud, but I want to deserve, I want to earn my place in heaven… and so I am going to work for it.” Nothing the missionary could say seemed to have any effect on Rambhau’s decision, and so quite a few years slipped by. One evening, however, the missionary heard a knock on his door, and on opening it he found Rambhau there. “Come in, dear friend,” said Morse. “No,” said the pearl diver. “I want you to
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