The Next Thing

Everyone has a role to play. That's a family. As the family learns and grows, things come up--all the time and from every direction. That's life. So through all the storms who is going to take responsibility to keep the main thing the main thing? Who will face fear and defeat distractions?

Gil Bates brings home a paradoxical proverb written directly to men: Proverbs 16:32. In this verse, Almighty God warns men that there is one virtue more valuable to families than any display of might or valor. Strength in this one area prevents untold destruction, division, and bodily injury.

The truth is the truth. You and your audience will always be better off when your message is founded on the truth. Your audience will also be grateful however if you make sure to make the truth memorable for them. There are innumberable ways of making a single truth memorable!

Life can be busy. Finding peace and order can feel like an impossible mission. The very pursuit of simplicity may seem to produce only complexity, intensifying the wish for one, all-important guiding principle.