How to Get Closer to God Again When You’ve Drifted Away
I never thought I would be writing a Christian blog. I really didn’t. I never pictured myself doing anything that resembled a personal ministry, writing about God, talking openly about my failures, my marriage, my money mistakes, fatherhood, discipline, or the seasons when my spiritual life wasn’t where I knew it should be. For a […]
Finding God in Loneliness After Hurtful Friendships
Solomon’s story really amazes me, as well as David’s. For a long time, I had been dealing with grudges and anger and the feeling of being disrespected, talked about, and ridiculed by people I thought were friends. Why I thought they were friends amazes me now. Growing up, I was the youngest child. Everyone was […]
Letting Go of Control and Trusting God as a Parent
As a parent, I have constantly found myself trying to perfect things for my child. It’s like your mind thinks it can control time and every situation in your child’s life. And I’ve even seen myself doing it with my spouse. “Drive this way.” “Don’t do this.” “Do it this way.” Constantly trying to control […]
Trusting God While in Debt: How $50,000 Changed My Life
Thank You, Lord, for restoring my finances and bringing me to overflow and paying off all my debts. For a long time I struggled with discipline. Actually, pretty much all my life. Not committing. Starting something and not finishing. And I think financially I have always lived for the day, aka the flesh. If I […]
God’s Timing for Success: Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Succeed Sooner
I was the type of person that was really fixated on making tons of money. I remember trying a lot of online businesses and affiliate marketing, reading so many books, getting into crypto, and all that stuff. I wanted to succeed so badly that I never stopped to ask whether I was ready. But I […]
How to Be a Better Husband: Love Is More Than What You Do
Sometimes it is so hard as a husband to talk about my feelings. For me, I think a lot of that comes from how I grew up and who I am. It is hard for me to explain myself. Sometimes it feels like the more I try to explain myself, the more my wife thinks […]
I Struggled With Discipline All My Life — Now I Crave It
I have struggled with discipline all my life. Really, I struggled with committing to anything. I would start something and not finish it. I had all this knowledge, but I wasn’t disciplined. For a very long time, secretly inside, I was yearning to be the person I am becoming right now: disciplined in different areas […]
What I Never Had, I’m Giving My Son: A Christian Father’s Testimony
What I Never Had, I’m Giving My Son This is my Christian father testimony. It is fascinating to be a parent, and to be a father. As a father, it amazes me how God works. Growing up, all the male models I saw were womanizers, different women. I never really had a father figure I […]
What Loneliness Taught Me About Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, and God
God Is Always With Us I feel like loneliness is a journey. For me, loneliness was a journey into its own. There were years where I felt completely alone. I mean years. There were times where not a single person even called my phone. Not a single person. Besides telemarketers, which I think sometimes I […]
I Wish I Had Appreciated the Time I Was Living In More. Appreciate the time you’re living in
It took me a long time to learn how to appreciate the time you’re living in, before it quietly becomes something you can only look back on. Looking back, I wish I was more appreciative of the time I was living in. I think I took it for granted. Like when my cousin moved from […]