• Discipleship,  Forgiveness,  Repentance

    Remorse vs Repentance

    We’ve read several social media posts and memes lately that refer to repentance.  Some of them are spot-on, and others are way off-base.  Many people have mistaken feeling remorse and asking for forgiveness for actual repentance. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. – 2 Corinthians 7:10   And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand – Matthew 3:2   Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: – Matthew 3:8   Some people feel sorry for their actions.  Sometimes I wonder if they are actually convicted, or if they are just sorry they got caught.  They may…

  • Communication,  Marriage

    Don’t Wait. Communicate.

    We have done quite a bit of traveling lately, both for pleasure and work.  Many times, along the interstate, we’ll notice things that seem out of the ordinary, at least to one of us.  Sometimes the conversations will be, “Did you see that?”  With the reply of, “No, what was it?”  Describing what we’ve seen can go on for miles, and it can lead us down rabbit trails to other subjects.  We wanted to share some of the things we’ve seen that left us scratching our heads and that led to some deep conversations.   Recently, while traveling north on Interstate 65, we both actually noticed a dump truck in…