forgiveness – Robert Noland

Forgiven-ridden

Here’s the scenario … we sin again. We say the wrong thing, we do the wrong thing, we don’t do the right thing, we avoid righteousness and choose selfishness … again. Insert here whatever it is you tend to habitually do wrong. The next common emotion and feeling is regret, quickly turning to guilt. With […]

Amount Due

We all know that when we use a credit card and don’t pay it off the next month, three things are likely….interest will be charged, the next month’s activity is going to make the balance bigger, and the company will keep sending those annoying monthly statements reminding what we owe, the added interest, and exactly […]

Can’t You Read the Sign?

Recently, I was visiting a city and drove through a neighborhood street lined with duplexes. One particular unit got my attention. There sat the typical mirror image structure with matching doors, windows, and driveways, but right in the middle of the yard, lined up perfectly with the dividing wall that separates the two homes, built […]

Who Says You Don’t Measure Up?

Has anyone ever told you after you’ve presented something, “That just doesn’t measure up”? Or even more personal, “Sorry, you just don’t measure up”? When someone makes one of these statements, the person is saying that there is some standard—whether a corporate policy or even a personal judgment—that has not been met. It is typically […]

Storage Wars?

What’s the most lucrative thing you can do these days with a piece of commercial real estate inside a city limits? . . . Build storage units. Yeah, the most consistent money you can make on a piece of American property is to build small metal barns for people to put their stuff in. The […]