53 things I’ve learned on planet earth

  1. Creator God hung the sky and sustains it still, with one snap of His finger it can all come down. 
  2. God is to be trusted; man is to be tested before being trusted.
  3. Three things can destroy preachers: girls, gold, and glory. 
  4. Your perception of yourself may be false. 
  5. I am the hardest person on the planet to know. 
  6. One of the most loving things you can do for another is to seek to understand them.
  7. Prayer causes seismic shifts in the spiritual realm, where the eye cannot see. 
  8. One of the greatest challenges for people today is the ability to sit in a room for five minutes in solitude and silence. 
  9. A peaceful face doesn’t mean there isn’t a storm raging inside.
  10. Squirrels are among the most persistent creatures on the planet.
  11. Social media needs a warning label.
  12. Loneliness is the epidemic of our day. 
  13. One hello can change a person’s day. 
  14. If you can envision it, it can be done—both good and evil.
  15. One of the hardest things to do is to let God love you. 
  16. It is impossible to give what you do not have. 
  17. Consider your children when gathering and storing up things; they will be the ones to sort it out when you are gone.
  18. Do not fall for the lie that you will get to something “one day.” Carpe diem—seize the day, for tomorrow is not promised to any of us. 
  19. Joy is found in the laughter of a baby. 
  20. We are all little children trapped in adult bodies. 
  21. Adults still love to be read to.
  22. Nothing changes the inner countenance of a person quite like the emergence of a fuzzy puppy. 
  23. Sleep is the secret sauce to optimal performance. 
  24. If you shove a painful memory down, it will pop up like a jack-in-the-box.
  25. The real church of Jesus Christ is visible in the places no one wants to go: nursing homes, hospitals, funerals—these are the places where human hearts are most open. 
  26. The greatest challenge among older people is feeling as if they are not important anymore. 
  27. If you are young and lonely, I dare you to find an older person and simply tell them they are important—it will transform both you and them.
  28. If someone says they are not doing well, believe them. 
  29. Anxiety is contagious. 
  30. You must, absolutely must, drill down and stand on Godly ethics, or you will fall for the charming, loudest voice in the room.
  31. Saying no is saying yes. 
  32. Simplicity is power; complexity is weakness. 
  33. Ninety percent of people are only thinking about themselves. 
  34. You are capable of everything that scares you—good and evil. 
  35. Your kids watch everything you do.
  36. Misinformation is the cancer of our day. 
  37. Motorcycles kill people. 
  38. No amount of applause will ever make you happy; it will only leave you wanting more. 
  39. The calmness of soul and inner peace is a gift from the Holy Spirit.
  40. Restlessness is not a fruit of the Spirit. 
  41. Busyness is cancer.
  42. If you have one person on this planet who sees you, knows you, and loves you, you are wealthy beyond imagination. 
  43. Greatness is within our reach each day, yet we miss it in the pursuit of greatness. 
  44. Greatness is found in simply loving the one closest to you. 
  45. God’s love rushes loudly, powerfully, and violently, like Niagara Falls.
  46. Growing weary? Place something a little bit ahead of you; it will give you something to look forward to. 
  47. Money will not make you happy, but not having enough money will certainly make you unhappy.
  48. The older I get, the more I reflect on my childhood—good, bad, and ugly. I am grateful, but I also have to undo much that was done. 
  49. We can still be afraid of people who have passed away. 
  50. Freedom is found in nothing more and nothing less than loving God and loving people.
  51. Common sense is rare these days.
  52. A yawn is the control alt delete button of the body.
  53. Reading a book is like going to the mind gym.

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