Character. So much in life thrives or dies because of character. The ability to consider things before you and respond in a manner fitting of the situation can be the difference between great good taking place or that great good being turned into something so much worse. One area in which that character is expressed […]
Read More Dryden Links: Keep Calm And Carry OnThe noise rages. The incessant, demanding accusations and bleating look to shake and drive him insane. How does he keep going? He goes to those places in his mind. Places where he rests in the presence of the Holy One. Places where he remembers forgiveness, redemption and restoration. Places where he revels in purpose and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: There Are PlacesThe storms in life can truly be raging. It can get to the point where you don’t know if you’re going to make it. You can be hanging on for dear life to anything that will hold you as you’re buffeting one way and the other. Bills blowing on the one side. Relationship challenges whipping […]
Read More Calming the Storm – To Get AcrossOne of the things I admire my Dad for is his ability to keep calm about things. It was not a secret to him. The wisdom of it all was fairly straightforward for him and amounted to this. If he could do something about it, he would. If he couldn’t do anything about it, he […]
Read More Keeping CalmI heard a saying that said with Christ in the vessel you can smile at the storm. Not taking away from what’s reassuring in the sentiment, there is something missing. When Jesus was on a boat in a storm, He didn’t expect His disciples to smile at it. He expected them to calm it. That’s […]
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