Lessons Lived, Lessons Learned: 2007

Lessons Lived, Lessons Learned: 2007

1. Jesus loves me, this I know.
2. I am free indeed.
3. Build up or shut up.
4. Satan tries the hardest when the odds of his success are at the least.
5. My God far exceeds my highest expectations.
6. We live for what we love.
7. When in Cairo, if it's not legal, it's ignored.
8.  Loving God and loving others is well worth the risk.
9. There’s freedom found in a leap of faith.
10. My Abba has a knack for taking our scars and turning them into badges of honor.
11. God is not kidding, neither is He hiding.
12. Love is the only way a sinner can become a believer and a believer can become like Christ.
13. Jell-O is not natural.
14. Loving others is simply leading them to the heart of God.
15. Letting go brings open hands, and open hands are never left empty.
16. A Christian who doesn’t pray is like a warrior without a weapon.
17. Productivity is a relative term.
18. Reason can be deadly, but wisdom brings life.
19. One must kneel to receive a crown.
20. When you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, something marvelous is happening in the darkness.
21. Prepare for rain.
22. Technology is wonderful - when it works.
23. The truth is always relevant.
24. Loneliness is a lie.
25. There’s power in a spoken word.
26. The essence of beauty is found in the things unseen.
27. Driving through the intersection of Old Shell and Cody after dark is not a good idea.
28. Truth and immortality are always synonymous.
29. The beauty of my inadequacy is that He is my sufficiency.
30. God may lead His people into the wilderness, but He will not abandon them there.
31. Invite them to the banquet, and He’ll provide the feast.
32. God has not, and He will not, change His mind.
33. Some things are better left unspoken.
34. Vacuums are for floors, not fingers.
35. What is in the heart is far more valuable than what is on the tongue.
36. Humility is stepping down so that God will step forth.
37. Wisdom is diverting your eyes from the temporary to focus on the eternal.
38. Maturity is letting go of the old and embracing the new, even when the old is more preferable.
39. When it comes to football rivalry, I am Switzerland.
40. Impossibility is merely a great expectation.
41. When trying ethnic food, don’t ask, just enjoy.
42. I’m a pilgrim.
43. Without fear, there is only revolution.
44. If heaven had a computer, the MacBook would be it.
45.  I am not invincible. (At least I am eternal.)
46.  The beauty of walking in faith is that it is not safe, but completely worth it.
47.  Sometimes, we must step back in order to step forward.
48. Choose wisdom, not cynicism.
49. There's always a lesson to be learned.
50. My cup overflows.

"You teach me wisdom in the inmost place . . ." -Psalm 51:6