This past week I came back from my spiritual retreat to an email box full of hundreds of emails that I had not answered, voice mails asking me to respond and many people wanting to meet with me personally about different things. At first, not thinking too much about it, I decided to respond to many of these requests. For a few days I had back-to-back meetings on many exciting new projects, proposals and exciting opportunities. Although, I came home at the end of the day excited about all these new ideas and projects, something inside of me didn’t feel at peace.
Whenever I don’t feel peace in my heart about something I
I expect miracles every day of my life. Some people don’t believe in miracles, but I believe that miracles are happening all the time if we will only pay attention. Have you ever had something happen to you where you thought it must have been more than just mere coincidence? Have you ever prayed for something to happen, that seemed impossible and your prayer was answered?
What is a miracle?
Recently, in a public apology to the press Tiger Woods the most famous sports player in the world asked for the publics forgiveness for his irresponsible actions in committing adultery in his marriage. One specific statement that he said struck me deeply. He said…
Every summer I take time out to go on a personal spiritual retreat. This summer I went to a special location called the “Prayer Caves” (www.prayercaves.com) in Southern California to pray and fast for four days. The experience was powerful. I came back spiritually refreshed, recharged and refocused in my life mission and purpose. During those four days I slept, prayed studied God’s word and only drank water in an actual mountain cave.
Some people would ask, “Why spend four days in a cave to pray?” My answer is
We need to learn to rest. For me, this is one of the hardest things to do. Ever since I was young I was a hard worker at anything I put my mind and heart to do. Don’t get me wrong, hard work is a good ethic and principle, but even hard work can become excessive if we do not learn to take time out to rest. God created us first as “human beings” not “human doings.” Work is only fruitful when it comes from a place of rest in our lives, not a place of strife.
We live in a digital world where we are constantly distracted, attracted and retracted to “other things” that constantly grab our attention. Whether that is our cell phone (i-phone, blackberry, smart phone), our laptop, our emails, our social media outlets (facebook.com, myspace.com, twitter.com, etc), our Television, our Radio, our IPOD, and the list goes on, it seems that the constant in flow and out flow of information is non-stop. Sometimes I lay in bed to go to sleep, but I can’t even fall asleep because
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