From the Shepherd's Heart

Someone else’s success is not evidence of your failure. The sky has room for many stars, and God has given each person a unique assignment. Do not spend your life measuring another person’s harvest while neglecting the field God has entrusted to you. “Ye are the light of the world.…

What you carry determines how carefully you move. A person carrying a basket of eggs does not walk like someone carrying an empty basket. The weight may not be greater, but the responsibility is. When you understand the value of what God has placed within you, you become more careful…

Envy begins when another person’s progress becomes a disturbance to your peace. Instead of cultivating your own garden, you begin measuring your life by another person’s harvest. “A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”Proverbs 14:30 KJV Envy does not first destroy…

Maturity is knowing that not everything deserves an immediate response. Sometimes silence allows experience to settle, emotions to calm, and wisdom to emerge. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV There is a time to speak and a…