From the Shepherd's Heart

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…

Your character speaks even when your mouth is silent. People may forget your words, but they remember the atmosphere your attitude created. Your attitude has an audible voice in your absence. “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.”Proverbs…