Posts with the tag “the-descendants”

Most of us make our best choices when someone is watching. But the choices that actually shape the people around us are usually the ones nobody sees. Joshua made his declaration publicly. But it started privately. You cannot say as for me and my household in front of a crowd if you have not already settled it alone. Someone in your household is taking notes. They always are.  Read More

Matt King is drowning and he knows it. His cousin looks at the whole pile of it and calls it what it is: a tough deal. Matt's answer is quiet and honest. "I'm just trying to keep my head above water." Most people know that feeling. But here is what nobody says in those seasons: when you are barely keeping your head above water, you are still making choices. And some of those choices have consequences that reach much further than tomorrow. Moses said it plainly: choose life, so that you and your descendants may live. He was not talking only to the people in front of him. He was talking about every child and grandchild they had not yet had. You are not just surviving this season for yourself. Read the full post.  Read More