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Stop Wanting Change, Be Change

Stop Wanting Change, Be Change

Day 18 drawing every day. Side note drawing hands and feet... rough. Anyways! Discipline comes from Habits. Habits come from taking one single tiny step repeatedly over time. Tiny steps are change. They are the opposite of melting into your couch and giving up. It’s wild to think how

Grit - Everyone Needs It, But What Is It?

Grit - Everyone Needs It, But What Is It?

Day 17 Drawing every day. Grit is the refusal to stay laying down defeated. Grit is the refusal to “accept my fate”. Grit is the refusal to let bad things happen because it’s scary to stop it. Grit is the refusal to accept comfortably miserable. Grit has bite. It

It Won’t Always Be Hard

It Won’t Always Be Hard

As I continue to grow I realize that once you move through something big it becomes easier. It becomes normal. You become stronger, wiser, more able to process and handle things. And the struggles of yesterday become minor things today and tomorrow. Is it hard to stop yourself from buying

Growth Requires Discomfort

Growth Requires Discomfort

You cannot grow without discomfort of body or emotion. Period.

Hope & Ambition Combined

Hope & Ambition Combined

When you combine hope and ambition you get a wonderfully intoxicating combination the warms your soul and lessens the weights off your shoulders. Allow yourself to hope. Allow yourself to be ambitious.

Late is Fine, Giving Up Isn’t

Late is Fine, Giving Up Isn’t

Day 13 drawing every day. Late but not stopping.

Ambition vs. Wanting

Ambition vs. Wanting

I have to admit it. I spent almost my entire life to date wanting things. But just wanting something is just a hope and a dream. It’s not the same as ambition. Wanting is craving or needing something or something to happen but we’re sitting back and waiting

I Deceive Myself

I Deceive Myself

Whenever I’m anxious or nervous about something I need to do, or I’m about to do I always make it out to be this monstrous impossible thing. Or that the aftermath of it will be to hard to bare. But I deceive myself by not remembering how things

Some Days Are Better Than Others

Some Days Are Better Than Others

Day 10. I hate this drawing. lol. But progress is progress All that matters is that I don't give up, and just keep going no matter what.

The First Step is the Hardest

The First Step is the Hardest

So many times The Lord has nudged me in my life. And that first step is always the hardest or the scariest. And for some reason I always forget in that moment that all the steps after that hard scary one are so much easier. But then after I take

Achieving My Goals

Achieving My Goals

Anyone Else?

Day 7. Onward! Focusing on 8:00pm posting times going forward.

Day 6

Day 6 drawing every day. Success Will Be Mine

Focused

Not Giving Up

I've got things to do.

Keeping It Going

Keeping It Going

Day 3 drawing and publishing something every day.

Do The Work

There comes a time when you just have to do it.

Good Morning!

What is God Plays Chess Backwards?

When god acts in your life yesterday, for your today.

Rebranding!

I am in the process of rebranding everything to: God Plays Chess Backwards Because that's how much he loves every single one of us. He plays chess backwards.

Though I Fall, I Get Back Up

Though I Fall, I Get Back Up

It's been a bit since I posted. I have been processing a lot of things that have happened in my life. And I continue to do so :) I don't give up. It's time I stopped letting things keep me down, hold me back, keep

What Do I Care More About?

What Do I Care More About?

Recently the Verse of the Day was: > Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. It struck a cord with me when I read it. I found myself asking myself a question. > Do I care more about this

Right And Righteous Are Not Always The Same

Right And Righteous Are Not Always The Same

> Sometimes doing the right thing is not the righteous thing Now I know some people will shriek and spit venom at that statement. So right out of the gate I will bring up Joshua 2 where it talks about Rahab lying. Nuff said. > Sometimes doing the right thing

God's Creative Answers To Prayer

God's Creative Answers To Prayer

So I was driving into the office this morning and praying. Asking the Lord for direction. I even got a little snarky with him in my prayer time for said direction. It was a good chat and I didn't feel any kind of response, answer or revelation. I

The Pride That Kills Forgiveness

The Pride That Kills Forgiveness

Pastor Joakim Lundqvist was guest speaking at church recently and he had 4 talking points in his message titled "When Forgiveness Seems Impossible". 1. The Perspective That Releases Forgiveness 2. The Pride That Kills Forgiveness 3. The Peace Found in Forgiveness 4. The Power Unleashed Through Forgiveness I

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