Jeff's Musings

Simplify The Way You Live
When it comes to the simple life do you want to reorganize your life or do you want to revolutionize your life? If you want to reorganize your life any old hint column in the newspaper will do. But if you want to revolutionize your life Jesus Christ is the one who can do that. […]...
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Principles To Be Effective In Anything You Do
One of the reasons why many people never succeed in life is they give up too soon.  I played lots of sports when I was young and still like to today. My favorite sport to play was basketball.  Everybody knows that you often win in the last couple of seconds.  The last couple seconds of […]...
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Don’t Be Stressed This Christmas Season. Here’s How.
So many peple try to find the meaning of Christmas.  Some think it is a feeling or a spirit.  We get caught up in the packages and bows, parties, and shopping. This is the worst time of the year for depression, because so many people have this idea of Christmas as a Currier & Ives […]...
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How To Use Your Time Wisely
Ben Franklin said, “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time for it is the stuff that life is made of.” Time is a gift from God. For many of us we treat time more as a commodity than a gift. Time is a gift. It is something to be treasured. It is something […]...
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The Challenge of Focus
I have to admit, I tend not to be a focused person as I go from one thing to the next, one project to the next, one person to the next. I confess, I am writing this post more about me than you. I need laser intense focus. One of my all time favorite animated […]...
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How To Live With Integrity
Definition of Integrity  (from Webster’s Online) “Integrity is the quality or state of being complete or undivided or incorruptible.”  This is saying that you can’t compartmentalize your life. Integrity means wholeness, unseparated, you’ve got it all together. Mark Twain, talking about t...
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The Need To Slow Down
We live in a fast paced world that seems to be telling us if you we don’t keep pace with the society, culture, or peers, etc.. you will be left behind in every area of life. So, we push, push and push until finally something has to give and something breaks. Many times the thing […]...
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Fifty-Two Things I’ve Learned in My Fifty-Two Years
This past week I turned 52. Seems like a few years ago I was only 19 and Julie and I were getting married, but the truth is that was over three decades ago. I began to wonder, “What have I learned over the past Fifty-Two years of my life?” I did what you are probably […]...
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The Test Of Leadership
If you want to know whether you’re a leader or not, simple — Look over your shoulder. Jesus said in John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice and I know them and they follow me.” I Cor. 11:1 Paul said, “Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ.” We all ne...
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Taking Risks Isn’t So Bad
Last month Julie and I took the opportunity to visit our close friends, Wally and Rhonda Kesling in their new home in Ocala, FL. We were looking forward to a few days of R&R laying by the pool and soaking up some rays. That was until Wally texted me to see if we would be […]...
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