Most of us will never have the deep scars of physical disfigurement yet millions have deep emotional scars that cause them tremendous pain and limit their effectiveness.  But love can be the great liberator - healer.

"Mosquitos remind us that little things can make a big impact."  How can the tongue - this little muscle in the mouth - cause so many problems?

"A cheerful heart is the same as giving good medicine," says the writer of the Proverbs.  You don't need a prescription to give or receive this good medicine.  It is contagious.

What kind of attitude do you have when you get up in the morning?  Are you beat down or do you head off to work with a spring in your step?

Honesty doesn't always pay off this well, but it always pays off.

Do habits and appetites control us or do we control them?  With God's help we can take control of our life and become the person God designed us to be.

In Psalms 23, the sheep did not fear the valleys of life because they knew the shepherd was with them.

The Bible says, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."  But often they catch more than what they are taught.

The Shepherd in the 23rd Psalm carried a rod or a short stick as a means of protection.  This rod along with his staff were the two items the Shepherd carried for help in defending the flock.

I heard Dr. Ben Carson say on several occasions, "My mother refused to let us feel we were victims."  Adversity may be difficult to overcome, but adversity can also make us stronger.  The person always blaming adversity will seldom be successful.