by Renie Bowman | Dec 10, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Simply kick and scream and pout until God makes everything good for you again. Maybe that way of dealing with your problems seems like a good idea to you. After all, you have been told repeatedly all your life that He is a good and loving God, who always wants the...
by Renie Bowman | Dec 3, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Newbie NFL football player Desmond Watson, just out of college and weighing in at a hefty 464 pounds, needed to lose weight in order to get off the bench. After a dramatic loss of thirty-five pounds of flab, he was asked how he had managed to reach that goal. Mr....
by Renie Bowman | Nov 12, 2025 | Faith, Personal Growth, Wisdom
You received the phone call that buckles your knees. Or hear the police officer’s knock on the door. Or the doctor solemnly walks toward you in the hospital waiting room. And now you have just heard the worst news of your life. You’ve lost the most important person in...
by Renie Bowman | Oct 1, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth
Nothing wrong with relaxing. With the right timing and amount. Being lazy? Nothing wrong with it – in moderation. After a fifteen-hour workday, certainly anyone would want a chance to just do nothing for a while. But when you decide that your thirty minutes of...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 23, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Shaun’s main goal in life is to never make a mistake. In fact, he will bend over backward in every area of his life to make certain that never happens. The FEAR OF PUNISHMENT from childhood is so ingrained into him that allowing even one mistake in his world...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 16, 2025 | Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Are you one of those people who always staunchly defends the stand you have taken – no matter what? No backing up and reexamining your thoughts and motives? You never attempt to peek around the proverbial corner and try to see the other side of an argument? You know...
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