Grit All the Way to the Cross

Grit All the Way to the Cross

People watched him, waiting for him to “break their rules” so that they could accuse him of wrongdoing. When he healed the lame, he was accused of blasphemy. A village refused to let him enter. A guy told him he wanted to follow him, so Jesus told him what that...
Grit All the Way to the Cross

The Power of Grit

Have you ever met people that just seem to be able to handle absolutely WHATEVER life throws at them? Regardless of circumstances and situations, they are like the Energizer Bunny and they just keep going, never giving up. If we were to dig a little deeper into these...
Grit All the Way to the Cross

Perspective!

And it is up to us whether our perspective helps a situation or hinders it. “The right perspective has a strange way of cutting obstacles and adversity down to size.”[1] When we are standing in the middle of a situation often times it is difficult to see a way out of...
Grit All the Way to the Cross

Just a Breath Away

There’s a story in the gospels where Jesus entered the temple and became angry. He turned over tables, drove the animal sacrifices out, and expressed his frustration at why they had turned his Father’s house into a market. The Jews didn’t exactly LIKE this little...
Grit All the Way to the Cross

Unfixables

Unfixable means not able to be “repaired or put right.” There are many times in our lives that we encounter situations that just seem (or prove to be) unfixable. In our human nature, we like all things to “fit.” We want them to work out beautifully, have happy...
Grit All the Way to the Cross

Nothing Separates Us

No one wants to feel like an outcast or an outsider. Can you imagine being in a social environment and needing someone to “hang” with but not being able to find anyone? That was an everyday occurrence for students at Boca Raton Community High. The courtyard stretches...