Category: Faithful living

Christian Parenting, Christian Conversion, Christian Discipleship, Christian Growth / Children, Discipline, Faithful living, life maps, life purpose, personal growth, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

Your Choices, Your Character, and Your Destiny

Your choices determine your character, who you are. Your character determines your destiny. This blog is the fourth in a series I’m calling “Five Truths That Can Change Your Life”; the title of a chapter in my new book , Heaven’s Currency, Investing In The Things That Matter Most. http://www.cosdavis.com/heavens-currency-investing-in-the-things-that-matter-most. Choices are important. Of courses some choices are more important than others. The choices to marry, and who to marry, are infinitely more life changing than what to have for lunch.  To me, the most life-altering choice I have is what I’m going […]

Christian Discipleship, Christian Parenting, cultural war, Faithful living, Healthy LoveBy Cos Davis

Living a Balanced Life

One of my goals is to live a balanced life. What comes to mind when you think of balance?  Is it Lady Justice with a scale balancing the evidence to determine a just verdict in a trial? Do you visualize a young gymnast walking a balance beam or a bicyclist performing a difficult feat? A balanced life involves paying attention to your purpose and keeping everything in its proper place to accomplish your goal.  Failure to keep your balance can be hurtful to you and others. How do we find […]

Christian Parenting, Christian Conversion, Christian Discipleship, Christian Growth / Children, Faithful living, Family, forgiveness, Healthy Love, love, Marriage, personal growth, Relationships, repentanceBy Cos Davis

Life Lesson: Trust

Webster defines trust as “assured reliance on the character, strength, or truth of someone or something.” Let that sink in a minute. Where do your thoughts take you? Do you have an unreliable vehicle or appliance? Are there certain politicians who come to mind? More importantly, are there family relationships such as husband, wife, siblings, children,  parents, or “friends” whom you doubt you can really depend on when you need help? One of our greatest needs as human beings is to feel safe with others, to believe another person can […]

Christian Parenting, Christian Discipleship, Everyday Faith, Faithful living, hope, love, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

Life Lessons: Gratitude

As most of you know, I’m in my eighth decade here on this planet. In other words, I’m old. And in my days, I’ve experienced good and bad, health and sickness, success and failure, and satisfaction and disappointment. From time to time I have received a smile and nod of the head of another elderly person when I make this remark: “By the time you learn how to live, it’s almost time to die.” If you pay close attention to what matters in life you can learn some important lessons. […]

Christian Discipleship, Christian Parenting, Discipline, Faith, Faithful living, forgiveness, Healthy Love, hope, judgment, life decisions, life purpose, love, Marriage, personal growth, prayer, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

Antidote for Anxiety (part two)

I believe a great deal of the personal pain and problems caused by anxiety could be avoided altogether if the correct spiritual prescription were followed when we first realize anxiety is becoming a problem. I say this not to condemn or judge anyone who deals with chronic anxiety but to emphasize the need to recognize and deal with anxiety before it gets to the controlling stage. We need to” nip it in the bud.” What can you do to guard against anxiety becoming a controlling factor in your life? What […]

Christian Discipleship, Faithful living, love, personal growth, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

Do You Remember?

What do you do to help you remember the important things you want to get done?  I get so busy at times that I don’t remember where I put something. For example, several years ago while working on a project in the garage, I lost a knife Dad gave me. Later, I realized this important gift was missing but had no idea where it was. Several years later, I reached for something on top of the water heater and there it was!! I had not remembered putting it there. I […]

Christian Conversion, Christian Discipleship, Everyday Faith, Faith, Faithful living, hopeBy Cos Davis

Is God in the Details?

  There is an old cautionary statement related to contracts and business transactions that says, “The devil is in the details.” I take this to mean we need to read and understand the contingencies related to the deal we are making before we sign our name to the paper. In the housing crisis a decade ago lots of people lost their houses because they didn’t pay attention to the fact their sub-prime loan rate would change, resulting in much higher mortgage payments. The devil was in the details. I don’t […]

Christian Discipleship, Everyday Faith, Faith, Faithful living, life decisions, life maps, personal growth, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

That’s Gratitude for You

  If you read last week’s blog you will recall my story about my frustration with birds pooping on the swing I use for meditating and resting from yard work. I am happy to report the spike board I put above the swing is working! I have not cut the tree from which I was “spotted” but neither have I suffered a repeat of being personally assaulted by the ungrateful creature that pooped on me. By the way, the spot on my blue pants will not come out. Every time […]

Christian Discipleship, Everyday Faith, Faith, Faithful living, life change, life decisions, life purpose, personal growth, Relationship with GodBy Cos Davis

Dealing With Disappointment

For the past several days I have been dealing with a major disappointment related to the book I’ve been working on for almost three years. About a year ago I made contact with an agent I had a good feeling about and we hit it off really well. He liked my idea and was very helpful and encouraging in the early days of the work. We were excited and shared hope and an expectation about getting the book published. Everything was going well, and then life happened. This man became […]

Christian Discipleship, Discipline, Everyday Faith, Faithful living, Family, Independence, love, Marriage, RelationshipsBy Cos Davis

Longing for the “Good Ole Days”

While considering what to share with you today I ran across a piece of commentary by Paul Harvey (1919-2009). Harvey was the guest speaker at my graduation from Belmont in 1966 but is better- known for his radio broadcasts for over a half-century. He specialized in telling “The Rest of The Story.” He took the basics of a news event or story and  went behind the scene to explain the extraordinary details of human sacrifice and compassion which were not part of the news; thus, “The Rest of the Story.” […]