PERSEVERANCE … Somehow we “persevere” through failed relationships, snarled traffic, long lines at the grocery store and even repeated losing seasons by our favorite college football team.  Sure we can hire a new coach, play games on our phones to pass time, honk our horns in frustration, get divorced and remarry.  These are examples of problems we all face every day and our general, human attempt to solve them.  But do they truly require perseverance?  What would we do if our lives were truly on the line?

PATRIOTISM … In America, we just celebrated our national day of Independence.  A day set aside to recognize our independence from a foreign power.

[We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness …

THE GIFT OF GIVING … Have you ever wondered what the word “GIVING” has to do with the word “GIFT”? Giving is the act, “to GIVE”. So perhaps more aptly what does GIVE have to do with GIFT? In this writing, I will draw a correlation and point you to the source of all GIVING and all GIFTS, that is; the CREATOR.