Welcome to this blog. In today’s superficial and often deceptive world we all need positive, encouraging truth to guide us, train us, and assure us. I find that truth in God and I try to pass it on. As a father and high school teacher I have had the opportunity to listen to, empathize with, advise, and challenge my children and my students. The following notes capture some of those interactions. Hopefully they benefit you also.

In writing I have tried to be genuine, humble, and open to listening and learning from God. I also try to put the advice into practice by God’s grace and power. As a reader I hope you approach these notes the same way. I pray they bless you and inspire you to become all God has designed for you to be and to do for his glory. He believes in you and wants the best for you. So do I. The most valuable gift I can give is to build you and others up and to help you draw near to God through Jesus. In time I hope God becomes your closest friend, your brightest future, and your deepest love.

Your friend and teacher,
Greenelsh

311 Receive by Faith

311 Receive by Faith

You are priceless because almighty God, the greatest of all time, created you and desires for you to know him and to share in his love. He has given Jesus to make that possible for anyone who trusts in him.

305 Let Go

305 Let Go

Part of your preparation for what God has for you next as an empty nester, or any stage in life, is letting go, so he can do a new and even better work in you and through you.

303 Complete the Cycle

303 Complete the Cycle

Maturing is a circular, iterative process. By God’s grace and power, to learn and grow you must not only hear instruction and wisdom, but receive it, apply it, and pass it on by teaching it to others.

302 Choose the Right Way

302 Choose the Right Way

You have a lot ways to live your life, but only Jesus makes it possible for you to know God and inherit eternal life. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6, NIV). Only with Jesus can your soul be saved and satisfied.