Davids Daily Dose

Tag: Resiliency

  • Waking Up to the Way Things Are

    Can you relate? It’s a typical day, until something triggers an uncomfortable memory from the past. Like it or not, you spend the next few minutes reviewing a negative highlight reel from one of your worst moments. Why does this happen? Here’s one explanation: most people’s thoughts trend negative. According to a March 2020 TEDx…

  • Life Parade

    I live in a small farming town in Southwest Oklahoma. There are 800 souls, one convenience store and a corner cafe. We have a few other businesses, including a new Dollar General (woo-hoo!), but you get the picture. One of the biggest events in our town is the annual Christmas parade. There are custom made…

  • This Thorn

    A recent post by CG Thelen, from 140 Character Christian, entitled Humbled by Pain spoke of Paul’s thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). “Thorns can come in all sorts of things that cause us constant pain,” wrote CG These words brought to mind a godly woman who once lived in my little town. She…

  • Together

    “Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.” (Hebrews 10:24-25 –…

  • Unwelcome News

    It’s cancer. You’re fired. Killed in action. These are words nobody wants to hear–EVER. Yet there are times, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” as Rabbi Harold Kushner writes in his book by the same name. Rabbi Kushner wrote this inspirational classic after his three year old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease…

  • The Source of Her Strength

    In a recent Our Daily Bread devotional, Deep Rooted Faith, Xochitl Dixon tells the story of a 600 year old oak tree that stood next to a church in New Jersey. The tree had survived many storms (including several hurricanes) due to its extensive root system. It’s deep vertical taproot supplied strength and nourishment, while…