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Jul
25

Who Are You Really?

Posted by: Jarrod Clark | Comments (3)
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A wise man once said, “When you know who you are, you know who you aren’t.” I couldn’t agree any more.

Too often we walk around wearing a mask and conforming who we are to those around us. We lower our standards to fit in. We try too hard to be like someone else. And we end up forgetting what the bible says we are.

The bible says that you are more than a conqueror. It says that you’re a victor and not a victim. It says that you can do all things through Christ.

If you focus on doing what’s right and try to be all that God says you can be, then I believe you’ll rise higher in life. Don’t conform your standards to be like the next man – no be who God says you are.

If the world chooses to go left and God says that you should go Read More→

Jul
12

Break the Tradition Today!

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I heard about this young couple that had recently gotten married. And the man noticed that every time his wife cooked the ham she cut the ends off of the ham. He thought that was kind of strange and wondered why she would waste the ham like that.

And one day while his wife was making the ham, he got his nerve up and said, “honey why do you cut the ends off of the ham?” She got kind of defensive and said, “Well, my mother made the best ham in the world and she always cut the ends off the ham.”

He said, “Well that’s fine… but do you know why she did it?” She said, “I have no idea.” He said “well can we call your mother?” She said, “sure!”

So they called her mother and he explained, “my wife’s cutting the ends of the ham off and she says she does it because you always did it. Can you tell me why you cut the ends of the ham off?”

And her mother got kind of defensive. She said, “well my mother made the best hams in all the world and she always cut the ends of her ham off.” He said, “Well that’s fine… but do you know why she did it?” She said, “I have no idea.” He said, “well can we call grandmother?” She said, “sure!”


So they called the grandmother and he explained that, “my wife cuts the ends of the ham off. She said she does it because your daughter did it – and your daughter said she does it because you do it -  Grand-momma can you tell us why you cut the ends of your ham off?” She said, “Yeah, that’s easy – because my pan is too small.”

Are you stuck in a rut? Falling prey to tradition? Doing things because that’s the way it’s always been done?

Today, I dare you to think out of the box. Just because something has Read More→

Jul
08

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Posted by: Jarrod Clark | Comments (2)

I don’t believe that it’s God’s intent for us to go around all sad and gloom. In fact, I believe God has one of the greatest sense of humors of all time.

Life has it’s ups and downs but If you’re not careful, you’ll miss the underlying comedy in everything. Sometimes you just have to break down and laugh.

Find the comedy in your day to day interactions. When you’re tempted to get stressed, take a second and dwell on that which amuses you.

Yes, It’s okay to laugh at yourself. Never take yourself too seriously. Most of the things that we face in life or the mistakes that we make, we will end up looking back and laughing.


We may chuckle and say things like, “boy what was I thinking? I’m sure glad I’ve overcome that. What a learning experience that was.” In fact I hear it all the time – the greatest example is in the change of fashion. It could be something from a fashion trend or hair style that we love. Years from now you may look back at the pictures and say, “What was I thinking of wearing that?” You might follow it with a laugh.

What am I saying? Learn not to take yourself too seriously. The laughter may be at your expense but the trade off is much better.

I love how they say that laughter is the best medicine. The good thing is Read More→

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