This past weekend I participated in my first triathlon of the year. It was a beautiful day and I won…which means I finished and I was still breathing air 🙂 This particular race was an Olympic distance triathlon and I will be doing a couple more of these as I build towards my ultimate goal…
The MAIN THING
I’m reading a book “How The Mighty Fail” by Jim Collins. Collins is known for his best selling books about business, “Built to Last” and “Good to Great.” In “How The Mighty Fail” Collins researches and details the reasons why companies that were one time considered great end up failing. He does a great job…
God-Righteousness
Last night during our cell group of Christian friends, we had a brief discussion on righteousness and self-righteousness. I shared with the group that the less self-righteous I become the more I realize how much I don’t know and in turn this creates a yearning for me to obtain “God-righteousness.” Isaiah writes in chapter 32,…
Letting go and Harvesting
There is a saying “if you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect those things over which you can control.” The last couple of months of my life have been wrought with situations I would have loved to have had some control over, but I didn’t. Today,…
“God meaning”
The following was a part of my morning devotion/reading for Monday, May 25, 2009. This is a “reflection” written by a faithful servant at Ginghamsburg Church. Ginghamsburg has a great on line devotional called the “Transformation Journal.” To see more–go to www.ginghamsburg.org/tj “Chasing After The Wind” Ecclesiastes 2:10, 11 (TNIV) I denied myself nothing my…
Shortcuts
The fifth verse of this morning’s Proverb (21) kind of jumped out at me, “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” After I read this, my mind immediately pictured those darn people that stand in front of me in line at the convenience store and buy 5 minutes…
Livin’ the Real Way
My favorite definition of character is “the ability to handle the demands of reality.” The stronger your character the better you can handle whatever life throws your way-without compromising the core beliefs God has given you. Living a Godly life means living a life in reality. For years I created my own reality. Addictions and…
“Unoffendable”
I remember talking to a person years ago and he would say how he used to be so into himself that he could be in a room of 50 people and if 49 of the people treated him well, those 49 people would end up getting overshadowed by the 1 person who did not treat…
Living through the sadness…
Lately, it seems as though I have been as sad as I have ever been while in recovery. Sometimes you do not realize how close you are to someone until they are gone. That was obviously the case with me and my buddy Joe. Saddness has certainly been the order of the day for me…
God is God
Recently Romans 8:28 keeps appearing to me in various places; “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” A couple of days ago I finally had an epiphany about the tragic loss of my buddy Joe as I thought “God can do…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.