Category Archives: Boasting

Love is Quiet When Success Comes

Posted on June 26, 2013 by familyencouragement

Love restrains from pronouncing personal achievements.   It doesn’t trumpet accomplishments.    Rather love directs attention away from one’s self and focuses on edifying others. Love is not envious (wanting what others have so bad they wish they didn’t have it) nor … Continue reading →

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Love is Quiet

Posted on June 19, 2013 by familyencouragement

When Paula and I were first married I would often hear couples that had been married for a long time say that they were just beginning to learn what it meant to really love each other.   Some even said that … Continue reading →

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Boasting Reproduces Itself in our Children

Posted on December 31, 2012 by familyencouragement

During the fall months I work high school football games in the press box and serve as the public address announcer.  I enjoy it and have done it for over twenty-five years.   Many of the men that work the games … Continue reading →

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Expressions of Pride – Boasting

Posted on December 29, 2012 by familyencouragement

Our arrogance is most often evidenced through our words, by what we say and how we say it.   There are some specific categories that these words are typically identified with.    If we can understand the symptom (which is wrong words) … Continue reading →

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