I Will Greet This Day With a Forgiving Spirit David Ponder learns of the 6th Decision from Abraham Lincoln on November 11, 1863. The date and location are important to applying the Compassionate Decision. David had been in Gettysburg, PA, nearly 4 months prior during the Civil War battle, where he met Joshua Chambers and...
David Ponder receives Decision 5: The Joyful Decision from an odd choice; Anne Frank “Today, I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter.” Anne Frank was born the same year as MLK Jr, Barbara Walters, and my grandmother (Matilda “Tilly” Shea). I know my grandmother, who I called Greer, had...
I have a decided heart. This epitomizes the fourth decision. In “The Seven Decisions,” Andy Andrews writes, “A decided heart is unwavering in the face of continual challenges and setbacks, and that ensures victory and a lifetime of greater fulfillment.” We are no longer to get caught up in analyzing things indefinitely. If we do,...
The battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) is considered the turning point of the American Civil War. Had the Confederates won there, it is likely there would not be the United States of America. The North American continent would look more like Europe, with a dozen or so smaller countries instead of what we have...
The wisest man to ever live was King Solomon. In 1 Kings 3:5, “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.'” Most of us have fantasized about what we would do if we were given three wishes from a genie. Solomon would...