Posts tagged with ‘Financial Peace University’
Human Effort: A lesson from Luke LeFevre
:: This is a guest post by Luke LeFevre, Senior Web Designer for FPU. By far, one of the most down to earth, hardest working dudes at Lampo! ::
Human effort. I have been thinking a lot about these 2 words recently. At the end of most of our company staff meetings, Dave prays, “Lord we can do it by ourselves, but it is sure better when you do it.” There are a lot of go-getters here at Lampo that have been gifted in so many different things. Leadership, creativity, productivity. These are all great things, but what happens for me is that I start comparing myself to this person or that person. Thinking, “So and so is doing all these great things and probably making tons of money and is driving that sweet (insert awesome car here) and I am still driving my crappy 95 Honda and I’ll never get there, I need to try harder!”
The Nazareth Manifesto: A Lesson from Max Lucado
Due to some very important projects and appointments over the last couple weeks, I haven’t been able to get much reading (or writing) in. So I woke up early this morning to finish Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado, a gift he gave us when he did our company-wide devotional.
During the chapter Stand Up for the Have-Nots, Max is commenting on Jesus’ selection of Isaiah (found in Luke 4:17–19) when he speaks at the synagogue:
The Best $6.50 I’ve Ever Spent
A week ago Thursday, I got a call from my bank that I hope none of you ever receive. The nervous manager on the other end of the line asked, “Mr. Poe—you haven’t been to Aruba, Dublin, Amsterdam, or the Netherlands in the last 36 hours… have you?” “No, ma’am. Why? Is there a problem?” “Well, yes. Actually, there’s a big problem…”
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