The Daily Memo | January 28, 2021 | Mighty
Baby Saybie, born as a “micro-preemie” at 23 weeks, weighed only 8.6 ounces. Doctors doubted Saybie would live and told her parents they’d likely have only an hour with their daughter. However, Saybie kept fighting. A pink card near her crib declared “Tiny but Mighty.” After five months in the hospital, Saybie miraculously went home […]
The Daily Memo | January 26, 2021 | Persecution Will Come
When we are engaged in the work God has called us to do in the world, some level of persecution is inevitable. For William Wilberforce, who had chosen to make abolition of the powerful slave trade the “Great Object” of his life, the persecution was intense. Wilberforce had every reason to be afraid for his […]
The Daily Memo | January 25, 2021 | Who Are You Wearing?
The Argentine women’s basketball team came to their tournament game wearing the wrong uniforms. Their navy blue jerseys were too similar to Colombia’s dark blue jerseys, and as the visiting team they should have worn white. With no time to find replacement uniforms and change, they had to forfeit the game. In the future, Argentina […]
The Daily Memo | January 14, 2021 | Fly the Kite
In 1848, when engineers were planning to build a suspension bridge across Niagara Gorge, the question became, how do you stretch the first wire across an 800-foot gorge with 225-foot cliffs on either side and rapids that rush toward a waterfall? The solution? A kite-flying contest. A fifteen-year-old American named Homan Walsh won. The day […]
The Daily Memo | January 12, 2021 | Eat The Frog
According to Mark Twain, if you ever have to eat a live frog, it’s best done first thing in the morning. I know this scenario is awfully unlikely, but it’s good advice nonetheless. Why eat the live frog first thing in the morning, you ask? Because you can go through the rest of your day […]
The Daily Memo | January 8, 2021 | Flip The Script
If your life isn’t what you want it to be, it may be because you’re telling yourself the wrong story. You are not the mistakes you’ve made. You are not the labels put on you by other people. You are who God says you are. Anything less is false humility. If you want to change […]