Father God, I’m grateful that You are always compassionate, forgiving, and faithful.

Though we often change, God never does.
Father God, I’m grateful that You are always compassionate, forgiving, and faithful.

Though we often change, God never does.
Dear God, let me use my voice for good, but let me also be brave enough to use it for my own good. What others might see as angry or outrage may just be me finding the courage or strength to stand up for what I believe or deserve. Amen.

When my children were squabbling and came to me to tattle on one another, I took each child aside separately to hear their account of the problem. Since both were guilty, at the end of our chat I asked them each what they felt would be an appropriate, fair consequence for their sibling’s actions. Both suggested swift punishment for the other. To their surprise, I instead gave them each the consequence they had intended for their sibling. Suddenly, each child lamented how “unfair” the sentence seemed now that it was visited upon them—despite having deemed it appropriate when it was intended for the other.

Lord, I’m grateful for the great mercy You’ve shown me. Help me to offer similar mercy to others as a measure of my gratitude to You.
Our first meeting involved 10 founders, 10 bottles of wine (yep), and three pizzas, and took place in a dark office in downtown Manhattan in 2017. The format was simple: Drink, eat, and let your guard down to talk honestly about what isn’t going well for you or your business — unsexy, non-headline-worthy material. The conversation, when framed this way, was unstoppable. Anna Whiteman
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