writings from Nathan Wesley Smith
Friendship is one of God’s greatest gifts to humanity. You don’t get to pick your family but you do get to pick your friends. While both friends and family can be wonderful, there is something special about making a connection with another human being who is not related to you that simply chooses to take an interest in you for …
Believing is seeing. We often get it the other way around. But we all know that if you’re scared then all of the sudden most everything you see is a potential danger. Likewise, if you are in a hilarious mood then everything you see is funny. Why? Because you are in that frame of mind or in that state of …
The Apostle Thomas has been labeled for centuries as a ‘doubter’. As a matter of fact, Thomas’s doubts have become so ubiquitous that even people who have no interest in the Bible or Christianity will use the phrase ‘doubting Thomas’ to label anyone who doesn’t believe in a certain cause or statement. But why have people given Thomas such a …
All of our hearts have been broken by what we have seen over that past few weeks with the tragedy of the south Florida school shooting and then with the passing of the greatest Evangelist of the modern era, Rev. Billy Graham. We grieve for different reasons in each circumstance and our sorrow and pain lead us to the next …
Have you ever caught yourself looking at a billboard while you were driving and found yourself start to drift into the next lane as result? You didn’t mean to, it just happened because you were looking that direction while cruising down the road. As simple as it seems, our lives work very similarly. What you focus on draws you in. …
It’s 2018. Everything is instant except for the stuff that matters. Love still takes time to cultivate. Friendship is still a work in progress. True relationship is as hard as it has ever been though we like to fool ourselves with technology. Truly we have more avenues to help us connect but unfortunately the speed of our technological connection has …