http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/better(BE)TTER Updatesen-us As I sat down in frontof the computer before starting my humanities final exam, I felt fullyconfident that I could quite possibly answer every question correctly andachieve a perfect score. After all, for several weeks I had been...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106440Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:37:33 Z When unexplainable events occur or something bad happens, we often hear people say things like, "Well, God must have a reason for it," or "God knows what He is doing." Looking at things in that way rationalizes a thought process that says, "From...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106439Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:24:36 Z Jesus tells this great story in Luke 15: "A man had two sons. The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your estate now before you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.A few days later this younger son packed...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106438Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:15:39 Z Sitting in the airport terminal, waiting for my next flight, I watched a woman come running up to the empty gate next to mine yelling "Nooooo!" But she was too late. Her flight to Austin, Texas was gone. The jetway door had been closed and there...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106437Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:10:54 Z In Kenny Chesney's song 'Don't Blink' he sings about a man he saw on TV who was being interviewed on his 100th birthday. When asked if he had any wisdom to pass on, the birthday boy said, "You'd best start puttin' first things first. Life goes...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106436Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:01:58 ZStanding in the cool early morning air, everywhere I looked there were people of all ages with numbers attached to their running clothes, all in various poses of contortion.  I was surrounded by my fellow marathon runners who were pushing, pulling,...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106380Thu, 28 May 2009 22:26:39 ZThere's a classic episode of the 'Seinfeld' sitcom where George takes the car, leaving Jerry and Elaine stranded at a boring party with no ride home.  So while they're waiting for Kramer to finally come pick them up, they work out signals to give if...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106110Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:42:53 ZNot too long ago I heard from a reflective old high school friend who didn't like the results he was seeing from the way he had been living and was looking for a change.  As we talked about how we're not getting any younger, he described how the...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106073Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:28:41 ZThe night Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemene, right before He was arrested, He was feeling the weight of what He was about to do so heavily that He began to sweat drops of blood. This is probably where the "weight of the world" saying...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=106003Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:55:31 ZI don't actually remember it, but my Mom has told me that when I was a toddler, I meddled somewhere I shouldn't have and ended up pushing a hot iron onto my little left hand.  Apparently, it was quite a horrifying ordeal and after everything calmed...http://www.buildingbetterlife.com/default.aspx?p=31074&beid=105937Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:29:38 Z