FOUR DECADES: FOUR + ONE LESSONS
Happy New Year, my dear friends. Last year when I turned 40, I thought about sharing with my younger friends a life lesson for each year I’ve lived. But my wife convinced me that no one would read such a long post. Well, in a few hours I will turn 41, but this time I decided to choose only four principles of the many lessons that life has taught me during the four decades that God has granted me. I decided to add a fifth lesson that I hope I will not forget now that I have officially started my journey towards the fifth decade of my existence. After much reflection and prayer, these are the five lessons I decided to share with you: 1. It is a great blessing that God does not grant us everything we ask or want. When I look back and think of all the frustrated projects, all the closed doors, and the many prayers that were not answered in the way I expected, I can only exclaim Hallelujah! I confirm that God is too wise to give us everything we ask for,...