Noah's Blog - Musings and stories

What if the thing we avoid the most—making mistakes—is actually what we need most to grow?

I’ve observed that in pretty much every area, we’re judged by our worst, not our best.

I think we’re all familiar with the true statement that “relationships are built on trust.”

Here’s a short story I wrote in 2024.

The best place to be is in Yahweh our Heavenly Father’s hands—to be in His will.

So, yes, there’s now a gap in the posts this year.

I don’t think it’s good to use LLMs (also known as “AI”) to write your texts and emails.

It is easy to look at a difficult situation you’re in and blame it for why you “can’t” do this or that thing that you know you should.

One of the clearest evidences for the validity of the gospel is how it changes hearts and lives.

Committing to something long term means you’re signing up for the bad days, the struggles, the days when you don’t feel like it.

The Messiah is referred to as the Passover lamb many times in Scripture: Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.

There’s a difference between being childish and being childlike.

Another short story I wrote based on the prompt: Write a short story that includes the sentence, “The llama couldn’t resist trying the lemonade.”

As an artist, it’s impossible to not “say” anything with the art you produce.

No doubt life is stressful, but it’s hardly an uncommon occurrence to find yourself or someone you know anxious in one way of another.

Everything is a choice.

Commitment isn’t something you can do halfway.

If you can’t be happy and joyful right now—with the situation you’re in now, with who you are right now, with what you have now—you will never be happy and joyful.

Here’s another story I wrote based on the prompt: Write a short story that includes the sentence “He had just started eating his salad when he realized there were no olives in it.”

Here’s another short story I wrote based on the prompt: “Your character is young, easily embarrassed and self-conscious.

I read an interesting perspective where the author stated that our self-discipline is directly related to where our eyes are looking.

Reminder: Rushing to do something isn’t ideal.

Instead of planning to live later, do it now.

Short answer: sharing my musings and some stories.

Obviously I’m not a financial advisor, but I don’t think I need credentials to offer a lot of good reasons why going into debt is a really bad idea.

Life seems to have ebbs and flows.

We tend to think of our life in terms of the highlights, achievements, and big events, but our life is more made up of everything we’ve lived in-between.

Grief is the price we pay for love when someone passes away.

If something that you’re considering doing violates Scripture, it’s a clear, closed door.

Unnecessary complexity has a cost.

I guess this my notice that I fully reserve the right to revise old posts.

Even though I rarely pay attention to the news or happenings (and maybe that’s why it’s clearer for me to see), it’s hard not to see that there is an interesting shift taking place (in the USA at least).

This is a short story I wrote based on the prompt: Write a short story inspired by the sentence “He lived in constant fear of being abruptly fired.”

Put simply, all stories are really telling about relationships.

Typically there are two main reasons someone moves.

Not surprising to say, but life hardly works out how you think.

Here’s a short story I wrote based on the prompt: Write a short story inspired by the sentence “He wondered why his dog didn’t like the new dog food.”

Life is too short to not: give it your all, serve Yahweh our Heavenly Father, and maintain good relationships.

If someone is truly seeking the truth, we don’t need to fret over convincing them of the truth ourselves.

This is your friendly reminder that there’s no undo or redo in life.

This moment only happens once.

“The Anxious Octopus” is a gag comic I drew, mainly to remind myself to trust Yahweh and not get anxious about “accomplishing things.”

Having been working since the beginning of the year on writing and illustrating my first independent book for children, the idea of simplifying concepts is really relevant.

To many, computer programming and software seem a bit like “magic”.

History is being made every moment in your life.

I recently heard the testimony of Keith Green, and what really stood out to me was his self-imposed question.

Today 1 Kings 3 came up on my phone for the daily notification I receive via Bible Notify.

Intellectual pursuit apart from intellectual humility is fruitless.

There is a prevalent thought nowadays that science holds all the answers and there is no need for faith/belief.

Most people’s number one regret on their deathbed is that they wish they would have spent more time with their family, that they would have invested more in their relationships.