Timely Thoughts – Del Edwards

My Mom wrote a series called Timely Thoughts for the Mandeville Weekly and we will include one each month in the Families for Christ Newsletter. Here is an interesting one:

 A few nights ago, before retiring, my three-year-old grand-daughter ended her prayer with, Dear Lord: Bless everybody except Brandon and me. She really meant “especially Brandon and me”, but since she couldn’t remember the bigger word, she used a smaller on “Except”. What a good thing God understands”, I found myself thinking and smiling.

Children are not the only ones who make wrong requests in prayer. Adults do too, but an all-knowing God, who is fully aware of our thoughts, say in His word, (Romans 8:26, 27), 26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.

By Del Edwards Published Sept 7, 1995 in the Mandeville Weekly

Book Review SHIFT by Carlos Ghosn

I am reading the story about Carlos Ghosn CEO of NISSAN in a book called SHIFT. Very enlightening. Tells the story of how a French company Renault managed to turnaround the Japanese company which was on the verge of bankruptcy. An excellent example of how one can change the culture of an organization for it’s own good. We are so tempted to accept the status quo and assume that people can’t change. This book provides the story of a great Lebanese Brazilian who broke through culture to win.