Author Archives: Tom Wise

Message In A Minute : Truth Rises

I wish everybody had pure motives, but unfortunately that’s not true.

There are some people that will flat out lie about you to others. 

There are some that will manipulate words and emotions, some that always seem to tell just enough of a story to make themselves look good and you look bad.

They ruin friendships; drive a wedge in families and cause confusion and chaos everywhere they go.

There are many ways to deal with it, but the best way (not the easy way) is to let the truth rise over time. Time proves things out. It reveals character.

There may be times to confront and call out the manipulation. But in many cases, if you can be patient, time will present your best evidence.

The truth can be buried but it rises again.
The truth can be masked but it reveals itself in time.
The truth can be discarded but it always returns.

When you’re wrong admit it, and ask for forgiveness.
When you have been wronged be patient.

Time speaks truth.

-Tom Wise

Message In A Minute: Love His People

A few years ago, I was walking in a small town passing out information about a church outreach event. 

This little boy on a scooter started following me. He asked me tons of questions and he needed details on everything. He was hilarious, energetic, and curious. From talking with him, it seemed like he lived with extended family and was not sure where his parents were living. Though he knew they were living separate from each other.

I think he just wanted somebody to listen to him.

He is the reason a local church exists.

Not for big buildings, 
impressive entertainment,
and doctrinal arguments 
But,
for small boys from broken homes, 
little girls with broken hearts, 
and adults with broken dreams.

Only God can put them all back together.

Grace is greater than all circumstances, but grace needs willing vessels to reach hearts. If you are part of a local church, make sure you participate in outreach activities as often as they are offered.

If you aren’t part of a local church, I encourage you to find one that focuses on helping the community it is in.

If you aren’t a Christian, thank you for even reading this in the first place, and I encourage you to investigate Christianity with an open mind.

And for me and my fellow Christians, we have no excuse for neglecting to impact the lives around us.

We are the church, forget the steeple, go into the world and love His people.

-Tom Wise