The Best Minute: On wisdom, coming back to God, and trying something new

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Andy Stanley on how to become wise:

“Experience doesn’t make you wiser. Evaluated experience makes you wiser.”

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II. Rich Villodas on coming back to God:

In the gospel of Luke, the prodigal son doesn't return home because of a renewed love for his father. He comes back home simply to survive because he ran out of money and is starving. And his father is perfectly fine with that.

Just come home. God just wants you home.

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. Three remainders when trying something new:

It will initially be discouraging to find out how much you have to learn
It will take longer than you thought it would to figure it out
It was just as hard for everyone else when they started, don’t compare your beginning with their middle

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II. The problem is not that we don’t have enough time, the problem is wasting our time on things we think we care about but we really don’t.

Email, social media, YouTube, and various forms of passive entertainment.

If you reduce your time on these things by half, you won’t miss it like you think you will and you’ll have more time for things that matter.

1 INTERESTING FACT

Coca-Cola played a big part in Santa's image.

Prior to Coca-Cola using him in their advertising, Santa had been portrayed in a variety of ways throughout history: tall and gaunt; short and elfin; distinguished and intellectual; even downright frightening.

Then, in 1931, the beverage company hired an illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to depict the jolly old elf for magazine ads. Sundblom’s paintings for Coca‑Cola established Santa as a warm, happy character with human features such as rosy cheeks, a white beard, twinkling eyes and laughter lines. As these Coke ads spread globally, the perception of Santa changed for everyone.

Source: Coca-cola