The Power of Regret by Rick White, President 180BIZ

So, what I want to talk to you about today? I'm kind of going to go down a range here and I hope this makes sense to you. When things happen and they don't go our way, we tend to have regret.  Regret is an indicator that we feel we could have done something a little bit better or a little bit different. Regret has some powerful lessons. We all have regret in our lives for mistakes that we made. There are times when we feel like we made the wrong choice. But do you know something? I truly believe that everything that happens in our lives happens for us. They're designed to help us become better people to accept. I think that's really what life is all about. It’s learning to accept. Think about the serenity prayer. It still touches me.

God,

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Look at regret and think what you could have...

Faith Struggles by Rick White, President 180BIZ

Today is our faith edition as it is a Sunday. I want to talk about couple of struggles that I have with faith. Yes, I have struggles. We all do, don't we?, I have two struggles.

1. The first struggle I have is understanding that God doesn't want me to be a slave. He doesn't want me to think of myself as a piece of worm crap. He wants a relationship with me. He wants me to have a relationship with him. I have found the only way to do that is to surrender myself. When I'm able to let go and realize there's nothing I can do or deserve this relationship.
   
   And it's hard because this is somebody that I don't see. It's somebody that I must read about. And the hardest part for me really is that surrender. I am used to being in control, which we all know, now especially, is such a fallacy. Yes, you have opportunities. Yes, you had a business in mind, and you created it. But where did that come from? Where did the situations and events line up?
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Just Listen by Rick White, President 180BIZ

What I want to talk to you about is this is our faith edition. Please remember, I am not a preacher. I'm not ordained, although Sandy has tried to talk me into it. I don't even play a preacher on TV. This is just stuff that has touched me that I'd like to share with you and hopefully put a positive spin on everything we're going through right now. So, one of the things that I really love is this time of year it's Easter season.

The last thing that Jesus said on the cross was “It is finished.” He had completed the work, he had fulfilled the prophecies. Before Jesus you could not go directly to God. You had to have a priest in between you and God. You had to have an intermediary, someone that would intercede on your behalf. So, you never had a direct relationship with God. This is one of the most amazing things to me, and it brings a tear to my eye every time I think about it. When Jesus said, “It is finished,” the...

Easter by Rick White, President 180BIZ

For Christians, Today is probably the most important day in our calendar. I believe Christmas celebrates the promise.  It celebrates the gift. But I think on Easter, we celebrate the promise, the hope, the belief that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and for all the time that throughout the year that we could have been suffering through this virus. I think it is so appropriate to have it on Easter week and here's why. Then you can draw so many similarities between what the disciples, what the apostles went through and what we're going through. In other words, the Jewish people thought the Messiah was coming to liberate them.  The Messiah would bring them out of bondage from the Roman empire.

There was a lot of misunderstanding. So they kept thinking that Jesus was going to overthrow Caesar or at least get him out of Israel. And they were very confused. Now at Palm Sunday, last Sunday, when everybody was saying Hosanna, Hosanna,...

Palm Sunday by Rick White, President 180BIZ

Today is Palm Sunday and as a Christian, this is a very, very special day for us. This is where Jesus came into Jerusalem as a conqueror, as a King. This is when they were putting the palms and cloaks down in front of him.  I think there's a lesson here.  He realized what was going on. He knew what was going to happen. I saw the movie a while back with Mel Gibson called The Passion of Christ. That is a movie I watch every year right around this time of year.

Christ comes in as a conqueror, as a Victor into Jerusalem. They think he's going to be the next King. They see big things. They misunderstood the prophecies and thought that he was going to overthrow the Roman government. So how quickly did it turn?

I was driving by one of our churches yesterday. You know how they put the signs up? I love those signs. Some of them are so inventive. Anyway, I saw this sign and it said, “Jesus carried your cross.” And I started...

Faith and Decisions by Rick White, President 180BIZ

In this episode I’ll talk about our faith in different part of our lives, about being able to tap into something bigger and greater than we are. I am not the most religious man. Lord knows I've got a mouth sometimes. I am perfectly imperfect and at the same time I have such faith.  I think that is what's helping me get through everything that I've been through in my life.  It got me through two divorces and a bankruptcy.  When I went through those divorces, I couldn't understand why I would ask God, “Why am I going through this?” Then fast forward 20 years and I'm helping other people stay married. I'm helping other people go through the pain of divorce. I'm helping other people find love. It’s all because I went through that pain.

I think what is really screwing with us right now is that we are all so self-reliant. We have been brought up or taught ourselves that our success is completely on...

What Does a Canoe Have to Do With It?  By Rick White, President 180BIZ

 I think we need a day where we can unplug, slow down and reflect. I think that there is a reason for Genesis and the whole seven days thing. I think it's important, to slow down and really refresh, recharge, unplug, and fill yourself back up.

I don't know if you know this about me. I've been very involved with the Boy Scouts my entire life. I've been an Assistant Scoutmaster for 12 years and a Cubmaster for five years. So, one of the things that I was thinking about is that typically we’re either walking or running through life. And if you think about it, there's only one part of you, one point of contact between you and the earth.  Now we do that because we have this gift called gravity that helps us to keep our feet on the ground. Most of the time we're able to get through life with just one point of contact. Cause if you think about it, you're walking to open. Good morning. It's either...