CrossTrain Ministries

Don’t be angry because you want to. Be angry only because you must.
Studies show that anger is the most powerful of all emotions. It is called “the dynamite of the soul” because it destroys things. What makes you angry? Angry as in irritability or things that really bug you. Or the boiling explosion, steaming mad....

Thank God that you control less than you think.
More than a few Bible verses urge anyone who wants to live a godly life to practice self control. It is listed as one of the fruits of the spirit in Galatians 5:22. Married couples must practice it (1 Corinthians 7:5), so must spiritual leaders in the...

…Not without a Fight
There is a battle you are not fighting—don’t give up, don’t be afraid, don’t back down.
With my stomach in a knot, I remember dreading the final school bell each day. It meant I’d have to cross the street where he would be waiting. I really don’t know why he targeted me but he’d chest bump me, get in my face, and threaten me. It terrified...

“Not responsible for gravel projectiles smashing your windshield.”
That’s what the sign on the back of the dump truck said. Or something like that. All I know is that every time I read those warnings on trucks hauling gravel — which is harmless when nicely landscaping your yard, but deadly when bouncing on the interstate...