Today, from Chuck's Windall, just about everybody I know wants the same two things in life.

They want to be useful and they want to be fruitful.

They don't want to look back in their memory and see their lives as spent in uselessness

and unfruitfulness.

Most of us thrive on productivity.

We love the rush-weeket by completing a task.

We love to put our head on the pillow at night knowing we finished a fruitful day.

But if you've ever come to a place where you've been sidelined, you know how discouraging

the idleness can be.

Maybe your health or your occupation has brought your productivity to a screeching halt.

Well today, on Insight for Living, Chuck's Windall invites us to consider the Biblical Cure.

He titled his message to be useful and fruitful.

Here's how.

One of the many things I love about the letter titled a second Peter is the practical nature

of it.

I mean, Peter pulls no punches.

The Old Fisherman has lived life to the fullest, a life, by the way, that included bumbling

mistakes along with heartbreaking setbacks in his life.

Not to mention the magnificent lessons Peter learned directly from the mouth of Jesus

Christ, drawing from the wealth of his life experiences, and in anticipation of his

eminent death, Peter pens his final letter with a practical slant.

We don't find deep theology in his words.

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