Hope in a Time of Crisis

“How ya doin’?”

“Better than I deserve!” is how Dave Ramsey answers that question.

I’ve admired many things about him for several years. At the top of my list is that response.

It speaks of God’s grace and generosity, and it reminds me of so much.

Imagine my surprise yesterday when reading something Steve Brown wrote and came across this: “The late Art DeMoss, one of the great personal evangelists of our time, used to reply to someone who asked him how he was, ‘Better than I deserve.'”

Just for today, let’s you and me practice that line in conversation…whenever we’re about to automatically say we’re fine, or doing ok, or can’t complain, let’s try responding with, “Better than I deserve.”

Deal?