I recently had a friend with severe longterm diabetes mellitus. The high sugars had destroyed his ability to feel pain. He stepped on a nail and walked around for a while wondering who was getting blood on the rug. By the time he realized the source, he had to have major surgery on his foot. […]
Category: Life Challange
Two adults going overboard in anger, tend to realize that they are being ungodly and pig-headed, sothey back off and may even seek compromise or solutions. But, where’s the fun in that? Surely there must be something I can be pig-headed about and not feel guilty! Try TAKING-UP-A-FAULT. This is where I look for a […]
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GRAB LIFE WITH GUSTO!
Pause and think as to what is going on when we are lukewarm. Remember that important Bible study tool FIGURE OUT MY NATURAL RESPONSE, HOW I LEND MY BODY MEMBERS SLAVES TO INIQUITY AND UNCLEANNESS/ GOD’S WAY WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE. When I assume that I must be doing things right, I always […]
God wants me hot or cold. This lukewarm stuff is nauseating to him and he wants to “spue” me out of his mouth, a nice way of saying he is disgusted with lukewarm. He’ll take a passionate David any day, even if David is passionately messed up at times, over a person who sits in […]
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JUDGING
I am told in scripture to continually examine myself; and if I humbly do so, I will realize that I am absolutely nothing without Christ, I have A wicked heart, and there is NO good in me (aside from Christ Himself). Also as I am deeply warned in scripture not to judge others (as I […]
My favorite cartoon is Calvin and Hobbes. He was imagining the world after the monster under the bed had eaten him and left a pile of bones. He quotes his parents as saying “And still, it was fitting that as he was this world a-quitting, he should leave another mess as he went out.” Most […]
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IS JESUS ENOUGH FOR ME?
There is a struggle understanding our need for JESUS vs. our need for OTHERS. Sure, Jesus is enough, more than enough, but he himself will lead us to minister to and receive from others. If he says, “I will guide and uphold you through your brethren”, and I say, “That’s OK I prefer to have private […]
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INVESTING IN THE “LOST CAUSES”
The Lord wants me to, RELAX and invest in the seemingly hopeless cases around me–with gusto! To be calm and care intensely, peaceful and passionate, urgently patient, etc. First, he wants me to witness to my daughter and son who have decided to be the “masters” of their own life and decide for themselves what […]
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be MARRIED to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead (JESUS!), that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Romans 7,4 If I am the bride of Christ, what does that mean in terms of […]
Let’s Watch God Work! A friend writes: (Excellent! I have something that I’d love to see a blog on.) Do you ever notice how we, although imperfect beings, tend to have MUCH higher expectations of ourselves than we do others? We “excuse” others because we know that “nobody’s perfect,” yet the same behavior in ourselves […]
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