Years ago, I was glancing through a Sunday school paper and enjoyed a report from a chronically depressed lady. She probably had Bipolar II which is mostly depressed and some highs but she fluctuated a lot. She found herself in an “up” period and realized that, in the past, she would have hoped that it […]
We know it’s not smart to “sweat the small stuff” but does that mean it’s OK to sweat the big stuff? The truth is that I shouldn’t sweat anything. Well, maybe it is alright for me to sweat being obedient, sweat moving my body members according to a growing picture of God’s principles in action. […]
Some ideas to turn “burdens” into the opportunities, to become the “more than conquerors” that God intends me to be, (for I am his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works that he prepared for me and prepared me for). Ephesians 2:10 Start my day the night before. The Jewish day began at sundown. […]
Only when done God’s way are they restorative Yes, by God’s grace, I have actually used this tool to apologize and boy is it painful. But anything I might do to make the apology less painful would have ruined it. However, afterwards I feel clean and restored in my relationship with God and usually get […]
Did you ever notice at the rock concert how everyone fights to sit at the back and leave all the front seats empty? Or was that at the ball game? Come to think of it, it was at church wasn’t it? When we were homeschooling, I noticed the children constantly asking, (if not in these […]
Let your moderation be known unto all men. Philippians 4:5 God designed me to taste and see that things are good and pleasant and then want them again in his time and in moderation. First comes curiosity from watching others and then comes tasting and, when it is pleasant, dopamine is released and this primes […]
Luke 12:13 And on of the company said unto Jesus, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And Jesus said unto him, Man who made me a judge or a divider over you? And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not […]
I’m fond of pointing out that I am the shiest person ever. Of course, no one believes me because, by the grace of God, I am able to live above my shyness. Moses tried to get out of leading the Lord’s people because he claimed he could not talk. Was he just lying? I think […]
Getting comfortable with imperfection In my last blog, I misspelled charity as cherity. I guess I could blame my spell-check because it doesn’t look at the title. The error did make me think of my fear of trying, of reaching out to share with others yet being afraid of doing things so poorly that they are not […]
As I watch others’ behavior and evaluate whether they’ve done well or not, I need to work at balance by finding all that is good. The negative comes easily. I can do this especially by putting a positive spin on their actions and finding a word from the following list to bestow on them. This […]
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