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 […]
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SO RIGHT I’M WRONG?
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 […]
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OOPS
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 […]
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BLESS THEM THAT CURSE ME
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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GRANDKIDS BEING MISTREATED
I’ve had a few friends who have been unable to find peace due to a constant focus on the situation of their grandchildren. Mind you, they’ve done all that they can do. One even called child protective services only to have them find insufficient evidence of a problem. That, of course, wound up costing the […]
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BEING PICKY POSITIVE
I need to take heed to myself, get the beam out of my eye, see the other as supremely important and find ways to encourage and build them. Which do I focus on more: what I want God to do for me/what God has already done for me? My brain is naturally wired to be […]
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WATCH YOUR TONE
If you put on a good show of being religious and do not control your tongue (including it’s tonal content) you fake yourself out and your heart is deceived. He who controls his tongue and uses it to build up the brethren is mightier that he who conquers a city. James 1:6 This blog is […]
Elijah was used by God to call down fire from heaven and defeat the slave-priests of Baal, but then he burned out whining that he was the only one left and might as well die. Works? Then God leads him off to sleep eat and hang out in a cave for a while. Climb off […]
How cool is that? In Romans 7 Paul laments that he keeps doing what he knows he shouldn’t and doesn’t really want to do them. Then he doesn’t get around to doing what he knows he should and really wants to but the sin in him keeps bossing him around. I can relate. Paul calls […]
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