A sister in Christ writes: “I have so many character flaws that I am aware of more now. I am trying to work on them slowly. Not so easy. One is negativity. Another is trust, which I haven’t started on yet. “Want to overcome the negative the best I can first. I have many, many, […]
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS
So many people struggle with problems that have lasted a long time. Often they hang on by focusing on the hope that things will get better in the near future, then if things don’t get better they can become bitter. Meanwhile they are waiting till things get better before grabbing ahold of life. Joni Erickson […]
Two men leave the same housing development, drive through the same traffic to the same job at the same time. The only difference is Mr. A expects people to drive properly .Mr B expects people to drive poorly, unaware of those around them and being rude and careless. NOW which one A or B arrives […]
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FRIENDLY FIRE
Some thoughts in regards to a friend who is being shunned by family: God allows us to experience suffering and often does his best work in ways we would rather alter. Suffering, hits us differently. It’s not so much the size of the loss or the physical pain as it is how personal the source […]
DRIVING WHILE RESTING, CARING AND CALM, DOING AND LETTING GO “As I read your blog post an example that came to my mind. Have you seen the movie “Schindler’s List”? At the end, Oscar Schindler is with some of the Jews he rescued. Schindler is weeping. He pulls of his wristwatch and says he could’ve […]
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PAIN
If I could give you a medication that made it impossible for you to feel any pain, you would be foolish to take it. If you could step on a nail and it didn’t hurt or even worse, if it felt good to step on that nail, what would you do? You would certainly be […]
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NO PUTDOWNS ALLOWED
In Matthew 5 we are told to watch out for three things in regards to disapproving of another. 1. Take it all personally and jump to the conclusion that they are purposely doing things to hurt us and others and therefore as the righteous judge we have every right to be angry with them. “How […]
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MY LITTLE IS MUCH WITH GOD
One of the interesting things I’ve noted over the years is how large projects often fail over simple choices by the “least” members of the group. Or by the “greater” members of the group failing to include these “least” into the work of the ministry. Yes it is healthy to see myself as the “least” […]
As human beings and as Christians, we are designed to be part of a group and we have three needs in terms of our relationship with our group. 1. We need to belong, to be wanted, accepted. We want the members of the group to be happy to see us and to identify us as […]
A blog reader writes: “My problem is, I form friendships but after a while my Christian friends decide that I am, in fact, too much of a burden because my depression never goes away (2.5 years of taking medication which all proved treatment-resistant and now I am out of medications to try.) I have lost […]
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