16th Century Painting by Michelangelo Anselmi Christ and the Woman of Samaria oil on canvas, 18.75 x 15.5 inches (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’ve asked for people to ask me questions and love it when they do. BUT … I am wired to think in terms of practical questions about life issues. When I run into […]
Radical Moslems attack us and they are the “bad guys” which justifies us filling their countries with soldiers and bombs which makes them feel justified in blowing up innocent civilians in crowded shopping places. After a while, no one can remember the original reasoning that starts feuds. Remember American history and the Hatfields and McCoys? […]
The Scriptures can be easily misapplied. Peter pointed out that Paul had written some tough things that people had twisted. The devil often leads us to a definition that is slightly twisted, can’t be applied, or would lead to disaster. For example, he will define forgiveness as not having any leftover pain and as not […]
Everyone receives enough grace from God to admit, “I am messed up and need help” and to, then, cooperate with that help! As a severe co-dependent, I love to let everyone off the hook. If I were the judge in the last day, I would go up to the last person in line and say […]
One of the best clues as to what makes God tick, is to remember that (although flawed) we are still made in his image. Look at a human when functioning reasonably well, then realize that God is like that only better. Matthew 7.11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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