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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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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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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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 […]
As I observe people in psychiatric help locations or, for that matter, everywhere, even in church, I see a lot of “hands that hang down”. It may be OK for the world to walk around with faces and bodies screaming, “poor me!” but I don’t feel that it pleases the Lord or reflects well on […]
Just what does a really healthy person experience in regards to delighting in their God-given design and the life He has given them? When I discharge people from the day hospital, I sometimes tell them that my goal for them is that, in a couple of years, they might wake up, sit on the edge […]
Do you struggle with low energy and secretly envy others with abundant ability to serve God, feeling that you are not as important, as pleasing to the Lord. A missionary had been raised in the mission field, was bilingual, and felt that her mission field was in the country where she was raised. She was […]
At every point in life, I can find grace from God to do the right thing or go my own way and do the wrong. There is no choice to go my own way and do the right. Going my own way is the sin of iniquity, the worst sin of all. If I do […]
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