God had a great plan A. He would make a beautiful garden and Adam and Eve would stay away from the tree and we would all live happily ever after. Then came plan B: get thrown out of the garden and live by the sweat of your brow and have babies the hard way. He […]
One of the many paradoxes of the Biblical walk is, the need to “shoot for the stars and feel good if you get to the treetops”. In shooting for the stars God says that I should be as perfect as he is perfect. Even if I read the word “perfect” as “mature” it is still […]
It seems that we have two choices in life: to give up my unique personality and gifts and “fit in” or to be who God designed and intended me to be and not “fit in”. Then when the inevitable struggles of life pop up I think, like Elijah, “Poor me I’m the only one. I’m […]
Matthew 23:27/Luke 13:34 How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings. Dear, dear, Lord, what have you done? A brand new life you’ve just begun. You gave this life eternity, then gave it’s first few steps to me! For such a task, I don’t […]
Is it reasonable for God to expect me to give when I was not given to? To give when there is no likelihood of receiving in return or even being appreciated for having given? YES! First: ” This is the example of what love (Agape) is, that when I was his enemy Jesus died for […]
It is worth noting that most prayers in the Bible are “supplications”. They are “bothering God” for our needs. I have seen a lot of trouble caused over to years by people who, “don’t want to be a bother.” (Including myself) We don’t ask for their needs to be met, but then feel hurt that […]
Getting worked up over the crazy, unfair, dangerous world I live in is just plain crazy. I think that one of the reasons God has helped me see more and more of his perspective on things, is that I am very aware of how naturally crazy I am. I then don’t expect sanity in the […]
If pride is the basic cause of sin, then humility is the basic virtue. The devil will fight me tooth and nail to prevent me from resting in perpetual humility. One of his better techniques is to confuse humility with humiliation. Humiliation is a form of pride. When I have been exposed as weak or […]
No one would ever admit it in Sunday school, but I have come to realize that it is awfully easy to have a back up savior, a plan B for life, just in case this one falls short. “Yes, Jesus is enough for my current happiness and for eternity, but I am going to also […]
Dr. Bell,Thank you for your thoughtful response to our questions. We both found this information rather fascinating. Upon discussing your info on the preprogrammed “maps” of the nor-epinephrine cortex with my friend, we were both interested in how these “maps” are programmed. Are they inherited at conception through DNA (which I am interested in yet do not understand) […]
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