“She looks just like her Mother.” “He’s a chip off the old block.” Who do you resemble and act like? Children are incredibly observant and great imitators. Are you? Have you taken on the characteristics that you see in your parent? Do you try and ‘be’ like your parent? What attitudes and behaviors do you […]
Have you really considered this – what is of first importance? We can enter into a variety of personal statements and stands about what we believe. And undoubtedly they are all important and valid. However everything begins and ends at only one place. Simply… it is the cross. It can difficult to understand that a man,
I don’t tend to think in ‘impossible-s’. But I’ve had to rethink this and wonder about how or if I handle my (unacknowledged?) impossible-s when they do arise. Do I consciously act on what I say we should do in difficult situations – turn to the Lord? Do I follow through on my analysis
My neighbor died early this morning, totally unexpected. As for age, she was in her mid 40’s. Relationship: it really wasn’t that we were close but we had a friendly, fellow apartment-resident rapport. Not the point. Death is the salient point, not age, though relationship does intensify our reaction, even that isn’t the point.
“For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.” (Hebrews 12:3) We all get
How to handle, what to do about disappointments is such a difficult lesson to learn. Some of the reasons for the difficulty rest in the fact that disappointment is imbued with feelings. You can never eliminate your feelings when dealing with disappointment. And perhaps that was the most significant learning for me. I’m not
Epiphany (Webster): “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience; any moment of great or sudden revelation…” Yes! Love Epiphanies. Most of the time they are of the sudden or great variety, at least for me.
Do you? Is your cry – ‘it’s not my fault!’. Do you try and fob off with a ‘…but she said…’ or a ‘…but he was doing…’ or ‘… but what I meant was…’ to justify why you did/said what you did? While you attempt to deflect responsibility elsewhere, is there a small voice
Most of us have great difficulty asking for counsel … especially from the Lord. Why we continue to do this, when we have our experience from the times we didn’t turn to Him, remains mystifying. Unfortunately, we still seem to pursue this self-defeating behavior – to our own pain and hurt. Why? Primarily because
What do you do when trouble rears its head? Are you mystified that it came? How do you feel? What do you do? Do you run for cover? Do you blame others? Did you have contingency plans determined before you began this particular venture? To expect that you will live a life free from
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!