Recently I’ve been thinking about ‘more of God’. Knowing, understanding more of the who and how of the Lord. We really do need to understand the who of the Lord, but we also need to know how to express this. Then the rabbit trail took me to the question of… if we don’t apply and […]
Know what that word means? I’ve always said that my writing was not deep theological thought. But I have also not defined the word so I may have to rethink what or how I characterize my writing. Profound, according to Webster: “having intellectual depth and insight; difficult to fathom or understand; characterized by intensity of
I would argue that the biggest burden we try and carry is one that we don’t need to. That burden is identified and is two-fold: unconfessed sin and accepting forgiveness for confessed sin. There are a number of scriptures that speak to this, among them: 1 Peter 5:6-7, Psalms 55:22, 34:15, etc. “If you hide
Perhaps a bit of a ‘duh’ but understanding is based in learnings. The next ‘duh’ is that this is never one and done, it is always a continuous discovery, thus in layers. You do appreciate that when it comes to the essential and eternal, you never learn and understand everything about (fill in the blank)
Have you ever considered that you are a caretaker, steward over… you! You and all that defines and describes who you are (and are becoming); what you do, and how you go about being and doing you. Do you understand this? It’s true and you need to realize just how important you are to you.
Which of those possibilities would You want to characterize your life? And if your response is, ‘does it matter’… yes. Each one of those words has attitudes and behaviors associated with them, so yes, it is important. How one reacts when we feel we ‘deserve’ (fill in the blank) will quickly manifest itself in our
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Is this what you’re living? Is your life filled with joy? Perhaps I should ask if you have defined what ‘joy filled’ means for you. For me, it would be defined in terms of fruitful, meaning, purposed… and then I would have to define those words. Is a joy filled life a choice? Does every
Spoon fed answers are never as effective or long-lasting until they are owned. And someone else’s answers rarely provide the ownership. After a certain point, many of us don’t like to be spoon fed – we want to know for ourselves, to make our own decisions, to come to our own answers. It’s really not
In the hurrying of living, traditions sometimes get loss in the ‘new’ or ‘important’ other things. In our grandparents’ times, traditions were followed and imparted to the younger generations. I wonder when this practice stopped? And why? Not modern enough, the old things and thus not relevant? Wrong answers. Exactly what is ‘tradition’? Webster says:
Tell me… how’s that working for you? Comfortable? Stable? If you have or are trying this, you quickly discover that this is incredibly difficult as you constantly are focusing on maintaining your balance. Is this how you want to live? Is this what defines who and what you are and do? More important, is this
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
