Our experiences mark us. HOW we ‘handle’ these experiences indelibly determines our character. Both can be changed, reversed, built upon, and/or developed. I always find it fascinating how the same experience can be viewed in so many different ways dependent upon our individual history. And I believe that what we do with the learnings from […]
Quick to judge? Quick to see the ‘bad’ in others? But… how do you go about being fair and right? What do you do with ‘your judgment’ in order to confirm it?What is your method of assessing ‘truth’? To begin with – what is the source of your information on which you make your judgment?
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Unless it’s a ‘thing’, you should never compare. In the ‘person, place, or thing categorization – people should never be put in neat little boxes (no matter how beautiful the box). You cannot put them in cement either… they will insist on moving and changing and growing. Don’t you? How would you like to be
There are 3 danger times in our lives that we can, or do, take our eyes off the prize, “…the upward call on our lives.” (Philippians 3:14). The first is in our youth when we are in our invincibility phase. The second is in our mid-life when we are confronted with the cares of the
Are you the 100% type? If you are involved… are you ‘fully’ committed? Do you attempt to do all that you can… or do you hold something in reserve? Reserve for what? When I was growing up, my Mother was fond of saying… ‘whatever is worth doing, it’s worth doing well…’. Do I always follow this?
Do you want or need to change you? First, it has to become relevant and intentional, not just some vague ‘I need to change… my attitude.’ Without specificity, it will never move into an action phase. Second, what are you changing… into? What do you want as the result of the change? Do you know
Do you ever get ‘caught’ in making or acting on the RIGHT decision? Or is it later, once you’ve acted that you wonder if you should have said ‘no’ rather than ‘yes’ (or vice versa)? Simple answer. At the time of decision… did you have a check in your spirit? If so, what was it
Have you ever hedged the truth or not fully responding to avoid lying because you thought the other person would/might be offended by your expression? A lot? Could you be incorrect about the other person… just not willing to risk it? But, have you ever considered that your action(s) was a denial l of you? Dare I say
Scripture tells us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness… and “all these things will be added”. Ignoring for a moment ‘all these things’ – exactly what and where is the Kingdom and how do we seek it? This is far from an idle question. And in the searching I tend to think that
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I was sitting in the (eye) doctor’s chair waiting for him to return for the end of the annual exam. Somehow my mind wandered to age and old… probably because my glasses were going to be changed. Are you old? You do realize, of course, that old is defined by the individual. I’ve met people
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!