First: WE ALL have a part, a role to fulfill this imperative. If you call yourself a Christian, you areresponsible. But… I also believe we don’t realize what this means nor how we actualize our part. We have a limited understanding and view. Second: Remember the parable that talks about some plant, some water, some […]
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is the first part. The second part is continuing to grow, to learn, to become all you have been destined. My Mom would apologize to me about not providing a deeper spiritual journey for me and my brother. I kept trying to reassure her that she did fulfill the scripture, “Train up a child in
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While this issue can be argued that it’s too sweeping and individualistic to pin down, I will always argue that the Great Search is for meaning and belonging. However, I would also maintain that these are so closely related, that in finding one… you find the other. At the basis of seeking ‘fame and fortune’,
than we think we are. Or at least the potential to see and accept and act on this reality. If we believe… in ourselves as well. I’m not talking about ego or arrogance or feign bravado but our ‘who’, the family we were born again into, the importance, protection, and equipping this inheritance means to
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A hiccup, in my world of definitions, is something that occurs that is unexpected and, typically, unwelcome but is not a major disaster. It could have occurred ‘out of the blue’ but may or may not have resulted from something you did or failed to do. Yet… it still was an event that got you ‘off’
OK… question – do you consider yourself an ‘average’, typical, ‘everyday’ Christian? So how is this defined? Seriously. How is this defined, how do you know typical and average? More importantly… is this how you want to define yourself? Why would you want this designation? Is this a case of doing the minimum in order
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If you ever bemoan – ‘I don’t know what to do or say…’ then look to your heart for words and what’s at your hand for actions. Too simplistic? Possibly but do we try to complicate something that is obvious… even if it is simple? Who said that everything the Lord wants us to do
President, Pope, CEO” etc. was a phrase heard often when i was growing up. It meant that you were being bossy or rudely overbearing. The purpose was a wake up call to the ‘offender’ to take stock of what they were saying, and how, because no one was going to do/say/act on what was wanted.
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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
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
