We are taught to differentiate between our wants (which are never satisfied) and our needs (which are always provided for). We cast off the burdens of the past and the anxieties of the future, as we begin to live in […]
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here are religions that you wouldn’t want anything to do with, that are perfect mechanisms for the people who are involved in them. And therefore, they are a very good thing. ~ Abraham As you understand God. J. B. Phillips wrote […]
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There’s a world of difference between self-examination and self-awareness. The first means scrutiny of my behavior; the second relates more to my state of being. For me to be successful with the three-fold process of self-examination, meditation, and prayer as […]
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8He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?~ NewAmericanStandard Bible – NASB 1995 Micah 6:8 The short list of […]
Continue reading »Leaving Someone Alone
Leaving a person alone is not necessarily rejection. It can be quiet support, silent understanding. Whoever has suffered can surely feel compassion for another’s pain. In an active sense, there is often nothing to do. Sometimes words are easy and […]
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