You Have Limits, You Really Do!
The limits on our abilities are extensive and profound. For one thing, because you’re a physical being, your life is limited by the laws of the physical universe. The ramifications of this are huge. You can only be in one place at a time. You can’t propel yourself back into the past or launch yourself […]
No Relationship Is Free of Disappointment…
We live in a world of much suffering and loss. We live in a world of violence and war, surely not the handiwork of the Prince of Peace. We live in a world where lust and greed motivate hearts, not what God intended the heart to do. We live in a world where all of […]
The Dark “Benefits” of Unforgiveness (2)
I pray this post continues to encourage. Here are a few more of the dark “benefits” of unforgiveness. Debt Is Entitlement- Because of all the other person’s wrongs against us, they owes us. Carrying these wrongs makes us feel deserving and therefore comfortable with being self-focused and demanding. Debt Is Weaponry- The sins and failures […]
The “Benefits” of Unforgiveness
Why don’t people just forgive? That’s a good question. The sad reality is that there’s short-term, relational destructive power in refusing to forgive. We keep a record of wrongs because we’re not motivated by what honors God and is best for others, but by what’s expedient for ourselves. Here are a few of the DARK […]
Sadly, The Church Is Often Known More For It’s Fighting and Divisions Over Petty Issues Than It Is For LOVE!
“By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 Jesus wasn’t just talking about having nice thoughts toward others, which no one else can see. He was talking about love that can be seen. It stems from the heart, but it’s seen in outward […]
Desire
“…And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.” (Psa 73:25b) You and I are creatures of desire. There is nothing you ever choose, do, or say that is not the product of desire. Desire not only directs your choices, it shapes your dreams. Desire forms your moments of greatest joy and darkest […]
The Sweet Harvest of Forgiveness
Yes, you can choose to carry that list. You can choose to punish the other. You can choose for disappointment to become distance, for affection to become dislike, and for a desire for companionship to morph into a search for an escape. You can taste the sad harvest of relational compromise that so many people […]
Falling into Comfortable Patterns
What we sometimes fail to realize is that not only are we responding poorly to the present moment, but we’re beginning to set the direction of the relationship. Each selfish act followed by a bitter response, damages the affection we have for one another and the unity and respect we are meant to enjoy. Since […]
It’s Not Narcissistic Personality Disorder- It’s A Heart Issue
I am overwhelmed with the responses to the posts, I pray this one encourages you as well. There isn’t a day that I don’t surrender my heart afresh to God. I encourage you to do the same. Only He knows what’s in the heart. “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow […]
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A Bitter Harvest?
In every relationship, every day you harvest what you previously planted and plant what you will someday harvest. When division and hostility take place in a relationship, we aren’t experiencing mysterious difficulty. No, sadly, we’re harvesting what we’ve sown. In this world, broken people are in relationship with broken people, one of the most beautiful […]