There is a difference between agreement and acceptance. We can accept others without having to agree with them. Important distinction for all sides of the equations. Let’s spend more time loving/accepting the human.
When my faith brings Jesus on the scene, everything is changed. Dark places turn to light. Grief is turned to joy. Sickness to health. Poverty to his sufficient supply. Doubt to faith. Anxiety to trust. I am not enough without him.
I look in vain for God when I seek to see him in my circumstances and in people. It is when I look to him directly and rest my heart in him, that I have found the healing power of JOY.
The men and women who have fought and died for us did so that we could have a right to vote and have a voice. It isn’t about getting our way. When we don’t vote we act like children who won’t play because they can’t get their way. Playing well together calls for compromising.
Never have I formed a political opinion by watching a commercial. Waste of campaign money....especially when it isn’t about who they are, but a spin on who their opponent is or isn’t. #wasteoftime#wasteofmoney#MUTE
Watching a movie does not make one and actor; eating food does not make one a chef. Growing up in a Christian culture, or in a Christian home, does not make one a Christian. #personalrelationship
“I was assigned a role for which I did not audition. Yet, I have the power to choose how I will live out that story and play that role. I want to live my story well and play my role with as much integrity and joy as I can.” Jerry Sittser...and Gail
The person who has not learned that every wind that blows can be used to guide us toward Heaven has certainly not mastered the art of sailing and is nothing but an apprentice. Stay well out at sea my friends. The calm gets us nowhere...