Envy/Jealousy: Limits God and Ourselves “But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and lie in defiance of the truth.” James 3:14 HCSB “Envy is pain at the good fortune of others.” — Aristotle When I was in high school dating a handsome and charming fellow, the Green Monster,Continue reading “The Green Monster”
Category Archives: Caregiving
Want Relief?
Looking for Relief “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV “For fast-acting relief try slowing down.” Lily Tomlin A heartburn commercial asked many years ago, “How do you spell relief?” OfContinue reading “Want Relief?”
Got Patience?
Returning to the Mud “Of them the proverbs are true: ‘A dog returns to its vomit,’ and, ‘A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.’” 2nd Peter 2:22 NASB “Anger is one letter short of Danger.” Eleanor Roosevelt I have a love/hate relationship with my Internet provider. I’m in the middleContinue reading “Got Patience?”
Blind Spots and Button-Pushing
What is this about? “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 ESV “When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.”-LaoContinue reading “Blind Spots and Button-Pushing”
Thoughts Determine Our Lives
Your Thoughts Are Life “For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, ‘Eat and drink!’ But his heart is not with you.” Proverbs 23:7 NASB “In every adversity, there lies a seed of an equivalent advantage. Every defeat is a lesson, showing you how to win next time.” Robert CollierContinue reading “Thoughts Determine Our Lives”
Disordered Love
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’” Matthew 22:34 NIV “When people hurt us, it helps us to learn how to let go of wanting them to love us. It helps us to learn how to love purely.”― Donna Goddard, Love’sContinue reading “Disordered Love”
Words of Life
You Have Them! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”Continue reading “Words of Life”
Home is Where the Heart is?
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 ESV “Hospitality is not to change people but to offer them space where change can take place.” Henri Nouwen. Homecoming is a bigContinue reading “Home is Where the Heart is?”
Beauty in the Broken
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 NLT “God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to giveContinue reading “Beauty in the Broken”
Failure: The Way to Success
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 NIV “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas Edison Failure is bad. No, it isn’t. It just feels awful!Continue reading “Failure: The Way to Success”
Prayers and Musings of a Black Sheep 