People (crazy for God or just crazy), part 5
“It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.” Francis Chan One of the ways I claimed my healing in the past was to...
People (holy ground and the Holy Spirit), part 4
“Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (p. 62) It’s hard to put into words what it’s meant to me to look at what God wants from me and live it – not what I think you want from me nor what I think God wants from you and I try to help you get...
People (trying hard to make them okay), part 3
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” Jacob M. Braude When I couldn’t get myself straightened out, I tried changing others. When I couldn’t change me for them, I tried changing them for me. When I heard that Jesus accepted and met people where they were,...
People (trying hard to be okay), part 2
“God’s love isn’t based on me. It’s simply placed on me. And it’s the place from which I should live … loved.” Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely If us okay seekers and people pleasers lived by this quote, confident that we’re loved by God, we’d actually be okay, easier to be around, and...
People (it’s complicated), part 1
“Love isn’t complicated. People are.” Unknown When friends put on social media “it’s complicated” as their relationship status, I think redundant. No one needs to point out the obvious. Relationships are complicated – mine, yours, and theirs. There was no way to write a book about getting to the other side of trying hard...
Coming Back to Life (a million deaths), part 8
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 Just like we make a million right choices if we really want to live right, we also have to die a million deaths. There’s no way to have a good life while holding onto old and bad ways of living. When I started attending the...
Coming Back to Life (a million choices), part 7
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursing: Therefore choose life.” paraphrased from Deuteronomy 30:19 Choosing never stops. We don’t get up one morning, choose well, and set that choice in motion forever. It’s a daily thing. This reality brings to mind the question my friend’s dad asked from his deathbed. He lay there...
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