Being Real
There’s only One Life that is not the slave-life and that is the Life of Christ. Every other attempt to live this life is from self and slavery.
In the reality of brokenness, I can live in His grace and compassion for my fellow man because we all are sojourners in a broken land.
God’s vision of my world is eternal and redemptive, while my vision and discernment is just a spiritual diagnosis not the ultimate reality.
When we expect God to move in a particular way, and that's not the way He moves, we can become disappointed in the ways of God…even offended.
When I am in pain I can become offended. It's easy to be offended and not actually do the work to discover the Lord in and through the pain.
How do you view problems in your life? Our world is fallen and our dealing with problems is the great equalizer of us all.
There is a huge difference in the life of the soul versus the life of the spirit. God puts a premium on the source of life’s flow—is it His Life or another’s
Can my wounded-ness produce wholeness in others? Yes, but there’s no magic wand to produce wholeness. Only Wholeness the Person can makes us whole.
God doesn’t put a premium on painless living. If this is one of my highest values, then I will be in direct opposition to Him.
The Lord intends us to gain a living benefit from those things in our life that have wounded us. It comes down to being a victim or a victor.
God’s expectations are on the Life of Christ, not my efforts to perform. His Life gave me something nothing else could: Life to perform the Will of God.
How can an active society with ever increasing involvement in social media be lonelier? Will our longing find the satisfaction we so desire?
