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Costly part 5

12/01/2016 14:26

People are worth spending all you are and all you have on. No, really, they are. Even when it doesn't seem like it. ESPECIALLY when it doesn't seem like it. Think about it... that person you know that is REALLY hard to love... that person that just rubs people the wrong way... that's the person...

Costly part 4

11/30/2016 15:28

To love is to give--everything you have and everything you are. And that can be costly. So it's important to make sure the juice is worth the squeeze. It's important to make sure the thing you are loving--the thing you are spending your Three T's (Time, Talent, Treasure) on--is worth it. Which...

Costly part 3

11/29/2016 15:29

I think there are two main reasons why we are afraid to love. Number one: I think we're afraid to lose what we've got. If we were to give everything we are and everything we have, and not get something in return... we'd be empty, right? It's that idea of opportunity cost. If I don't take care of...

Costly part 2

11/28/2016 17:32

This verse in the New Living Translation really changed my whole perspective on what love is; 2 Corinthians 12:15, "I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me." It's basically the same thing Jesus said when He said, "There...

Costly part 1

11/27/2016 15:38

I don't know why this is, but one of the biggest things--ideas, concepts, whatever--that learned in school, one of the few things that really made an impression on me, is the idea of opportunity cost. Which basically means, if you do one thing you give up the opportunity to do something else. Which...

The Punches part 5

11/26/2016 17:35

Now before I quote my verse for today--which you already know if you read yesterday's Rant--I want to qualify it. I've spent the last four days trying to help us understand that it's not about good vs evil. It's not about "why do bad things happen to good people?". It rains on the just and the...

The Punches part 4

11/25/2016 14:24

I'm not saying you should just accept everything that happens in life. But basically you have two choices: You can either change THE THING, or, if that's not possible, you can change YOUR ATTITUDE about the thing. There will always be things. Because it rains on the just and the unjust alike. Life...

The Punches part 3

11/24/2016 15:21

Did you know that momma birds intentionally make their nests uncomfortable so that the baby birds don't stay there forever? Now I'm not getting into the whole "when should a kid move out of his parent's house" debate. What I'm saying is... sometimes we get comfortable somewhere. Sometimes we settle...

The Punches part 2

11/23/2016 17:43

It seems like the question I hear the most is, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Or rather, "Why does God LET bad things happen to good people?" And the first thing I want to say is, I believe with all of my heart that God protects us from so many things that we don't see, or realize. I...

The Punches part 1

11/22/2016 14:47

There's an awesome scene in the movie Rocky Balboa where Rocky is talking to his son, and he says two things that really stick out: 1. "Nobody hits harder than life." And 2. "It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." I've always said the hardest...

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