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Kindness part 1

05/25/2016 12:33

This Rant series is a little personal to me. You know how they say preacher's who go on a specific sin hunt are usually dealing with the very thing they're preaching against? Well, I'm dealing with the balance between giving people what they need, while also taking care of myself. And I know I...

Success! part 5

05/24/2016 11:56

True success--and the reason that love never fails--is not about what you get. It's about what you give. If you give love, you've succeeded. Just as the Word itself (Himself) prospered in what it (He) set out to do. Which was to prosper you! To give you the Kingdom. And that's what we do when we...

Success! part 4

05/23/2016 11:48

I suppose it comes down to what you're trying to accomplish. If you're trying to get something, then you aren't dealing with love at all. And even though you might think you're loving someone, you will be left wondering why "love" wasn't enough. Because love is never about getting. Love IS giving....

Success! part 3

05/22/2016 12:31

As simply as I can put it... sometimes it seems like love is not enough because we put an impossible expectation on it. We "love" in order to GET, instead of loving in order to GIVE what we have! Look at 2 Corinthians 12:15 in the NLT, "I will glady spend myself and all I have for you, even though...

Success! part 2

05/21/2016 09:59

I think where we get into trouble with a verse like, "Love never fails," is that we think that means we can use love to get whatever we want. And that is, quite honestly, the farthest thing from the truth. Because love is NEVER about getting. Love is always about giving. Because love IS giving. So...

Success! part 1

05/20/2016 12:32

This Rant series is going to focus on a question that I'm sure, if you're anything like me, you've asked more than once in your life. Ready? Here it is: "What if love ISN'T enough?" And I know this is a hard question. Because, according to Paul's writings in 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV), "Love never...

Just People part 5

05/19/2016 12:54

When we see each other (and ourselves) as we truly are, we recognize two things: 1. There is nothing more important than God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people. And 2. We're all just people. We go through the same things. And when we stop putting people on...

Just People part 4

05/18/2016 13:32

I think people are one of the two most important things on the planet. The other one is God, or love. But I don't want to put people on a pedestal, because high and lofty expectations result in swift and and painful falls. So what I'm saying is, even though there's nothing more important than God...

Just People part 3

05/17/2016 10:51

When we start to understand that we're all different parts of the same body, we can stop trying to be something we're not... and we can stop trying to make other people be something THEY'RE not. We can let people be who they are, and we can be who we are. And then, together, as we learn who we...

Just People part 2

05/16/2016 12:38

I like words. Duh. I'm a writer, right? A writer who doesn't like words would be like a fish who doesn't like water. Words are an amazing way to express ourselves. Did you know there's even a word that means "incapable of being expressed or described in words"? It's ineffable. And I think that's...

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