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Shrug part 1

07/20/2020 19:46

I think this Rant series is important, especially on the heels of the last one about crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump a puddle for you. Because it is our mandate, our calling, our purpose for being to love people. That's why we were created. That's what this life is for. That's why...

Puddle Jumper part 5

07/19/2020 18:44

We are a very conditional society. We like to draw lines in the sand. Or build walls. Members Only clubs. And I think, in reality, all of that comes from the place of wanting safety. Wanting to protect ourselves. To surround ourselves with like-minded people in the hope that there is strength in...

Puddle Jumper part 4

07/18/2020 19:24

In a world where people are so fixated on what they can give... flip the script. Give what you've got. Give what they need. Show them something different. Show them a more excellent way. When you hear, "Don't cross oceans for someone who wouldn't jump a puddle for you," respond with, "It's not...

Puddle Jumper part 3

07/17/2020 20:17

When we make our love towards other people dependent upon how they treat us... we are giving up all of our power. We are becoming reactive, instead of proactive. And, let me just say this: God is all-powerful, right? Which means love is all-powerful. Which doesn't mean MOST powerful. It means ALL...

Puddle Jumper part 2

07/16/2020 19:49

I think it's easy to get to the place where you've been hurt by someone you loved. Not because you loved them, but because of the expectations you put on them. And when that happens I think it's easy to blame love. "Love hurts." No, it doesn't. Love heals. Love edifies and fortifies. What hurts is...

Puddle Jumper part 1

07/15/2020 19:34

Have you ever heard that phrase, "Don't cross oceans for someone who wouldn't jump a puddle for you"? Yeah... I don't like that phrase. I guess, with my Will Graham super-empathy I can see where it comes from. You want to protect yourself, right? You want to make sure you're putting your three T's...

Motive part 5

07/14/2020 19:51

The tricky part about motive is that it's so easy to get it twisted. To do something, but to have an ulterior motive. Or to do something because you have the wrong motive--which, at the time, feels like the right motive. The ONLY motive. It's so easy to let our emotions control us. Or to let them...

Motive part 4

07/13/2020 19:39

Another one of my all-time favorite verses: "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men" (Colossians 3:23). Puts us in the right frame of mind, right? Because sometimes we think people don't deserve our love, or our effort, or what have you. Sometimes people do us wrong...

Motive part 3

07/12/2020 20:15

It is God working in us that gives us the want to, and the power to. In short, He is our motivation. Which means LOVE is our motivation. Because God is love. Love working IN us, in order to come OUT THROUGH us. That's what this life is for--letting God love the hell out of us, and then loving Him...

Motive part 2

07/11/2020 20:27

I want to build off of our key memory verse from yesterday. Philippians 2:13 says, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." that, in a nutshell, is our motive. God working in us giving us both the want to and the ability to. That's why--and how--we do what...

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