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Know It All part 1

08/15/2019 19:52

There's a difference between being a "know it all" and wanting to know it all. Being a "know it all" is having an attitude of "you can't teach me anything. I don't need any help." Wanting to know it all is a search for truth. One is going to get you into a lot of trouble. The other, I think, is a...

Boundaries part 5

08/14/2019 19:56

I read a book the other day, and more or less it was about how it's ok--good, noble even--to defend yourself or others, but it unacceptable to attack people. I agree with that. I'm more than willing to stay on my side of the line. Live and let live. Let people be who they are and do what they do....

Boundaries part 4

08/13/2019 20:18

Boundaries are healthy. And that's important, because your health is important. Which means boundaries are important. Listen. I'm going to say this as clearly as I can: You can't do everything. And that's ok. Because you're not supposed to do everything. Look at 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, "I have...

Boundaries part 3

08/12/2019 16:56

You can't do everything. And that's ok. You're not supposed to do everything. You can't reach everyone. And that's ok. You're not supposed to reach everyone. The secret of life is staying in your lane. Being who you are and doing what you can do. Now let me say this and then I'll qualify it, try to...

Boundaries part 2

08/11/2019 20:14

Boundaries are ok. More than ok. They are necessary. Healthy. Because people WILL take advantage of you, if you let them. One of the truest things I've ever found in this life is that what you allow is what will continue. People are selfish. They will try to get whatever they can for themselves....

Boundaries part 1

08/10/2019 16:44

It's ok to have boundaries. In fact, it is necessary to have boundaries. Look at Matthew 5:38-39, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other...

Perception part 5

08/09/2019 17:26

I know I say this a lot, "Seeing is believing." But today I want to end this Rant series with another idea, "Their eyes were blinded, their hearts were hardened, So that they wouldn't see with their eyes and perceive with their hearts, And turn to me, God, so I could heal them" (John 14:20 MSG)....

Perception part 4

08/08/2019 19:50

I looked up the word "perceived" in the King James version of the Bible, and almost every time it occurred it was about someone perceiving something... let's say... bad. A lot of times it was Jesus perceiving people's selfish thoughts. But then there's this one: "And when James, Cephas, and John,...

Perception part 3

08/07/2019 19:52

I think, to some degree, all of us have a perception problem. Not too long ago I Ranted about the blind spot. About how we all have things in our lives--be it people, or behavior, what have you--that we don't see correctly, or judge correctly. And don't get me started about how we're not "supposed"...

Perception part 2

08/06/2019 19:58

How you perceive things is vitally important. Because even if something is true, if you don't see it, or know it, or believe it to be true... then it's not true FOR YOU. Now don't get me wrong--the truth is the truth. Whether you know it or not. Whether you believe it or not. But I think the best...

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