World’s Worst Transgressor
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I am the world’s worst transgressor I have murdered millions I have made people failures I have made millions of homes miserable I have changed promising people into hopeless social parasites I have driven untold millions to despair I have wasted the weak I have snared the innocent I have caused starving children to know me I have made the hair turn gray on many parents I have ruined millions and shall seek to yet ruin multiplied millions My Name is Addiction |
World’s Greatest Benefactor
I have given life to millions I have made failures successful I have made millions of homes happy World’s Worst Transgressor Read More » Thoughtless or Thoughtful ?
Some people seem to have a genius for making others miserable! They are continually touching sensitive hearts, so as to cause pain. They are always saying things which sting and irritate. If you have any bodily defect, they never see you without in some crude way, making you conscious of it. If any relative or friend of yours has done some dishonorable thing, they seem to take a cruel delight in constantly referring to it when speaking with you. They lack all delicacy of feeling, having no eye for the sensitive things in others, which demand gentleness of treatment. Thoughtfulness is the reverse of all this. It simply does not do the things which thoughtlessness does. It avoids the painful subject. It never alludes to a man’s clubfoot or humpback, nor ever casts an eye at the defect, nor does anything to direct attention to it or to make the man conscious of it. It respects your sorrow–and refrains from harshly touching your wound. It has the utmost kindliness of feeling and expression. A truly thoughtful person, is one who never needlessly gives pain to another. Thoughtless or Thoughtful ? Read More » Are You Stuck in a Hole?Imagine you’re running a marathon. You’re monitoring the situation, carefully maintaining a reasonable pace based on ability and training. You’ve prepared your body and mind for the race; you know the signs that tell you to run faster or slower, when to drink or eat. You also know about “the wall,” that point where you’ll be tested nearly beyond your ability. You anticipate that burning muscles and aching lungs will challenge desire and discipline. You expect the urge to give up, to stop and allow the pain to subside. The lure of immediate relief will entice you to cast aside goals and dreams, surrendering the satisfaction of the finish line in return for an end to the struggle. Then, without any warning, you fall into a hole. The publicized course didn’t mention this complication. You didn’t train for it, couldn’t see it coming, didn’t prepare survival supplies or pack climbing equipment. There’s no cell phone reception in the hole. You try everything you know to escape from the hole on your own, but Are You Stuck in a Hole? Read More » God Based Marriage CounselingDo it yourself marriage counseling with God in the forefront is exceptional counsel because it really works! You just need to learn how to work it. Let me ask you a question. What are you now basing your marriage on? Where are you going now for the answers you may need to resolve your marital upheavals? The answer is most likely friends, family, pastors, books, ebooks, etc, or for very few of you, mainstream marriage counseling. Am I right? We have to know WHO WE ARE before we can choose the right kind of counseling and marital guidance. God Based Marriage Counseling Read More » Love is a VerbI think most great marriages are based upon principled acts of love. What does that mean? Real love is a verb, which means to love others takes effort. Principled acts of love can actually grow deeper and richer with the age of the marriage, especially if the marriage has been led under the wisdom of God. A principled act of love is all about choosing to love the person you married and doing it with wisdom.
Some people have this preconceived idea that love is something that makes you feel all giddy and euphoric inside. In reality, how many couples after having been married five or ten years still share that euphoric feeling with each other? So in retrospect when that preconceived or learned idea gets squashed out in left field, which will happen, people tend to think they are not “in love” with their spouse anymore. And the next thing you know they are looking for a new partner. But if love is a choice, which I believe it is, and we choose to do those things that are loving it will make us feel more loving too. What happens to couples in marriage who believe love should feel a certain way? Society has taught that Why is it Called “Good” Friday?
Jesus did indeed die on what we call Friday – the next to last day of the Jewish week, of which the seventh day was the sabbath. We use essentially the same week, though instead of paying special attention to the seventh day, we give heed to the first day of the week; instead of the sabbath, we celebrate the Lord’s Day. But whatever we call the day – Friday in English, el viernes in Spanish, other names in the other languages of the world – on this particular Friday, Good Friday, we turn our minds to the infinite good that took place on another Friday, 2,000 years ago. Why is it Called “Good” Friday? Read More » Clueless or Purposeful Recovery?As we bump along in life, we often misunderstand things, especially concerning our recovery. I recently caught a cartoon which captures that reality. “You idiot. He said cast the nets.” Does this spotlight, once again, our human cluelessness? Perhaps, rather, it taps into the purposeful recovery-from-addiction meaning in our lives, should we choose to embrace it. Let’s take a gander at the fishy verses… Clueless or Purposeful Recovery? Read More » Finding It Hard to Forgive?And forgive us our debts, Finding It Hard to Forgive? Read More » Relief from the AngerA soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1 KJV A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.Proverbs 15:18 KJV Another consequence of addiction is that you use rage to express anger. Rage is a dangerous threatening condition that harms people and creates overwhelming fear. You can learn to express your anger without the rage. Anger is a feeling that is a part of the human experience. When you begin to express your anger without rage, you can break the cycle of rage as an expression of anger. Here are some tools that can help break the cycle. Rage is a distortion of reality. He says there are three phases of anger: Relief from the Anger Read More » Reaching Perfection?
The artist, Salvador Dali is famous for stating one of my favorite quotes:
If one cannot find his depiction of perfection in his work, the same, however, cannot be said about the existence of excellence there. It is pervasive. Imagination, bravery and human imperfections are all there. And, I believe, that’s part of why we identify so strongly with his art. We can relate to Reaching Perfection? Read More » |
