Wise in Your Own Eyes
God does this on purpose when it’s not His will for you. If you find yourself constantly struggling to make something work and it just won’t, no matter how hard you try, maybe you are meant to just let it go.
What to Do – Making DecisionsProverbs 19:8 tells us “Those who get wisdom do themselves a favor, and those who love learning will succeed.” At first, when looking at this Proverbs verse, one can assume that you can learn everything by going to school, getting the right mentor, etc… However, when we dive deeper into it, we get the real meaning.
Will My Plan Work?Proverbs 16:9 says “People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do.” For those of us that plan EVERYTHING from how the day will be run to every detail needing attention on the family vacation, this can be a bit nerve-wracking! I feel secure when I plan something.
Getting Involved in Others’ QuarrelsAs a woman, when I hear people arguing I feel compelled to do something. It must be in us as we are helpers by creation!
Christian Retreat Ideas – The Finishing TouchThis article discusses many Christian retreat ideas that ensure a favorable experience. Suggestions are given in choosing a theme and ways to incorporate that theme.
Fake ChristianityAs I entered yet another church on Sunday, I caught myself asking the same question. Why am I here?
Thoughts Shared With a Young Explorer (Part 2)To continue the dialogue with my young friend from my last article (as I mentioned in the previous post our young explorer is LDS so some of his questions, and my answers, have a connotation oriented to that faith). The answers are general, however.
Asking For HelpThrough prayer love is received and through miracles love is expressed. Prayer is the greatest gift with which God blessed his Son at his creation.
Open Letter to LifeWhat makes us the way that we are, and how do we grow and change. This is a poetic look at the impact of life and experiences on each of us.
Begin With the End in MindRather than focus on our ultimate destiny, leaving this world behind, our culture has chosen to replace a morbid fascination with death with a morbid fascination with rigidity and changelessness. Our obsession with youth and nostalgia for an imagined halcyon age in times gone by permeates not only our decision-making processes, but also the meaning we give to the world.
New Age Spirituality – Reflections on Awakening and PoliticsAs I have searched for my personal meaning of life, I have done a great deal of meditation. There are times I feel an energy within me that wants to express itself in words. I either write out these words on the computer or speak them into a digital recorder. This is what, in the New Age spirituality, we call channeling. Below are a few paragraphs from the ideas which came to me during a period of channeling.
From Meditation – An Analogy of Oneness and the Importance of the MassesPeople who meditate often have thoughts and ideas that come to them that seem to come from outside themselves. This happens to me frequently. I either write these words down or speak them into a tape recorder. What’s fascinating to me that the “tone” or sentence structure is different than I would use in my everyday speech. What follows is an edited version of what came to me one night.