People say that forgiveness starts with forgiving oneself. That may or not be the case, and I personally think that God doesn’t care where you start to forgive. The importance is in the starting not how. I’ve noticed that as I get older and hopefully wiser, I find such emotions as revenge, anger, bitterness, too…
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I Need Help
I read this morning that Johnny Manziel, “Johnny Football,” checked himself into rehab. I admire his courage in asking for help. He had to be hard for a star quarterback, idol of millions, to say “I need help.” I have never been a big fan, but I wish him all the best. Sometimes asking for…
Reconciliation 5
How do we reconcile with someone who we dislike with a passion, or is absolutely dead wrong on an issue, or is convinced the only way to reconcile is to become one of them? Good question. The starting point involves seeing your protagonist as having value, as one who is traveling a similar journey just…
Advent 10
Remember the movie, A Few Good Men, and the Jack Nicholson line, “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth?” Well to some extent Jack was right, although not about what he was talking about in the movie. We all say we want the truth no matter what the consequences, but we want only what we…
Thanks
Usually when we sit down to dinner with the grandkids one of them asks, “Can I say the blessing?” I was recently reminded about remembering to say thanks and making it a habit. Our good friend Marty, is in Cleveland anxiously waiting a lung transplant. It brought back memories of my wait over four years…