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Archive for June, 2010
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Blog-Wise Wednesday.14
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
It’s Blog-Wise Wednesday - the day I link to a guest post that I believe will challenge you in a good way.
We’re growing wise together.
Our guest post today is by Winn Collier from his self titled blog. His post Why The Church discusses the apathy many self proclaimed Christians have toward organized religion. Didn’t God tell us in scripture we should meet together on a regular basis? Winn’s transparency about the subject sets the stage for an open and honest discussion on this disillusionment within the ”church”.
In Winn’s own words:
I’m a husband, dad, friend, author and pastor. I’ve written Restless Faith: Holding on to a God Just out of Reach, Let God: The Transforming Wisdom of Francois Fenelon and Holy Curiosity: Encountering Jesus’ Provocative Questions. We live in Charlottesville, Virginia in Christian community with a small band of sinners and saints, All Souls Charlottesville.
What are your thoughts?
Before I Quit
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010I’m reading T. D. Jakes’ Making Great Decisions – Reflections For a Life Without Limits. I just read a reflection from the book and someone here is supposed to read it too. Ask the Holy Spirit if it’s you.
Key statement:
Before I quit, I will self examine.
I statements:
I sometimes want to quit my life. I admit this secret fantasy of running away and leaving everything behind, starting over in a another country, culture, or relationship. I sometimes feel sick and tired of everyone sucking the life out of me without ever putting anything back in return. I want to disappear and never look back.
It’s obvious that I might leave the circumstances behind but I’ll never escape myself.
Before I quit anything – my job, my marriage, or my life – I commit to think about why I want to leave and where I want to go next. I will seek a clear perspective on what I’m releasing and what I’m moving toward. I’m doomed to repeat the past if I don’t examine my prior choices.
Do statement.
I do think about where I want to go before I leave something behind.
Have you struggled with wanting to quit? I know I have – many times. What helped you through?
Good Witness
Monday, June 21st, 2010
6/21/10
Monday, June 21st, 2010Start With A Laugh
Monday, June 21st, 2010Hey I found this cartoon on twitter friend @MaxQ8′s blog. I just had to share it with you guys. It’s true – laughter is such a good medicine! Hang in there this week!
Are you struggling with giving up feelings? Leave a comment and we’ll pray for you. Let the online Body of Christ go to work for you!
Take a bite.
Saturday, June 19th, 2010I’ve started my weekend with a little bite from God’s Word.
There are no other words that:
nourish
cleanse
strengthen
fortify
direct
Like. HIS. Word.
Take some bites this weekend.
Chew on this good food.
What I just ate;
Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. ~ Jesus ~ John 14:1-3
YUM.
(If you end up eating something really tasty, how about sharing it here with us?)
You
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Reflection #43
Thursday, June 17th, 2010I have been talking with my adult child about dating wisdom.
Below is an excerpt from T.D. Jake’s book Making Great Decisions – Reflections for a Life Without Limits.
It is Reflection #43.
It is good stuff.
Key statement: Before I get emotionally involved with someone, I will listen closely to what this person self-reveals.
I statements: use as a yardstick for personal development:
I admit to sometimes ignoring what didn’t work, and looking only at what did work, what we had in common. I have been blinded to the warning signs that could have circumvented a bad choice. I have turned a deaf ear to the warning, missed the glaring issue that eventually leads to the demise of the deeper, more fulfilling relationship I want and need. I have failed to listen to the warning signs.
I will learn how to listen. And not just how to listen to others, but how to listen to myself. I will learn to read the fine print of meeting, dating, and interacting with someone; I will heed the red flags. I will listen to the voice inside. I will process all the data and listen to my gut.
Do statement.
I do listen to the voice inside me about what I hear.
Did you know and practice this when you were looking for your mate?
Blog-Wise Wednesday.13
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
It’s Blog-Wise Wednesday - the day I link to a guest post that I believe will challenge you in a good way.
We’re growing wise together.
This week I’ve chosen a post by author Katrina Kenison from her blog The Gift of an Ordinary Day. Her post Texting/Praying strikes at a very moving and important truth. I’ll let you read it to find out what I mean.
Leave Katrina a comment and then paste it here at Deep Breath. Community conversation enriches. Add your voice.
In Katrina’s own words:
“Seen in the right light, through the right eyes, everything is extraordinary.”
I am a mother of two, a a wife to one, a life-long reader, wanderer, and–I will admit it here–an aspiring yoga teacher.
When I’m not at the kitchen sink, on my yoga mat, or hunched over a computer keyboard, I spend too much time worrying about things that are out of my hands anyway, and not enough savoring life’s simple pleasures: stillness, friendship, poetry, a walk in the woods.
I write to remind myself of the things I already know, to stay in touch with my wiser self. And also to make sure that I do pause long enough each day to appreciate life as we live it — right here, right now.
