What do you do when life is not good? How do you respond? We live in a fallen world with the effects of sin all around. Life is not good all the time but God is good all the time. I don’t know what “not so good” you are facing at this time. It might be divorce, cancer, disease, or something else. It might be tempting to despair but have hope. How not to respond when life is not good….
I recently posted on my Facebook page that I had finished reading this book. For my benefit as well as yours I will just summarise a bit of the book, Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. As I review this, I will point out things that agree with the Bible or maybe where it disagrees. First impressions – The book was easy to read both in content and in font size, graphics, headings. Yes, the physical aspect of the book…
The message that the world tells us is all about me. Making sure that I get “my time”. That is “my money” to spend. My goals and my plans. It is all about me. But that is not the way we are to live. As Christians, we are to give, to be generous. Our focus should be on others and not ourselves. Christ has given us an example of giving and living generously. His interaction with the Samaritan woman was…
We spend time looking for the perfect schedule, the perfect diet, the perfect outfit, or the perfect chocolate cake recipe. At times we think we have found it and then the schedule doesn’t allow time for something we need, the diet is not working, the outfit gets stained, and the cake flops. Perfection is difficult to achieve and we cannot maintain it. Don’t give up but rather chase excellence. We want perfection because that makes us look good but that…
“I don’t have time. I am tired.” It does not take long to come up with excuses. Excuses are a way of putting off things or blaming others for not doing what we should do. Why do I make excuses? It could be to avoid doing something or maybe not taking responsibility for what you need to do. Why do you make excuses? This week I was reading and meditating in Exodus. In Exodus 3 God has just appeared to…