Forgiving Yourself
“Doesn’t God say that if you confess a sin one time, he’ll forgive you? Who are you to refuse the forgiveness of God, and who are you to condemn one whom God has forgiven? That’s arrogance. You may not feel … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Choices and Decisions
Breaking Promises
A mom came home and found her freshly baked pie had a huge hole dug out from the center. A gooey spoon was on the table and pie crust crumbs led to her child’s room. Mom called her child into … Continue reading →
When Life is Unbearable
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” – Victor Frankl
Continue reading →Just Relax
“Relax. No one else knows what they’re doing either.” – Ricky Gervais
Continue reading →Two Things to Never Be Angry At
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” – Plato
Continue reading →Obedience, Not Sensations
“Caveat [let her beware!] – don’t count on any remarkable sensations, either at this or your first (or fifty first) Communion. God gives these or not as He pleases. Their presence does not prove that things are especially well, nor … Continue reading →
People of Accomplishment
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo DaVinci
Continue reading →Little Decisions, Infinite Importance
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a … Continue reading →
The Possible and the Impossible
“My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible.” – Ruth Graham
Continue reading →Truth and Confrontation
“Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless.” – Francis A. Schaeffer
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