“If you don’t take the initiative to find work you choose to do, you will in the end find yourself doing work you are forced to do.” Timothy Keller from Proverbs 12:24
Every person you meet today is either a demolition site or a construction opportunity. Your words matter. Will they be weapons for destruction or tools for construction? Proverbs 11:9
Unity doesn’t begin in examining others, but in examining self. Unity begins not in demanding that others change, but in admitting that we aren’t so perfect ourselves... Max Lucado
I read this in my quiet time this morning. Thought it was worth sharing. “Why is it that so many Christians make such lousy human beings?” from Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
A personal thread today. I write it without a whit of whininess. I’ve been so blessed and graced by God to get to do what I do and had tons of encouragement but this is hugely on my mind. It’s a social media world so it will happen to many others. This is just in case it helps:
If you believe that God originally called you to a position, task or relationship, then you have no business quitting it unless you clearly and unmistakably sense that God is releasing you from it.
We tend to think that by adding new skills, knowledge and resources to our life that we'll be better positioned for success. Ironically, it may be what we remove from our life, selfishness, unforgiveness, greed, envy that will set us free to become all that we can (Jn. 15:2).