People of Grace
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| Blog Name: | People of Grace |
| Url: | http://www.clintshouse.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | christianity, practical spirituality, psychology |
| Description: | A daily place to find practical ways to apply the way of Jesus to ones own life. A thought provoking blog, combining psychology, spirituality, and inspiration. |
| Popularity: | 100 Followers |
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Yin and Yang
We have this idea that somehow we must defeat evil. We have the idea that evil is something that should never be there. We have this idea that it is good vs. evil and one of them has to win. What about the idea of strength and weakness instead of good vs. evil? Strength is good and we all have strengths. Weaknesses may be difficult at times, but we learn from them to make us stronger. We resist our weaknesses so often because we see them as evil. We see them has bad, something to be defeated and resisted. What if the weaknesses we have are there to help us strengthen ourselves and others? What if these two things actually work together and are used by God to make us whole people?
We have this idea that somehow we must defeat evil. We have the idea that evil is something that should never be there. We have this idea that it is good vs. evil and one of them has to win. What about the idea of strength and weakness instead of good vs. evil? Strength is good and we all have strengths. Weaknesses may be difficult at times, but we learn from them to make us stronger. We resist our weaknesses so often because we see them as evil. We see them has bad, something to be defeated and resisted. What if the weaknesses we have are there to help us strengthen ourselves and others? What if these two things actually work together and are used by God to make us whole people?
Blessed
So when are we "blessed?" I now that most of us think of being blessed as having all that we need - plenty of money or food, a job, gas in our car, a house to live in, etc. - basically we think of having things to be blessed. What if that is not the measure of blessing at all? What if the measure of blessing is how much peace, joy, kindness, love, and compassion - the attitudes we live life with? I think we could have all the money and pleasure in the world, but never find blessing. We could have it all and live our life with an attitude of anger, resentment, dissapoinment, and hopelessness and we would not be blessed. Here is how Jesus looked at being blessed:
So when are we "blessed?" I now that most of us think of being blessed as having all that we need - plenty of money or food, a job, gas in our car, a house to live in, etc. - basically we think of having things to be blessed. What if that is not the measure of blessing at all? What if the measure of blessing is how much peace, joy, kindness, love, and compassion - the attitudes we live life with? I think we could have all the money and pleasure in the world, but never find blessing. We could have it all and live our life with an attitude of anger, resentment, dissapoinment, and hopelessness and we would not be blessed. Here is how Jesus looked at being blessed:
Fully Alive
Imagine just for a moment what it would be like to live life with all your senses. What would it be like to take each moment and be fully alive? It would take all we are to become fully awake and present in the moments that are given to us. Most of us find it difficult to imagine living, much less having it manifest in our daily living. We live our lives as a hurried; get what we can, as much as we can, before someone else gets it pace. We find it so hard to take all that we are, every sense that we have, allowing each to offer us information to savor life. We must hurry and not let life pass us by, but all the while life is doing just that because we are living in the moments that ar
Imagine just for a moment what it would be like to live life with all your senses. What would it be like to take each moment and be fully alive? It would take all we are to become fully awake and present in the moments that are given to us. Most of us find it difficult to imagine living, much less having it manifest in our daily living. We live our lives as a hurried; get what we can, as much as we can, before someone else gets it pace. We find it so hard to take all that we are, every sense that we have, allowing each to offer us information to savor life. We must hurry and not let life pass us by, but all the while life is doing just that because we are living in the moments that ar
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