“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something” ~ Laozi When you hear the word enlightenment, before heading to google for definitions, how would you define it? Have you experienced it? If yes, how do you know for sure? The word enlightened comes from the Latin prefix en meaning “in,… Read More »
Through The Eyes of a Child
“Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder.” ~ Joseph Cornell Our daughter and son-in-law recently became foster parents for the first time. They adopted a two-year-0ld named Damian and a four-year-old named Jane. We have not enjoyed little feet pouncing through… Read More »
God Desires a Broken Spirit
“Towards themselves, a Christian should have a broken spirit, but towards God, it should be one of rejoicing always in Him. They rejoice not for its own sake nor because of any joyful experience, work, blessing or circumstance, but exclusively because God is his center.” ~ Watchman Nee Embedded deep inside every human being is… Read More »
Learning To Love What God Loves
“The love of God does not consist in tears or in this delight ad tenderness, which for the greater part we desire and find consolation in, but it consists in serving with justice and fortitude of soil and in humility. Without such service, it seems to me we would be receiving everything and giving nothing.”… Read More »
Glutton For Punishment
“Greed, envy, sloth, pride, and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships, we consume each other, each looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at… Read More »
Leave The Judgment To God
“The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.” ~ Tariq Ramadan People judging people goes back to the beginning of creation. Extreme self-centeredness is in the DNA of humanity. When it comes to judgment, who are we to judge anyone? No blue ribbons are hanging on any of… Read More »
Zero-Sum Meditation
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day” ~ Deepak Chopra When you meditate, what are you trying to achieve? Quiet? Wisdom? Guidance? Revelation? Oneness with your Creator?… Read More »
Your Body and God’s Residence
19 Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? Don’t you know that you have the Holy Spirit from God, and you don’t belong to yourselves? 20 You have been bought and paid for, so honor God with your body. ~ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – CEB) It’s hard… Read More »
Preordained Destiny
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Our decisions define us, not our circumstances. When we face challenges, our choices will determine the degree of our success or failure. Fate chooses our beginning, but our decisions determine our destiny. When we decide to… Read More »
Hope You Guess My Name
“Pleased to meet you… hope you guess my name.” ~ Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones There is no denying that we all have evil thoughts from time to time, and throughout our lives, we have often acted on those thoughts. Where do these selfish and wicked thoughts come from that take up residence in our minds?… Read More »
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