You can’t bring out the good in anyone
Until you believe in the potential for good inside them all
Believe in the Good of Others
Change in Others
Always trust that others can change,
But never think that you can make them.
Transformation will come from within or not at all.
Answers Take Preparation
God often has to prepare the answers to our prayers. Outside of our view people are being moved, opportunities are being orchestrated, hearts are being readied, and all of this takes time and effort. We only recognize the work when God presents the gift to us, finished and whole.
Just because you haven’t received your desire yet does not mean that you have been forgotten, or that God has answered with a “no.” Like the Israelites in Egypt, God might very well be working out your deliverance over time.
Thought for the Day: Inevitable Disappointment
An argument that is made for giving in to our hedonistic desires is that it is cruel to perpetually deny and disappoint ourselves. But really, disappointment is a given. For on the one hand we want one thing, but on the other hand we want its opposite.
We want to get away with telling lies, but we also want to be understood as we truly are. We want to lust, but we also want to have mastery over self. We want to treat ourselves as the center of the universe, but we also want to be part of something that bigger than ourselves. We want to be lazy, but we also want to be there when others need us.
Disappointment, frustration, self-denial…one way or another all of these are inevitable. And so long as one side of us has to be disappointed, why not make it be the carnal, selfish, and dishonest side?
True Wisdom
True strength is being able to fight for what is right
True humility is being able to patiently endure wrongs
True wisdom is being able to know which it is time for
Thought for the Day- God’s Good Day
We do not have the power to make God’s good day bad. We can tarnish ourselves, but not all the beautiful creation that surrounds us.
And for this reason, whatever else is going on, whatever the depth of our personal unworthiness, we can still take a step back and bask in God’s goodness.
For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good
Matthew 5:45
Thought for the Day- Life is Worth Living
All life, even a painful life, is still a life
And all life, even a painful life, is worth living
Thought for the Day- Love and Loneliness
Loneliness does not come from lacking anyone to love you
It comes from lacking anyone to love more than yourself
Thought for the Day- Choosing to Surrender Choice
Overcoming our bad habits often requires removing the element of choice. We make a commitment to not do the bad habit anymore, and thus the choice is already made and doesn’t have to be made again.
But then, a little later, we make an exception and indulge in the habit. Or perhaps we decide that we will engage in the behavior to some degree, if not all the way. At this point we have created the option to do the behavior to some extent if the conditions are right. So now it becomes a matter of judgment again. The borders have been blurred, and from that point on, we must debate whether each successive situation warrants getting to indulge in the bad habit again or not. Thus, our bad habit has once again become a matter of choice. And this is why we give up on our commitments shortly after making them.
We should set our commitments, refuse to make exceptions, and remove the element of choice.
Thought for the Day- Expecting the Worst
Expecting the worst
Never brings out the best
Spiritual Wanderings 