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Witnessing - It is a God-Thing!

I have learned the long and hard way, that I just invest in the heart and life of people and don't ever try to push them into church or Bible or anything else like that. Being a Christian is truly living your life faithfully, openly, and compassionately with others….it is not about following the latest witnessing tool. God is great - just like He is. He does not need me to come up with a clever sales campaign to show people how wonderful He is. He does a fine job Himself of displaying His wonders everyday. The best witnessing method is no method at all – it is just loving others and being involved in their life as much as they allow…I find God opens door for Himself when He and they are ready. It is quite natural. But that comes from someone that can find something spiritual in just about any situation (I am laughing at myself)…it just never fails, I am always saying, “Well, look at that, isn’t that a God-thing!” or “Don’t rush, everything is perfect in Hi

Facing Anger, It is a strong difficult Emotion.

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Being real about being angry isn't nice or easy. Anger is such a strong emotion, and it is the kissing cousin to hatred/murder. I am learning to work through my emotions without hurting others in the process. Here is the struggle I have had this week with severe anger. I am so angry I physically hurt on the sides of my ribs and right below my center rib cage. I guess it has been building for a while, maybe two weeks. I am dealing with my 15 year old son, who is quite disrespectful. He flat out lies. He does something right in front of me. I call him on it and try to teach (instruct) to correct him and he looks right at me and says he didn't do what I just saw or heard him do. It seems he can't tell the truth even if it would be the best thing or easiest thing possible for him to do. I am also angry at my husband of 25 years. He has left most of the parenting to me. My counselor tells me the passive parent has the power in the family because he undoes everything you try t