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Provision part 2

10/10/2018 19:53

The internet was wonky last night. Or something. So it took a longer than usual time to upload my Rant. I say that to say this: When I was sitting here staring at it, waiting (with fingers crossed) for it to upload... I couldn't help but notice that if you break the title into two words "provision"...

Provision part 1

10/09/2018 19:41

Sometimes I see this idea in movies or whatnot. Something happens that stretches the limit of credibility, and the character shrugs and says, "Providence." Always kind of struck me (a writer) as lazy writing. But the thing of it is... well, let me quote my memory verse for this Rant series. And let...

Kindness part 5

10/08/2018 19:42

Here's what I'm talking about when I try to communicate the idea of receiving and releasing... receiving BY releasing; I'm talking about experiencing the thing you're giving away. And that way truly experiencing it. Because when you're wrapped up, preoccupied, in getting something... you miss out...

Kindness part 4

10/07/2018 19:42

On top of everything else, I lost my voice. Which is why I want to write about how important speaking, or confessing the truth, is. I start a Rant series on kindness, and then I find myself in a position where I really need to receive some kindness... and (thank the Lord) I have people in my life...

Kindness part 3

10/06/2018 18:43

I always talk about how loving someone is the most holy thing you can do. Well, being kind to someone is about the most loving thing you can do. And I say "about" because sometimes you aren't actually helping them by giving in. Sometimes you're just enabling. And that's NOT helping. But even when...

Kindness part 2

10/05/2018 19:32

So this was fortuitious timing. Last night I was stricken with a terrible pain in my left side. So bad that it woke me up in the middle of the night. I told my mom, "Something's wrong, I need to go to the hospital." And she didn't hesitate. She drove me to the hospital. Kindness. Being there for...

Kindness part 1

10/04/2018 19:48

So Logan was doing his homework tonight, and one of the things he had to do was write three sentences about what makes someone a leader. The first thing he wrote was, "To be kind." Because a true leader doesn't use his followers to his advantage, he takes care of his followers. Kindness. Number...

An Open Heart part 5

10/03/2018 19:40

To end this Rant series, let me connect the idea that we've been talking about--keeping our heart open to love rather than closing it down in order to avoid getting hurt--with 1 Peter 3:4, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and...

An Open Heart part 4

10/02/2018 19:52

If it was easy, everybody would do it. Right? It can be hard to continue to put yourself out there once you've been burned. Because conventional wisdom would tell you that once you get burned... stay away from the fire. But here's the straight truth: GOD is the consuming fire. And He doesn't burn...

An Open Heart part 3

10/01/2018 19:39

We all have reasons to close our hearts down. We've all been hurt. Beat down, busted, and disgusted. Life gets us all. And I think that's really just a "natural" reaction--you get hurt, and you lash out. You shut it down so you can't get hurt again. But I put "natural" in quotation marks because on...

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