September 12th is the National Day of Encouragement. Look for ways you can live out Galatians 6:9-10 and 1 Thessalonians 5:11, not just on Wednesday, but every day...
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. ~ Galatians 6:9-10 (NIV 1984)
11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV 1984)
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In Stone
A friend shared this via email and thought the message was worth sharing here...
Two friends were walking
through the desert.
During some point of the
journey, they had an
argument; and one friend
slapped the other one
in the face.
The one who got slapped
was hurt, but without
saying anything,
wrote in the sand ,
Today my best friend
slapped me in the face .
They kept on walking,
until they found an oasis,
where they decided
to take a bath.
The one who had been
slapped got stuck in the
mire and started drowning,
but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from
the near drowning,
he wrote
on a stone:
'Today my best friend
saved my life.'
The friend who had slapped
and saved his best friend
asked him, 'after i hurt you,
you wrote in the sand and now,
you write on a stone, why?'
The friend replied,
'when someone hurts us
we should write it down
in sand, where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away.
But, when someone does something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone
where no wind
can ever erase it'
Learn to write
your hurts in
the sand and to
carve your
benefits in stone.
~ author unknown
Two friends were walking
through the desert.
During some point of the
journey, they had an
argument; and one friend
slapped the other one
in the face.
The one who got slapped
was hurt, but without
saying anything,
wrote in the sand ,
Today my best friend
slapped me in the face .
They kept on walking,
until they found an oasis,
where they decided
to take a bath.
The one who had been
slapped got stuck in the
mire and started drowning,
but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from
the near drowning,
he wrote
on a stone:
'Today my best friend
saved my life.'
The friend who had slapped
and saved his best friend
asked him, 'after i hurt you,
you wrote in the sand and now,
you write on a stone, why?'
The friend replied,
'when someone hurts us
we should write it down
in sand, where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away.
But, when someone does something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone
where no wind
can ever erase it'
Learn to write
your hurts in
the sand and to
carve your
benefits in stone.
~ author unknown
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Accountability Questions
I bought a book for my husband and son called Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man by Bob Schultz and it has questions at the end of each chapter. Here is a sample from the chapter on temptation (page 61):
What invitations to do evil did you get today? Did you take any?
If you accept an evil invitation, what will happen to you?
When faced with a temptation, what question should you ask?
Did you accept any invitations to do good today?
These questions would be useful in an accountability situation for anyone.
What invitations to do evil did you get today? Did you take any?
If you accept an evil invitation, what will happen to you?
When faced with a temptation, what question should you ask?
Did you accept any invitations to do good today?
These questions would be useful in an accountability situation for anyone.
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