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Mercy is available… To the one who is drowning in hopelessness To the one where the days seem dark. To him who has an eager want and desires to hear. Mercy is available… To the person who has previously shut out the Maker. Return, return to His camp. To the one who’s been shamed, caught …
We are slaves to history. Life could be easy, however, this ‘history thing’ is there to make sure that it’s not. It has some kind of agenda that seeks to work within us rather that just externally write a story about us. If we are going through life just recording what is happening, we are missing …
How can we be sure we’re in the right place at the right time? One way is called: The Fire of Jealousy Have you ever been jealous? Not envious (wanting something that is not yours)… But jealous (obsessive about something that is yours)? If you have, like fire, you know that jealousy can be either …
Am I enough?
Have you heard the statement: “To live a defeated life is worse than than death… ”
Well, the question, “am I enough” is sure to point us in the direction of a defeated life.
What is a defeated life? One that sees no hope for the future. Life has become so overwhelming that we are lead to ask the question: “am I enough?”
But what if we could avoid this question completely by looking at the bigger, more vast picture. After all, the key word in this question is “I”. And the answer of course is no. Oh, there are moments when we feel like we’re more than enough. But doesn’t it usually always come back to this, this question.
Yes, there are programs and self-help guidance and gurus that will have us chanting mantras of “I am enough” everyday, if only just to accomplish some great goal. But what takes place after the lights go out, the goal is complete and our vision has been short stopped.
Maybe the real question then becomes… Am I available? And in that, am I teachable and correctable? This question is really enough.
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You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor. – Isaiah 49:3 This is a big deal. Sometimes we look in the mirror and what we see is subject to so many mental and ultimately physical improvements that we can never really be fully satisfied or content in just… being. This verse …
