When you do find someone out...Oh why could I have not seen it back then? I guess my selfishness and beauty(physicality) so blinds me and hides what truly someone is about. Crafty is the father of all lies! One day I will out smart him and do it right with a lot of help.
AS at 9:32pm May 27
Good luck on the outsmart move. Let me know how that works out. It's not selfishness always that blinds, sometimes its optimism and hope for goodness in that person.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
PRIDE: Lying To Ourselves
I submit the more pride we have the more we lie to ourselves and others.
JP at 11:40am May 27
especially to ourselves...
TR at 12:49pm May 27
Hm. I think....the less self worth we feel, the more we lie to others initially and ourselves ultimateley --in the pathetic and transparent hope of portraying ourselves as proud or "worthy".
KO at 1:41pm May 27
I am soooo guilty of this SIN! I think I try to put up a fasod for fear of getting hurt by others. Vulnerability is difficult for me.
ME at 2:32pm May 27
Biggest lie is the lingering question that haunts us all..Are we good enough? The answer is YES if we are authentic (lie-less). So in short be yourself at all times and it will hurt because we are all broken.
TR at 2:41pm May 27
God made all of us, and He knows what He's doing, so the hurdle we have to overcome as human beings is to put our trust in Him, and TRY to focus on the things that truly matter (sometimes focusing more on others and less on ourselves!), and in doing so, learn to be comfortable with who we are, learn to love and accept ourselves -- our TRUE selves -- flaws and all -- like HE does! Big challenge!
JP at 11:40am May 27
especially to ourselves...
TR at 12:49pm May 27
Hm. I think....the less self worth we feel, the more we lie to others initially and ourselves ultimateley --in the pathetic and transparent hope of portraying ourselves as proud or "worthy".
KO at 1:41pm May 27
I am soooo guilty of this SIN! I think I try to put up a fasod for fear of getting hurt by others. Vulnerability is difficult for me.
ME at 2:32pm May 27
Biggest lie is the lingering question that haunts us all..Are we good enough? The answer is YES if we are authentic (lie-less). So in short be yourself at all times and it will hurt because we are all broken.
TR at 2:41pm May 27
God made all of us, and He knows what He's doing, so the hurdle we have to overcome as human beings is to put our trust in Him, and TRY to focus on the things that truly matter (sometimes focusing more on others and less on ourselves!), and in doing so, learn to be comfortable with who we are, learn to love and accept ourselves -- our TRUE selves -- flaws and all -- like HE does! Big challenge!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Giving Myself Up
Man its tough to give up myself!
BH at 10:09am May 18
that carpal tunnel syndrome will not heal otherwise.
TR at 11:52am May 18
Hmmm....How so, MP?
ME at 12:51pm May 18
have you ever examined your day/thoughts and tallied up just how big a pigs we can be?? Yea maybe do something nice for someone but ultimately some sort of instinctual survival and self gratification shoulder sitting voice tortures our attention back to us solely!
TR at 1:10pm May 18
Oh -- have I!! I so know what you're saying! It's disturbing! Even LOVE! Why do human beings "fall in love"? Because of how it makes us feel! We feel happy and giddy. At the core level, it's all about "ME". Or, like you said -- we do something nice for someone...is it coincidence that doing so makes us feel good about ourSELVES? We get to believe "I'm such a good person". I was going to say maybe my kids are an exception, but I don't think so, because I feel good (happy) when they're happy. So I'm motivated to keep trying to "make them happy". (Very simply put). I've struggled too, but see no way around it....again not in this life. .....Didn't mean that to sound quite so harshbelieve "I'm such a good person". I was going to say maybe my kids are an exception, but I don't think so, because I feel good (happy) when they're happy. So I'm motivated to keep trying to "make them happy". (Very simply put). I've struggled too, but see no way around it....again not in this life. .....Didn't mean that to sound quite so harsh.
ME at 1:27pm May 18
harsh NO! the truth absolutely!
FF at 10:20pm May 18
The awareness of our self-centeredness is a blessing and a curse....but denial is no longer a pleasant possibility!
AS at 10:22pm May 18
There are selfless people in the world but I'm not sure I know any of them, and I know I'm surely not one of them, try as I might. I find the most disappointment in the work environment -- toxic levels of self involvement.
ME at 10:30pm May 18
like(no love) this! Thanks for sharing I needed it. Just a great example of helping each other wrestle with life. Oh btw, I did fast from lunch today so I could read to my son's 2nd grade class!!How unselfish of me!LOL But they did make me laugh and feel good! HMMM maybe I did it for me not them!! Their you go again thinking about me!! :)
FF at 2:48pm May 19
If I am in denial about something, please leave the cozy blanket in place and don't go ripping it off:-)
BH at 10:09am May 18
that carpal tunnel syndrome will not heal otherwise.
TR at 11:52am May 18
Hmmm....How so, MP?
ME at 12:51pm May 18
have you ever examined your day/thoughts and tallied up just how big a pigs we can be?? Yea maybe do something nice for someone but ultimately some sort of instinctual survival and self gratification shoulder sitting voice tortures our attention back to us solely!
TR at 1:10pm May 18
Oh -- have I!! I so know what you're saying! It's disturbing! Even LOVE! Why do human beings "fall in love"? Because of how it makes us feel! We feel happy and giddy. At the core level, it's all about "ME". Or, like you said -- we do something nice for someone...is it coincidence that doing so makes us feel good about ourSELVES? We get to believe "I'm such a good person". I was going to say maybe my kids are an exception, but I don't think so, because I feel good (happy) when they're happy. So I'm motivated to keep trying to "make them happy". (Very simply put). I've struggled too, but see no way around it....again not in this life. .....Didn't mean that to sound quite so harshbelieve "I'm such a good person". I was going to say maybe my kids are an exception, but I don't think so, because I feel good (happy) when they're happy. So I'm motivated to keep trying to "make them happy". (Very simply put). I've struggled too, but see no way around it....again not in this life. .....Didn't mean that to sound quite so harsh.
ME at 1:27pm May 18
harsh NO! the truth absolutely!
FF at 10:20pm May 18
The awareness of our self-centeredness is a blessing and a curse....but denial is no longer a pleasant possibility!
AS at 10:22pm May 18
There are selfless people in the world but I'm not sure I know any of them, and I know I'm surely not one of them, try as I might. I find the most disappointment in the work environment -- toxic levels of self involvement.
ME at 10:30pm May 18
like(no love) this! Thanks for sharing I needed it. Just a great example of helping each other wrestle with life. Oh btw, I did fast from lunch today so I could read to my son's 2nd grade class!!How unselfish of me!LOL But they did make me laugh and feel good! HMMM maybe I did it for me not them!! Their you go again thinking about me!! :)
FF at 2:48pm May 19
If I am in denial about something, please leave the cozy blanket in place and don't go ripping it off:-)
Sunday, May 17, 2009
We Deserve Nothing
The word "deserve" needs to struck from our vocabulary immediately and add to it "entitlement" because it so interrupts God's will for each of us!
DS at 11:18am May 31
I think I agree-you mean that we don't "deserve" anything but that it is by the grace of God that we have anything or anyone, right? Just as we are not "entitled". You are saying they are in the same vein, correct?
ME at 11:47am May 31
Yes same vein. We have everything by Grace. Nicely pointed out my friend. We can earn nothing in this life!
PP at 12:54pm May 31
I think my friend who works at McDonald's earning 7 bucks an hour would love to hear that it is gods will he lives in poverty.
DS at 4:57pm May 31
There is always somebody with less than you that has more than enough, and someone with more who is still ungrateful. It seems to me that if one can start from a place of feeling grateful and blessed for what they have, it helps keep things in perspective. I was not referring to "God's will". I don't think God cares much about whether I make $7, $70 or $700 an hour. I think he cares about what I do with my situation and how I love other people. Maybe the person who makes $70 or $700 an hour should choose to help the person who makes $7, or maybe the person who makes $7 can help the others remember what is really important. Not to mention the ones who make 7 cents an hour.
ME at 7:17pm May 31
Found this definition: Grace= undeserved favor, Gods approval.
DS at 7:23pm May 31
For me this is the "good news".
KO at 12:15am June 2
I'm with DS. So true! Thanks for sharing your insight!!!
DS at 11:18am May 31
I think I agree-you mean that we don't "deserve" anything but that it is by the grace of God that we have anything or anyone, right? Just as we are not "entitled". You are saying they are in the same vein, correct?
ME at 11:47am May 31
Yes same vein. We have everything by Grace. Nicely pointed out my friend. We can earn nothing in this life!
PP at 12:54pm May 31
I think my friend who works at McDonald's earning 7 bucks an hour would love to hear that it is gods will he lives in poverty.
DS at 4:57pm May 31
There is always somebody with less than you that has more than enough, and someone with more who is still ungrateful. It seems to me that if one can start from a place of feeling grateful and blessed for what they have, it helps keep things in perspective. I was not referring to "God's will". I don't think God cares much about whether I make $7, $70 or $700 an hour. I think he cares about what I do with my situation and how I love other people. Maybe the person who makes $70 or $700 an hour should choose to help the person who makes $7, or maybe the person who makes $7 can help the others remember what is really important. Not to mention the ones who make 7 cents an hour.
ME at 7:17pm May 31
Found this definition: Grace= undeserved favor, Gods approval.
DS at 7:23pm May 31
For me this is the "good news".
KO at 12:15am June 2
I'm with DS. So true! Thanks for sharing your insight!!!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Narcissism and Twitter
twitter= word vomiting due to loneliness sickness or a symptom of Narcissism. Nothing like feeding the NPD supply.
ES at 2:44pm May 12 v
Hey Mike...you hit that one on the head. I haven't started any of that crap because honestly who really has time to twitter all day. Hope you are well. Going back to KC this week. college reunion and all.
GW at 2:58pm May 12
So, people REALLY don't care what I am doing every minute of the day?
EH at 3:26pm May 12
LOL! I like it!
AS at 5:02pm May 12
I have to twitter about my job as part of my job. But even I do not subscribe to twitter posts because they are so disruptive! Not all social media is productive.
ES at 2:44pm May 12 v
Hey Mike...you hit that one on the head. I haven't started any of that crap because honestly who really has time to twitter all day. Hope you are well. Going back to KC this week. college reunion and all.
GW at 2:58pm May 12
So, people REALLY don't care what I am doing every minute of the day?
EH at 3:26pm May 12
LOL! I like it!
AS at 5:02pm May 12
I have to twitter about my job as part of my job. But even I do not subscribe to twitter posts because they are so disruptive! Not all social media is productive.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Life Vs Death
Until death looked better than living I don't think I understood what to have Life truly meant.
KO at 5:27pm May 11
Amen brother!!!
TV at 10:08pm May 11
Makes sense to me!
KO at 5:27pm May 11
Amen brother!!!
TV at 10:08pm May 11
Makes sense to me!
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Loneliness Through Success
Under the veneer of success(ego) lurks in us all a loneliness, a loss of true connection not to whom but to something?
FF at 5:11pm May 9
The longings or desires in all our hearts lead us to temporary relief via possessions and accomplishments. But, in the end all that we are left with is love and God.
FF at 5:11pm May 9
The longings or desires in all our hearts lead us to temporary relief via possessions and accomplishments. But, in the end all that we are left with is love and God.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Email Teaching
Here are some of the quotes I have used over the last 2 years at the bottom of my personal emails. Just my way of sharing the light.
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
“PRIDE is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” C.S. Lewis
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! II Corinthians 9:15
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. James 2:18
"The Desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but deep people." Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline
We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the road and head off in the direction of fitting in, getting by, being productive, what have you. Whatever we might gain— money, position, the approval of others, or just absence of the discontent itself—it’s not worth it. “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matt. 16:26). Journey of Desire by John Eldredge
"Children need two basic messages when they are growing up: You are loved more than you can possibly imagine, and, You are not the center of the universe." Way of the Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
A man wants to know that he is truly a man, that he could be brave; he longs to know that he is a warrior; and all his life he wonders, “Have I got what it takes?” A woman wants to know that she is truly a woman, that she is beautiful; she longs to know that she is captivating; and all her life she wonders, “Do I have a beauty to offer?” Waking the Dead by J. Eldredge
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4 NIV
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
“PRIDE is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” C.S. Lewis
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! II Corinthians 9:15
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. James 2:18
"The Desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but deep people." Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline
We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the road and head off in the direction of fitting in, getting by, being productive, what have you. Whatever we might gain— money, position, the approval of others, or just absence of the discontent itself—it’s not worth it. “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matt. 16:26). Journey of Desire by John Eldredge
"Children need two basic messages when they are growing up: You are loved more than you can possibly imagine, and, You are not the center of the universe." Way of the Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
A man wants to know that he is truly a man, that he could be brave; he longs to know that he is a warrior; and all his life he wonders, “Have I got what it takes?” A woman wants to know that she is truly a woman, that she is beautiful; she longs to know that she is captivating; and all her life she wonders, “Do I have a beauty to offer?” Waking the Dead by J. Eldredge
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4 NIV
Friday, May 01, 2009
Satan's Rule
"The whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one." Are you swayed? Is it easy to see how much is wrong yet breaking through to show us glimpses of heaven is joy, the light, real goodness.
LS at 10:37am May 1
No! every time a bad thought or moment comes, I pray and tell God to kick him in the tail and get him out of my head. Reach higher and look forward.
LS at 10:37am May 1
No! every time a bad thought or moment comes, I pray and tell God to kick him in the tail and get him out of my head. Reach higher and look forward.
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