Stress

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How to Handle Stuff Like 2020 Sep 29, 2020 It is the moment that absolutely will happen with any cross-cultural worker, educator or missionary…
Infinite Unseen Strength Jul 26, 2020 A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.~Jordan Peterson O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O…
Emptiness of Soul Is The Beginning of Life in The Spirit May 29, 2018 Tell me not, in mournful numbers, “Life is but an empty dream!” For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is…
Joy in The Morning: Expecting His Goodness Mar 5, 2018 And Grace calls out, ‘You are not just a disillusioned old man who may die soon, a middle-aged woman stuck in a job and desperately wanting to get out, a young person feeling the fire in…
Uzziah Days: The Times of Our Coming Undone Jan 18, 2018 It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. In every cloud he brings, God wants us to unlearn something. God’s purpose in the cloud is to simplify our…
God Our Battle Fighter! Aug 22, 2017 This reminds all of us who have given public testimony of our faith in Christ, that we are still in an enemy’s country. You remember how Bunyan (to quote the great Dreamer again) represents Christiana and…
Suffering: Warfare in The Hornet’s Nest of Our Mind Jun 25, 2017 When you’re lovers in a dangerous time Sometimes you’re made to feel as if your love’s a crime — But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight — Got to kick at the darkness…
Crushing Loads: Handling Stress in Life Jun 9, 2017 When the turbulence comes, it is time to simplify life and stay within the grace of only one day at a time, everything else being largely the projections of imaginations, full of wind and fury, signifying…
The Crushing Loads We Should Not Carry Mar 18, 2017 I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden.” ~Saint Augustine…
Anxiety: Put it Down Child Mar 6, 2017 God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day…
Fighting Against Battle Momentum: Learning to Be At Ease Nov 10, 2016 In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition divine strength is found for the hard…
Forever Beyond the Great Sadness Sep 9, 2016 Bittersweet is a word not understood by most. Only them who have heard the enormous roar of His quiet Peace above the storm through which they have passed, know this word’s true sense.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos…
No, Is A Complete Sentence Jul 29, 2016 “No.,” is a complete sentence. It does not require justification or explanation. ~ Megan LeBoutillier I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes,…
The Devil’s Self-Defeating Strategy Apr 16, 2016 Among the small but endlessly abundant and therefore very effective things that science ought to heed more than the great, rare things, is goodwill. I mean those expressions of a friendly disposition in interactions, that smile…
The Beauty And Stress of Renewal Mar 8, 2016 God entrusted his reputation to ordinary people. Yet in some way invisible to us, those ordinary people filled with the Spirit are helping to restore the universe to its place under the reign of God. At…
Living Heavenly Minded Jan 6, 2016 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
Escaping Escape-Hatch Thinking Nov 8, 2015 God speaks to us unceasingly through the events of our life, through the firmness with which he negates our petty human ordering of it, through the regularity with which he disappoints our plans and our attempts…
Stack Overflow Stress: A Re-post on Change Management Oct 28, 2015 To lie down in the time of grief, to be quiet under the stroke of adverse fortune, implies a great strength. But I know of something that implies a strength greater still. It is the power…
Vicious Providence Oct 15, 2015 True triumphs are God’s triumphs over us. His defeats of us are our real victories.~Henry Alford (1810-1871) Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And…
Breathable Atmosphere Sep 16, 2015 A re-post on culture stressFaith does not struggle; faith lets God do it all.~ Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear…
Like A Bullet Into Molasses Sep 13, 2015 A re-post as this writer enters his third culture in just over three years.The immutability of God appears in its most perfect beauty when viewed against the mutability of men. In God no change is possible;…
Traction, And The Illusion of Control Sep 9, 2015 The life you live can outlive you. What matters in life is not what you accomplish or accumulate but rather what remains for all of time. Today, you may live in this world, but your life…
Going to Ground Aug 25, 2015 Do we feel dry, weary, filled with a sense of failure? In the twinkle of an eye we can relate our mood to Jesus Who one day felt the same way and collapsed exhausted by a…
Wobbly-Hearted Courage Aug 12, 2015 Hold my faith for me! I cannot grasp it right now!~ An African mother in travail of childbirth, to her attendants. The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of…
Training in Goodness: Finding Life in Facing Death Jul 10, 2015 Blessing those who have hurt you is a decision of your will that may go against how you feel.~ Tony Evans Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and…
Inches from Death, And Totally Alive Jul 8, 2015 Getting honest with ourselves does not make us unacceptable to God. It does not distance us from God, but draws us to Him—as nothing else can—and opens us anew to the flow of grace. While Jesus…
He It Is That Doth Go Before Us Jun 9, 2015 A re-post on Providence… This blogger is looking forward to More and enjoying what He is already Providing…The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind. I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to…
Having The Courage to Hide Mar 25, 2015 Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.― Corrie ten Boom The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. A rich…
Overload Feb 3, 2015 From a couple years ago…. Drop thy still dews of quietness,Till all our strivings cease;Take from our souls the strain and stress,And let our ordered lives confessThe beauty of thy peace.~John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)for “‘In Him…
Amazingly Luminous Beings We Are Jan 2, 2015 It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor…. It is…
Incorrigibly Cheerful! Jun 26, 2014 You are to be incorrigibly cheerful, for you have solid grounds upon which to rejoice!~ Major Ian Thomas Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in…
Friction Aug 8, 2012 We have a bodily machine which we must regulate. God does not regulate it for us. Until we learn to bring the bodily machine into harmony with God’s will, there will be friction, and the friction…