I am blessed to have been surrounded my entire life by Christians more mature than me, who have been great examples of how a mature follower of Jesus should behave. McNaul and other youth directors. Yearwood. Bill Murray. Marsh. Apostel. Eric Arps. Andy. Louie. John Harrell. Joe. Rob. My other friend Reid. Lee. Dan Rice. Brian. There are no Lone Ranger Christians. I can’t keep myself from gathering together and expect not to backslide, much less grow in Christ.
While I continually fall short, I know in my mind what I should do, how I should react, what I should say. I have grown in Christ over the years, and hopefully will continue to grow to be more Christlike. I see others who weren’t blessed to have the same life experiences as me, and pray to God for words, actions, and deeds to help draw them closer to Christ.
Paul David Tripp: “The Christian life is not about grand heroic moments, but rather about faithfulness in a hundred thousand mundane moments of daily life.”
Andy Stanley: “do for one, what you wish you could do for everyone.”
YOUSSEF: a very good devotional about getting out of my comfort zone and taking risks, not exactly my strong point. Similarly, the show about Jesus – The Chosen – had a recent episode about Jesus feeding the five thousand. Very interesting to see the disciples’ reaction – before, during, and after the event. Right after that Jesus walked on the water.
DENISON: refusing the biblical call to forgiveness makes conflict ever more painful, more protracted, and more pervasive. If someone “slaps you on the right cheek” and you “turn to him the other also” (Matthew 5:39), you break the cycle of vengeance and escalation. If you strike back, however, you feed the fire of animosity and retribution.
Michael Kruger, president of the Reformed Theological Seminary, explains: “To believe in Christian morals, without actually believing in Christianity, can only be sustained temporarily.” This is because “morality works best when it flows from a transformed human heart, not when it is merely forced by external laws. The healthiest cultures are the ones where morality flows naturally and internally.”
Meant to check on the GT game but got busy with work. Getting that win yesterday might save Pasner’s job for another year, you think? Worked until 5:30 then stopped by Kroger on the way home. M had made black beans with Old Bay seasoning (Lang needs to try this out) so I made quesadillas for supper. M also changed out the burned out headlight in my car.
Started watching a movie that seemed to be good, Destination Wedding, with Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. Pretty good. Not sure if you ever watch The Voice. It’s Ceil’s favorite, especially the initial auditions. The 24 year old young woman on there last night was tremendous, from Windemere Florida.
W&MC and Shivonne are flying to DC right now, for a national 4H meeting of the young people MC works with. Last year the weather was blustery, so hopefully it will be nicer this year. Yesterday Ceil took Shivonne to the Botanical Gardens. Will was working downtown at Hughes Spaulding Children’s Hospital.
Work continues on the front of our house, rerouting water away from the front door. Looking good. The workers left their junk trailer in the driveway, so I parked my car out of the way in the garage. Then C blocked it in when she got home. This morning I took the Corolla down to play golf, forgetting tonight is the monthly Hot Stove meeting in Cumming. I took three people up there, so after getting to work late this morning I had to leave early this afternoon.
I should quit reading these rumor-mongoring clickbait articles, like this one saying Florida QB Anthony Richardson might be the number one overall pick. Especially after just reading that lately its been the successful college QBs that have been having the most success in the pros. The Athletic’s Seth Emerson said. Even Stetson’s combine performance appeared to improve his draft status, making him a possible third round pick. Hence the reasoning behind Seth’s ranking (above).
Article: how to give a good, sincere apology. I save articles like this for my own information. Haven’t read all of this one yet but it looked good.
Glad to see that at least two of my old classmates from Macon are following Andy Stanley on social media.
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