Search Our Blog Posts
Blog Article Tags
We love building relationships. Subscribe to our blog to receive weekly encouragement in your email inbox.
- Details
Yesterday, a verse that I have heard often since my youth came to mind.
Philippians 4:12 “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Desire and want can be overwhelming. They can possess a person and take over their state of mind.
Learning to live with a desire and want can bring liberation to the holistic body. The secret is Christ. Learning to live and breathe and walk and be carried as we follow his example.
Recently, I was asked how I was going to live with a situation in my life that will most likely never change. I think the answer is found in this verse. I will learn to be content. I will learn not seek to satisfy that desire outside of my relationship with God. He will supply all my needs in Christ and continue to use me as blessing for those around me as I live “content in any and every situation.”
- Details
Communication is a two-way street. We were given two ears and one mouth, which means we should do twice as much listening as talking, right?
This past weekend, I led a ladies’ retreat in Spanish on the topic of communication. It was a blessing to share a timely topic with the ladies in attendance.
Then, Sunday, the sermon for the Spanish service was on communication. It was as if he had read a lot of my notes. Or maybe the Holy Spirit knew I needed a reminder from some of my own lessons.
James 1:19 says we should be “Quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” There’s an order to that advice. Listen first. Then speak, maybe. And don’t let what you hear or say allow you to become angry.
I have realized a greater need lately to not only listen to what someone else says, but to listen carefully to my own words and how I communicate them.
Do I speak with compassion? Do I intimidate? Is my message being heard and understood or rejected because of the way in which I communicate it?
A good challenge on this Makeover Monday…