We all reflect something, but if the only time we sparkle is when we're reflecting other people's light, it begs the question: Why is your own light so dim? And if the only time you feel good about yourself is when other people give you attention, it begs the question: Why can't you give yourself [...]
What does it mean—to be a light in the darkness? What's a practical way to let the light in you shine? We have to shine brightly, because the less we shine, the lower the light, the longer the shadows. "If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, [...]
"The first step in asceticism the desert will teach you is purification from haste, agitation, impatience, pressure. In the desert you have to get rid of the 'master of the situation' complex. You find that you are little, insignificant, squeezed in on a waiting bench. No one takes any notice of your needs. Your name [...]
When people break your heart, and they surely will ... With what will you fill the bleeding, gaping cracks? Wet cement or fiery, liquid gold? Wet cement will certainly harden well. Leave that heart fortified. Powerful Gold, on the other hand, is a soft, weak metal. Weathers poorly. But oh, how it shines in the [...]
You know when you watch chick flicks and they're lying on the car on some overlook pointing out the stars, and one of them starts naming the constellations. Writers put stuff like that into books and movies because it triggers our spirit-soul connection with the source of all creativity. And when you're outdoors yourself some [...]
Remember [your Creator]—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecc. 12:6). Words speak life or death, [...]
What does it mean - to be a light in the darkness? What's a practical way to let the light in you shine? We have to shine brightly, because the less we shine, the lower the light, the longer the shadows. The valley is Psalms 23 is only the valley of the SHADOW of death. [...]
