Comparison basically steals our joy and undermines our God-given purpose. As Christians we want to break-free from comparing ourselves to others.
Category: Soul
Making Room
Making room in your heart requires letting go in the same way you decide to get rid of material possessions. Heart-room requires replacing anger and resentment with forgiveness. Making heart space involves releasing pride, admitting your part in conflict, and determination to soften rock-hard, long-held resentment.
From Worry to Gratitude: A Christian Mindset Shift
Do you find yourself battling worry and irritation? Does your mind wander to the worst cast scenarios? Or maybe you just wake up in a bad mood? For many, this may almost feel like this is our default mindset is looking for what’s wrong. Well, the way science explains it, this is not by accident….
Transform Your Life with Long Term Thinking
Thinking long term is especially challenging in the time in which we are living. Everything is fast food, fast delivery, quick pleasure, short attention spans, and immediate adrenaline fixes. We want everything to happen yesterday. Advertisers exaggerate how quickly we’ll see results if we try their products. Everything is the quick-fix approach. This creates the attitude of: “If I can’t be good at this right away, I don’t want to even try.” Or, if: “I don’t see success quickly, I’m moving on to something else.” I hate to say it, but young people are jumping from job to job. Loyalty is no longer an admired virtue.
Life Goes On
I firmly believe the grief process is different for each of us. For some, grief follows a logical progression; for others, the path is anything but linear. No matter what your grief journey encompasses, it is only for a season, unless you allow grief to define you for the rest of your life.
The Things I Did Right
My entire world changed once I finally accepted and embraced the revelation that I’ll never be able to control the actions of another person. This doesn’t mean ignoring or tolerating abuse, it merely means letting go of the distorted perspective that I can manipulate, command, beg or force another person to behave in an intelligent, considerate or appropriate manner.
Breaking Free from Stagnation – Moving from a Cynical Pessimistic Mindset to a Visionary Mindset
What you do with the first half hour of your morning matters. When we get up and spend time in God’s word and in prayer and we seek his vision for our lives we are speaking to our creator. He knows our hearts and our desires. He designed us to have a relationship with him. But he also gave us free will. If we get up and start scrolling immediately, or we turn on the morning news, we are basically consuming, the world’s advice. We are listening to the world. Our attention is getting pulled toward the most compelling story of the morning. Who we allow to get our attention matters, especially first thing in the morning. If you want to create a compelling future, you have got to get on top of who is getting your attention.
With Gratitude for a Good Father
Each year, with the approach of Father’s Day, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the gift of a good father. I was 34 when Daddy died, and that felt much too soon. There was still so much I wanted to learn from him. Daddy was wise and taught by example. Because my children were young,…
The Perfectionism Mindset vs. Inner-Excellence Mindset
the inner-excellence mindset frees us to focus on growth, effort, and honoring God with our gifts. It values the process over perfection, allowing us to embrace mistakes as opportunities to learn and serve others. Shifting from perfectionism to inner excellence brings peace and joy because it aligns our purpose with God’s grace, not worldly validation.
Closing Life Chapters and Opening New Ones
When life chapters close for others, and their decision impacts us, even indirectly, it sometimes feels like it’s ours. However, remember, it’s about them, not about you.