tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54678613450288813202024-03-05T02:14:05.936-06:00Walking the Wild PathAnn Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-24434708240009559892021-01-20T15:18:00.000-06:002021-01-20T15:18:12.277-06:00Called to Be the Light<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", "Book Antiqua", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px;">In America, today is the inauguration of our new president, elected in the most hotly contested election in our history, in a time of great division and stress. It is said his administration’s 100-day plan will “usher in the most aggressive, socialized agenda” in our history. This comes on top of 10 months of a pandemic with over 400 thousand deaths, civil unrest, and various lockdowns which have led to massive financial strain on everyday people. There are currently 20,000 troops deployed to our nation’s capital, 4 times the number we have in Afghanistan and Iraq combined. Big tech has censored many with opposing views, and cancel culture is raging. It’s an unsettling time. It’s an unprecedented time.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", "Book Antiqua", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.8em;">But it’s a time God has chosen to placed us in. Whether we like it or not, you and I were apparently created for such a time as this. <a href="https://annwilds.com/2021/01/20/called-to-be-a-light/" target="_blank">Click to read more</a></p>Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-58650040804344939022021-01-08T18:02:00.003-06:002021-01-08T18:02:34.633-06:00Behold the Plan<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", "Book Antiqua", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px;">The wonder of creation shouts out the presence of the Creator, whether it’s the largest star in the galaxy or this little, insignificant mushroom on my path in the woods</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", "Book Antiqua", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.8em;">The intricate attention to detail reflects a master plan, and a master plan necessitates a master planner. The fingerprints of God are there for all who have eyes to see.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino LT STD", "Book Antiqua", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 1.8em;">Those same fingerprints are on you, too. His hand ...<a href="https://annwilds.com/2021/01/08/behold-the-plan/" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-90970069000063589922020-11-25T21:37:00.000-06:002020-11-25T21:37:08.918-06:00Grateful & Grieving <p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #0000f6; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don’t know about you, but that’s how I’m feeling this Thanksgiving. My guess is I’m far from alone.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #0000f6; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;">Most of you know that expressing gratitude is highly beneficial. It lowers stress responses, wards off negativity, and opens the heart to light, goodness, and grace. In short, those of us who adopt an attitude of gratitude tend to be the happiest people. </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;">But there is more to life than blessings. There’s hurt and pain and sorrow. Should we ignore them? Absolutely not. Expressing grief, acknowledging the loss, is also critically important to emotional well-being. </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;">Grief stems from a <a href="https://annwilds.com/2020/11/26/grateful-grieving/" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000f6;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Rage Italic";"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></span></span></b></div>Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-13335480405904037212020-07-28T07:25:00.000-05:002020-07-28T07:25:23.718-05:00Watch Out for Sparks<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">We live on a few heavily wooded acres
that I call the Magic Forest. Part of life here involves picking up fallen sticks
and eventually burning them. We’d hesitated to do anything with this year’s stack
for fear that sparks might spread through the woods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">What made this year different,
you ask? Well, conditions changed. A 100-year-old pine tree died suddenly on
the edge of the clearing where we burn becoming a fire hazard. To be safe, we
had a tree company out recently to remove it. </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Did you know that wildfires have already
damaged nearly 1.9 million acres in America so far this year? Fire </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">moves
quickly and spreads rapidly anywhere conditions are hot, dry, and brittle, be
it in forest, in grasses, or in human hearts...<a href="https://annwilds.com/2020/07/28/watch-out-for-sparks/">Read More</a></span></p>
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Last night my fortune cookie was without a fortune. It was disappointing, a bit sad, and certainly not what I expected. But there was...<a href="https://annwilds.com/2020/06/05/when-life-and-cookies-disappoint/" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-54672062644547326462020-04-19T18:41:00.001-05:002020-04-19T18:41:49.387-05:00He Has a Plan For You<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">
Did you know that five hundred years before Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem the prophet Zechariah had foretold it? </div>
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This means that God had... <a href="https://annwilds.com/2020/04/19/he-has-a-plan-for-you/" target="_blank">Read More</a></div>
Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-84245597945263159592020-03-21T14:30:00.000-05:002020-03-21T14:30:04.363-05:00How to Live in the Midst of the Storm<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Most of
you, like me and my family, are experiencing an unprecedented storm, one filled
with uncertainty and fear. We didn’t expect it, may have been ill-prepared for
it, and certainly don’t know when it will all end.</span></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It brings to mind another group of people who, too, were caught up in a
sudden and dreadful storm, not a COVID-19 storm but... <a href="https://annwilds.com/2020/03/21/how-to-live-in-the-midst-of-the-storm/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">READ MORE </span></a>.</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-77958574956379826332019-06-18T06:23:00.000-05:002019-06-20T16:29:53.985-05:00Wisdom First<br />
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If you want a truly successful life, seek wisdom before you act. Just because something seems right to you, doesn’t mean it’s always the right thing to do. Proverbs 14:12 makes it clear that a way that seems right to a person can instead lead to death, a death that includes relationships, finances, and even dreams. Before you take action, consider: </div>
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Today, and everyday, I want eveything about my life, the way I choose to think, act, and speak, to reflect the belief I confess to have. But I am a flawed person, proned to respond out of my fallen nature instead of my transformed spirit. I can’t do it in my own power.<br />
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The more time I spend with God, in communication with Him, worshipping His goodness and basking in His love, the more like Him I become.The more of the Word that I read, memorize, and meditate on, the more my thoughts align with His.<br />
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Both of these help me grow into a more mature believer, moving away from the world and closer to heaven. But the flesh is something that you and I have to die to daily, sometimes moment by moment.<br />
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an imperfect man of faith who chose to fight against the darkness, not with the violence or hatred that comes so easily to the human heart, but with love. Powered by his faith in God, he strove to rise above the injustices and prejudices of his day, and those of all time, and in turn lift each one of us up with him.</div>
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His words, and his example, stand as a beacon of hope lighting the path to unity and brotherhood. Not a unity of black or white, yellow or brown. Nor a brotherhood of rich or poor, liberal or conservative, educated or uneducated. Neither a world of separate but equal or reversed favoritism. But a fellowship of oneness of all, where we are judged solely by the content of our character.</div>
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His choices, like mine and yours, shaped his character, and his character in turn shaped his choices. Martin Luther King Jr. chose the way of light and love, and in doing so shaped his character from that of an imperfect man to a great human being.</div>
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There is much we can learn from him, but instead of telling you what I think that might be, I’ll let his words speak for themselves.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure nor avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“When I took up the cross I recognized it’s meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I just want to do God’s will.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The gospel at its best deals with the whole man, not only his soul but his body, not only his spiritual well-being, but his material well being as well.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We may all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what’s important.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, ‘<q style="box-sizing: border-box; quotes: &quot;">White Power!’</q> — when nobody will shout, ‘<q style="box-sizing: border-box; quotes: &quot;">Black Power!’</q>—but everybody will talk about God’s power and human power.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Whatever you life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Nonviolence means avoiding not only physical violence but also violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.“</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Never forget that everything Hitler did was legal.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“As my suffering mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation—either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the later course.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”</li>
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Be blessed today, my friend.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">It's the beginning of a new year, a new day, and a new chapter in life. It sits before you like an<br />unopened gift, and you have no idea what it holds inside. Will it be everything you’ve hope for, or something else altogether? That part isn’t up to you, but how you use it is. </span></div>
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My prayer for you this year is that God will pour out blessings upon you, fulfilling dreams and providing abundance. But should the gift fall short of your desires, may you always trust the good that He will bring from it.</div>
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Have you ever stopped to consider the impact a group, whether it’s just a few people or a large number, can have on the individuals within it? Peer pressure is just one example of the influence groups have on behavior. We’ve all witnessed it up close—my apologies to the owner of the house I helped cover in toilet paper back in high school—but the influence of others on our lives extends far beyond just temporary actions.</div>
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There is actually a science to group behavior that’s studied by social psychologists. It reveals predictable patterns in the way other people influence our attitudes and actions. Certain types of personalities are more easily influenced, but we’re all affected to various degrees.</div>
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Research shows that over time we become the average of the five people we associate with the most. We begin to model those around us as a natural result of group dynamics, and the more time spent together the greater the impact on our lives. While we often see the end result of its negative impact in news stories and on our criminal justice system, the same power can be harnassed for good.</div>
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Who you spend your time and energy with is crucial to your life’s trajectory. If your desire is to be successful, surround yourself with hardworking, determined people. If you want to grow more Christlike, spend time with passionate people of faith. If you value financial stability, seek out fiscally responsible people. If you want to live a life of positivity, avoid negative, fault-finding complainers.</div>
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This doesn’t mean you should never associate with your existing friends or family group if they don’t match your goals and values. What it means is that you intentionally walk through life with people who are already headed in the direction you want to go.</div>
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When it comes to daily life you should love everyone, but choose your inner circle with great care. <span style="font-weight: bold;">They should inspire the best version of yourself</span>, not the basest.</div>
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Be blessed my friend,</div>
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Recently I witnessed a beautiful sight as God spoke life in the midst of the ordinary. He knew that His daughter was going through a difficult time, and used a stranger to buy her lunch and leave a love-note from Him. It wasn’t much, but in that moment it was everything to her.</div>
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In difficult times we sometimes forget, and can even doubt, that He sees or cares what we’re going through. If that’s you today be encouraged. He saw her and He sees you, no matter where you are, even in a fast food drive-thru line.</div>
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He knows and understands the present difficulty you’re going through and feels your pain. Jesus has already walked the path before you and walks it now beside you. He is with you in your hurting. He is with you in the trenches. And He is with you in the fight. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">You. Are. Not. Alone.</span></div>
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Be blessed my friend,<br />
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“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I’m participating
in a 21-day worry-free group on Facebook, and the word for today is endurance.
It’s an attribute that many of us lack, because it’s one that must be
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">It’s really not
a natural thing for us to willingly go through difficulties, especially extended
ones, much less go through them with a positive attitude. Our brain and body
were created to quickly move us away from any form of danger, pain, or
suffering. When we can’t or don’t move away, the mechanisms inherent to the
fight or flight response continue to escalate within us, often leading to
stress, anxiety, and even depression. And while this response is <i>natural</i>,
we don’t have to be <i>ruled by our nature</i>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Our mind has
the power to counter the responses. Did you know that our brain and body
react exactly the same way to false danger as they do to real danger? Our
mental perspective results in our physical response. If we perceive the
situation in a negative light, our bodies respond accordingly. But if we frame
that same situation in a positive light, we are able to remain more at peace.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">For the sake of
clarity, I’m not talking about actual trauma. But for anything less, reframing
can be very beneficial.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Here is a
simple example, suppose you are traveling and find your connecting flight
delayed. I speak from personal experience as it has happened many times. If you
perceive the delay in a negative way, you’ll feel stressed and may even act out
in anger. But if you reframe that delay as a chance to finish your report,
explore the airport, or an opportunity to be kind to a stranger, you won’t feel
stressed. You just might feel blessed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Asking the
right types of questions is one of my favorite re-framing tools. Instead of
questions like:</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Why is
this happening to me?</span></li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Why is my
co-worker so mean to me?</span></li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Why isn’t
life fair?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Try asking
questions like:</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What can I
learn from this?</span></li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">How can I
use this to get better?</span></li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">How will I
glorify God in this?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Asking better
questions leads to better outcomes. The first types of questions are victim
questions. They reflect powerlessness, focusing on things beyond our control.
The second types of questions are victor questions. They are empowerin</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">g, focusing on what we can control. The
situation doesn’t change, but our outlook and attitude does. And sometimes with
a better attitude, we find that we can actually change the situation because
we are no longer stuck in a trap of limiting beliefs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">The victim trap
is no place for anyone to remain, but most especially a child of the Most High.
So, I want to encourage you today, should you find yourself there, to pull out
your Bible and apply it to your circumstance. It’s a great source of wisdom and
of authority on controlling your mind. Below are just a few. Study them, pick
one or two to memorize, or write them out and place them where you’ll see them.
Claim the power God has given you.</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil. 4:8 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Col. 3:2 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:5-6 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 1 Peter 10: 3-4 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. Prov. 4:23 NCV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, – 2 Cor. 10:5 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:13 ESV</span></i></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">When we work
together with the power of the Holy Spirit to reframe the struggles of the day,
we can leave stress and worry behind and, in faith, walk with endurance the
path set before us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Be blessed
today.</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and
perfects our faith. </span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><br />
<i>Hebrews 12:1b-2a</i></span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Ann Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552741647548427251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467861345028881320.post-25718805263325429882018-06-28T19:13:00.000-05:002018-06-28T19:13:19.694-05:00What Happens When We Forget <span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The Old
Testament is full of stories of forgetting and its consequences. Time and time
again, the Israelites would forget God and all the things He had done for them.
Theirs was a cycle of
suffering-repentance-rescue-forgetting-sinfulness-suffering.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;">As a young Christian, I would
find myself time and again growing frustrated </span><span style="margin: 0px;">with
them any time </span><span style="margin: 0px;">I read their stories. They were such self-centered,
disrespecting idiots. How in the world did God not simply destroy them all!?
Thankfully the Bible isn’t a story of worldly justice, but a window into God’s
<i>amazing grace.</i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Now that I have walked with Him
much longer, my reaction is somewhat different when I read these same stories
in the Pentateuch. While I may still find myself irritated with them, I can
also see myself reflected there. How many times have I myself forgotten? It
makes me grateful that God is as faithful to me today as He was to them. He is
true to the Covenant even when I’m not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">If we’re honest, none of us are
much different than the Israelites that God rescued from Egypt. We, too, get
caught up in life and allow the momentary circumstances we’re in to dictate our
thoughts and behaviors. With our eyes on this world we forget about all that
God has done for us and fail to wait on His direction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">When we forget how faithful He
has been, we worry about the future, we worry about today. When we forget how
much He loves us and all the ways He’s shown us that love, we doubt His
goodness and stress over our needs. When we forget the many prayers He’s
already answered, we think and act as if it all depends on us. And when we
forget about His sacrifice for us on the cross, we put ourselves first and live
by our desires.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Our forgetting doesn’t always
result in sin, but it does always block us from the inner peace that only comes
when we stay close by His side. So, in case you find yourself in a time of
forgetting today, I’m sharing a simple prayer I pray when I find myself there.
May it help you remember the goodness and faithfulness of our God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Be bless my friend,</span></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i>Ann</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Father
God,</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Help
me to remember all the mercy and grace You have given me. When I start to
worry, remind me of Your faithfulness. When I start to rely on my works, remind
me of Your strength. And when I start to go my own way, turn my eyes to the
cross. Never let me forget the bondage of sin that Your loving sacrifice freed
me from. I believe in Your goodness, I believe in Your truth, and I believe in
Your word. When I doubt, help my unbelief.</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">In
Jesus’ holy name I pray.</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Amen</span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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An involved father is an often undervalued yet crucial component of healthy child development. Studies show that in homes where there is a warm father-child relationship, a child is twice as likely to enter college, 75 percent less likely to have a child as a teen, 80 percent less likely to end up in jail, and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #111111; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 34.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> half as likely to develop depression.</span></div>
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While I didn’t grow up with a good father, my husband is a tremendous one. Watching him over the years has given me glimpses into the very character of God. I’ve often told my daughter that if I did nothing else right as a mother I gave her the very best daddy possible. The two of them are very close.</div>
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So in honor of my husband, and all the other good fathers out there, I created this Father’s Day graphic and am making it free for you to download. The 8 x 10 printable simply needs to be printed, trimmed, and framed.</div>
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It’s an easy, but heart-felt way to show your favorite father just how important he is to your world. <a href="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/a-fathers-strength.pdf" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: &quot; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" title="A Father's Strength">Grab your copy here. </a></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">I thought I knew all
about love, that is, until the day I first became a mother. In an instant, my
view of life and what was important transformed and I begin to live with my
heart outside of myself. Every mother I talk to has experienced the same thing,
and I’d heard it before I became a mother too, but I just didn’t understand it
in full. Some things are simply too profound for words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">It was motherhood that
opened my eyes to begin to really understand the depth of God’s love for us. As
deep and strong as they were, all the feelings and thoughts I had, and the
actions I took for my daughter were pale echoes of how God viewed me as His
daughter. I am finite but He is infinite. If my love is unconditional and
everlasting, His is even more so.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Every stage of
motherhood has brought me more insight into His character and relationship with
us. My current lesson is just how much He misses us when we are far away from
Him. My little daughter is grown now and lives in Japan with her wonderful
Airman husband. We’re counting the time until they return home to us, much as God
longs for all people to be with Him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Just as motherhood
gave me more insight into God, it also gave me more insight to my own mother. I
now could understand the depth of her meaning when she would tell me she loved
me the mostest. A few weeks ago, we laid her remains to rest. Always a
giver, she’d donated her body to medical science when she died. When the medical
school was done, they returned her ashes to us.<img alt="mother's day printable for blog w edits" class=" wp-image-623 alignright" data-attachment-id="623" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="mother’s day printable for blog w edits" data-large-file="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/mothers-day-printable-for-blog-w-edits.jpeg?w=381&h=476?w=556" data-medium-file="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/mothers-day-printable-for-blog-w-edits.jpeg?w=381&h=476?w=240" data-orig-file="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/mothers-day-printable-for-blog-w-edits.jpeg?w=381&h=476" data-orig-size="556,694" data-permalink="https://annwilds.com/2018/05/02/free-printable-for-mothers-day/mothers-day-printable-for-blog-w-edits/#main" height="476" sizes="(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px" src="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/mothers-day-printable-for-blog-w-edits.jpeg" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3d596d; float: right; font-family: &font-size:16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 475.56px; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 16px 0 16px 16px; max-width: 680px; orphans: 2; outline-color: #777777; outline-style: solid; outline-width: 1px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0;" width="381" /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
honor of my mother, and mother’s everywhere, I created this graphic and am
making it free for you to download. The 8 x 10 printable simply needs to be
printed, trimmed, and framed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s
an easy, but heart-felt way to show your favorite mother how much her love
lights your world.</span></span></div>
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You can <a href="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/motherslove-8x10.pdf" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: &quot; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Motherslove 8x10">download it here. </a></div>
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I found this teeny, tiny flower <img alt="createdtobloom.png" class="alignright wp-image-616" height="362" src="https://annwilds.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/createdtobloom.png?w=946" style="float: right; height: 362px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 16px; max-width: 1000px;" width="362" />in the woods this morning. Many would dismiss it as a weed, yet it’s still effective at it’s job producing pollen to propagate it’s species. It’s also quite pretty to look at if you take the time.</div>
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You and I have much in common with this little plant. Christianity and a life centered on Christ aren't overly popular these days. And even in Christian circles we may feel overlooked. But be encouraged.</div>
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Not everyone is going to appreciate you or what you have to offer, but that doesn’t change it’s importance. Whether your fan base numbers in the thousands or is only one, you continue to joyfully use your abilities, whatever they may be, to fulfill God’s purpose.</div>
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Never forget that you, my friend, were created to bloom.</div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">When my daughter
was little we often played with modeling clay. I loved its silky texture in my
fingers, soft and malleable just waiting for us to craft it into…well, more. At
times the clay was hard and stiff when we first unwrapped it and we’d have to
push and pull, and poke and prod it, before it was useful. In our hands, it
would eventually transform back into something soft and supple. Now we could
begin to work with it, forming shapes, cutting off a bit here, carving other
bits there, until it finally looked like we intended, or at least it was a
rough approximation to it. Nothing we made would sell as fine art, but still I
keep two of our creations on my window sill, smiling when I see them from the
sweet memory of times gone by.</span></div>
<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Sometimes though, we’d grow bored and put it aside before
creating anything, but a real potter won’t leave a lump of clay partially
formed. With care, he molds it with his hands, pinching and pressing it until
it takes the shape necessary to fulfill its intended purpose. Maybe it will be
an elaborate sculpture or perhaps just a simple pitcher, but either way it’s
only while the clay is pliable that it can be made into something more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">We live in a fallen world. People do horrible things to one
another. Natural disasters, disease, and death abound. But don’t allow the
sorrows of this life to harden you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Instead of asking<em style="border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt windowtext; font-family: "&quot",serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"> “Why me?”</span></em> when
troubles come, and they will come, consider asking <em style="border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><span style="border-image: none; border: 1pt windowtext; font-family: "&quot",serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;">“How can this be used to
glorify you, God?”</span></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "&quot",serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">When you remain yielded, He will mold every tear, every wound,
and every heartache into beauty and purpose in your life. Your Potter is always
working to mold you into so much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being human, we’re all capable of being grumps. But that doesn’t mean it’s ok to remain that way. So, I took a deep breath, gave myself a stern talking to, and proceeded with a full on attitude adjustment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chapter 4 in the book of Ephesians is a great resource for showing us exactly how to cleanse unhealthy thoughts and negative mental states. It begins with recognizing (v.22) that our thinking has tainted, and making the choice to fully put it away. That’s followed by earnest prayer, asking (v.23) the Holy Spirit to renew our mind and give us an attitude (v.24) that aligns with Christ. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we follow the Word, fully yielding to the Spirit, an inner shift occurs. But when we fail to do so, we give place to the devil (v.27) in our life and fall easily into sin. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I hope I don’t need another one soon, it would be wishful thinking to expect to never need one. But the next time my attitude is in need of an adjustment, I know just exactly where to turn. </span><br />
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People sometimes complain about other people’s social media posts being filled with how well their life is going, how happy their relationships, and how special their children. The problem, they say, is that it can’t be true, no one’s life is that perfect, and they just need to stop pretending. But they’re wrong.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀</div>
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The problem has nothing at all to do with what someone else posts on their own social media, whether true or not. But everything to do with where you and I place our attention. God gave each of us unique life paths. Your path is not mine, my path is not yours, and the person posting on social media has their own path, too. We have no idea what they have walked through, or are walking through.</div>
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The root of every sin is in where we choose to turn our eyes. When our attention is fixed on other people, our thoughts turn easily to what we feel we lack. Instead, look to God and His grace and glory. The only time we should focus on other people is when we look to see where we can give them help. We all rise best by lifting others. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀</div>
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Traveling with my mom as a child, we often found ourselves lost or at least on the wrong road. She'd start the trip off fine, but frequently distracted, would miss an exit or a turn. She wouldn't stop and turn around, even if she noticed the error right away. Her mindset was that as long as we were going in the general direction we'd be fine. Instead of a few minutes to correct our course, her approach was known to take an entire day or two of extra travel. It drove me crazy. Once I reached adulthood, she was my passenger on road trips. </div>
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Are you someplace in life you don’t want to be, feeling lost and frustrated? Perhaps you’ve been thrown off course by circumstances outside of your control, or maybe it’s because of poor decisions you’ve made. Either way, it doesn’t much matter how you got there, what’s done is done. You can’t ever go back and change the past. What matters is what you do about it today. You have the power to change direction. The future is up to you. </div>
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You can stay where you are, wandering in the wilderness of life—unhappy, angry, and, frustrated—far from your desired destination, or you can choose to make a change. <em style="line-height: 27.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The power is yours.</em> You can determine to move forward each and every day.</div>
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<em>Whenever you find yourself somewhere other than where your purest self should be, simply turn.</em></h4>
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Turn away from the dark and towards the light. Turn away from the mire of self-loathing, turn back from the pit of acting out, and turn and run from the chains of temptation.</div>
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You won’t reach your destination immediately, but if you continue to take steps of faith in the right direction, you will end up on the sweet road to home.</div>
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<em style="line-height: 27.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.'”</em><br style="line-height: 27.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><em style="line-height: 27.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Jeremiah 6:16a ESV</em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">You know, following Christ isn't an easy life. It is
<b>a blessed life,</b> it is <b>a grace-filled life</b>, but it’s certainly
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Though we are His, our human nature didn’t just
disappear. We still have our old habits and desires. Like every other
human that walks the earth, we have tendencies to be self-focused and
involved, more concerned with ourselves and our own comfort than anyone
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><i>But God calls
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">For though our human nature remains, our spiritual
nature is changed the moment we accepted Christ as Savior. The Holy
Spirit now lives inside of us. And with that spiritual change
comes the power for us to be different, to live our lives as a
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">But for us to answer the call to be different than
the world, we actually have to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>be</i></b> different.
We have to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">think differently, respond differently, and love differently</i></b>.
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human nature. He calls us to: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light;"></span></div>
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our thoughts (2 Corinthians 10:5)</span></li>
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enemies (Matthew 5:44)</span></li>
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God (Proverbs 3:5)</span></li>
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love (Colossians 3:14)</span></li>
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our haters (Romans 12:14)</span></li>
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peace with others (Romans 12:18)</span></li>
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our mouth (James 1:26)</span></li>
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flesh (Galatians 5:19-21)</span></li>
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He would never tell us to do something that we didn’t have the
capacity for. Like babies learning to walk, it may not be natural, it may not
be comfortable, and it certainly may not be easy, but what He calls us to
do <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>is</i></b><i> </i>possible.
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nature wants to respond differently than the Spirit living inside you, remember
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">And though we may falter and fail, as I do
daily, we never stop striving. So that through the power of
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claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. —1 John </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">2:6</span></i></b></span></div>
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