[This is the first of fourteen passages that sustained me in the while in the dark.] James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, …
Unhooking from the bumper (On forgiveness) part three
I was feeling pretty good about all this letting go stuff when I ran into a snag, one of the many snags in the Bible on which I’ve gotten hung up. I got to thinking about Jesus’ prayer from the cross, “Father, forgive them…” He didn’t look down at his wild-eyed crucifiers and say “I …
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Unhooking from the bumper (On forgiveness) part two
[Here's a draft of the second of three parts on forgiving... All one chapter in the forthcoming memoir I'm planning to publish soonish...] Forgiving small things is easy, like when the neighbor didn’t pick up after their dog and I stepped in it, or like that time the barber used the wrong number clipper on …
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Unhooking from the bumper (On forgiving) part one
(Another small random piece of the Memoir...) We cannot go back and undo the damage of yesterday, but we can undo the damage it is causing today. We do that with the act of forgiveness. Steve Arterburn We must develop the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid …
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“Dad, we gotta get us some tattoos!”
When the handwritten message on the wall became clear that our marriage was finished before we actually crossed the finished line (the “till death do us part” part), I was in such emotional turmoil I wanted to put some distance between me and the pain. I craved escape. Thinking out loud I said the same …
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