Frustration is almost always the result of our will not happening. And for us humans, it's universally about our wanting to impose our will into a situation. It's about needing to control things or people. The concept of control is not only the root of our frustrations but also the root of our fears and our anxieties in life, which can be detrimental not only to our lives but also to the lives of all those that we love and those we interact with. The cause of fear and anxiety is often a … [Read more...] about Overcoming Anxiety
Practical Christain Living
God’s Thoughts on World Conflicts
The conflicts that we see in the world continue to increase. There are conflicts in a number of places in the world today, more than most of us realize. We probably know of the conflict in the area of Israel and Palestine along with the war in Ukraine, but there are many others that we donāt know or hear about. Perhaps we seldom hear of these conflicts because they arenāt impactful enough to warrant any airtime from the news media. The United Nations, however, in its latest press release are … [Read more...] about God’s Thoughts on World Conflicts
Following Politics, Christ, or Both?
What is āpoliticsā? How should we respond to the politics that invade our daily lives in the news, workplace, school and from so many social media platforms?Ā According to Wikipedia (which often conveys modern thought regarding a subject): āPolitics (from the Greek word, politikĆ”, meaning 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources. The … [Read more...] about Following Politics, Christ, or Both?
Conquering Frustration
An author named Jackson Brown wrote, āYou can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these four things: a rainy holiday, lost luggage, a busy store, and tangled Christmas lights. I would definitely add traffic to this list of annoyances. But you probably get that feeling, almost like nails across the chalkboard whenever this list of annoyances is mentioned. Have you ever been frustrated? Of course we all have. Our frustrations are usually caused by small annoyances that eat away at us. … [Read more...] about Conquering Frustration
Are You an Unwilling Mustang?
Some of you may remember, I spoke some years ago about a mustang that I adopted. This is the sequel to that story. I adopted a mustang. It came from the high desert wilderness in Nevada. Heās a good boy. He has good strong legs. He likes to run and he is affectionate. I can generally make him do what I want him to do. Weāve had our differences. Weāve both had our spills, but I like him. The problem is this horse doesnāt focus. He has a problem with focus. He doesnāt … [Read more...] about Are You an Unwilling Mustang?
The Search for Significance
Today, the entire world finds itself in a time of vast, uneasy change, where economic, social, political, and religious turmoil are the rule of the day not the exception. And now, we hear about the advent of AI. Our minds can only imagine how much thatās going to accelerate or increase what is already uneasy change. Already, the constant bombardment produces a toxic environment of unresolved stress. Unresolved stress leads to disconnected lives. Disconnected lives lead to helplessness. … [Read more...] about The Search for Significance
Conditioning the Human Heart
The human heart is something we frequently discuss because there is so much we need to learn and to overcome about ourselves. The heart in this context is a term that simply means what is at the center of a person, who we are, what motivates us and what drives the conditions of our relationships with one another. The spirit in man was given to humans by God enabling them to think and reason and therefore have dominion over the rest of creation (Job 32:8). It also enables a human mind to hurt, … [Read more...] about Conditioning the Human Heart