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Choose the Ultimate Make-Over
Every December I take some time to take a good honest look at myself and think about changes I see in myself since last year and changes I'd like to make in the coming year. When I step on the scale, it says I changed in size and shape in 2010; larger and heavier. Yikes! When I look in the mirror I can see some changes; a noticeable increase in the number of wrinkles on my face. Neither of these changes are what I planned for a year ago. To reverse either of these changes will be hard work involving time at the gym and a much better skin care regimen. I know that whether it's a new year or not, God is very interested in changing me each and every day. He wants to transform each one of us into the image of Jesus Christ. And what He really wants to change is not our eating habits or our workout routine, but our minds. Romans 12:2 says that true spiritual transformation comes when we renew our minds. Mind renewal means time invested reading and understanding His Word and less time absorbing the messages of this world. That's all. We don't have to go to the gym, cut our calorie intake or use wrinkle cream and we can be transformed! All we have to do is be open and teachable, and fill our minds with His truth. He will give us the ultimate, extreme make-over day by day, week by week, year by year. |
Rub-a dub-dub
Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 Have you ever known one of those people who think they "know it all"? Well Buddy was sure he did and wanted everyone around him to enjoy the wealth of his knowledge. Buddy was the type of guy that no matter what the subject, he knew just enough to talk about it but not enough to know what he was talking about. Fate finally caught up with him when during medical school, a requirement for one of Buddy's classes was to observe those who had been institutionalized. At a visit to a mental asylum, Buddy, already "showing out" as my mother would say, actually asked the Director a question. He asked what the criterion was that defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub; then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," said Buddy, with great confidence. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup". "No," said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want to be by the wall or near the window?". Lord, forgive my foolish pride. |
Dallas Christian Family Magazine, Jan 2011 Tanya Magnus shares the "3 P's: Overcoming Disappointment". Zig Ziglar is featured on the cover with his "Embracing the Struggle" article. Book: The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham By Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley, this inspiring book shows how Billy Graham personifies the definition of Christian leadership as "character and vision plus the anointing of God." It presents the life example of a trusted and beloved man. |
| How I am Choosing to Soar by Carole McCrea I have never been someone to journal, never had a diary as a kid, never wrote down my thoughts at all - ever. In a recent Bible Study, "Broken Warrior", the leader gave us a journal, not an ordinary journal, but a Praise Journal. We were to write in this journal, not our wants, or plea's, but praises. Praising God for who He is and what He does. My first entry sounded like a second grader. However, during the week, I found the praises coming more freely as I examined all the things that Jesus has given and done for me. Before long, I went to half a page of praise to long sessions of writing. My heart began to nearly burst with the joy, not just from being thankful, but for the actual writing of the words, "Thank You Father for ..." This daily Praising God physically by writing in my Praise Journal, and Spiritually being in contact with Him all day long, without saying Amen, is How I Choose to Soar. I am most definitely a work-in-progress, but the journey has taken on a new dimension. Yes, sprouting wings are wonderful ... but soaring is an adventure I covet for all of you. |
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