It is in times of personal trauma and chaos our Sunday School Christianity will disappear. Poof. Gone (please take the flannel boards with you).
When the storm hits, our desperate longing of God hits unprecedented levels. Manning says it is here where self consciousness and self awareness disappear. We are left with being alone with THE [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hurting’
30 Nov
Radical Amazement
20 Nov
The Disease to Please
On our way to maturity, we all stumble.
And in this stumble, revelation often occurs.
We climb the wrong ladders leaned against the wrong walls. We search for happiness in the wrong places, often in a desperate attempt to people please. “The disease to please,” as psychologist Harriet Braiker likes to call it, is a form of [...]
17 Nov
Spinning Plates
Plate spinning is a circus manipulation art where a person spins plates on poles without them falling off. The unbroken world record for spinning multiple plates, verified as a Guinness World Record is held by David Spathaky, who spun 108 plates simultaneously in Bangkok, Thailand on television in 1996.
June 3, 2009 I stopped trying to [...]
10 Nov
An Energy Collapse…
There will come a point for all of us when we experience an all-consuming, emotionally traumatic life event.
As I type this, I’m in one now.
Being an old Sociology Major, I continue to be intrigued with the human response to various stimuli…even my own. If you struggle like I do with control, traumatic life events trump [...]
9 Nov
“The Furious Longing of God”
I am my Beloved’s, and His desire is for me. – Song of Solomon 7:10
If we could somehow get that…wow… things would be so different.
On the encouragement from my 2nd favorite all time author, Brennan Manning, I’ve been praying the above verse…over and over and over. The spiritual transformation has begun. Brennan tells me that [...]
6 Nov
It’s No Sin to Hurt
I am hurting.
Perhaps you are too. I know others around us are…
And the sad part is sometimes, in the midst of our greatest pain, those within our circles pull away. Oh, it’s not always intentional, though I believe mostly it is.
We all go through seasons of life where God chooses to allow pain to draw [...]
25 Nov
Does Anyone Care!!!
Why is she laughing?
Why are they enjoying their lunch?
Why are they playing music and talking commercials on the radio?
Don’t they know that my world just came crashing down?
Why isn’t THE world mourning MY world?
Have you been there? Have you experienced a tragedy in you life that so consumes you that you feel disconnected with life [...]
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