Remind Yourself Everyday That You Matter
Each day, we awake with the choice to be happy or not. As a new day dawns, we have a fresh start to try and focus on hope and positivity, and that includes taking care of or our own psyche. Continue reading “Remind Yourself Everyday That You Matter”
Kindness is not really an act, as much as it is a personal trait. You’re either kind all the time, or your kind only when it suits you. Hopefully, more and more of us are choosing to be kind all of the time, because we should never wait to be kind.
There is some debate as to what it means when Jesus tells us He did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. There is also discussion as to what “law” this refers to. This discussion, is vitally important in the Christian faith, because it relates directly to the way we practice that faith.
Toxic emotions and habits pose a serious threat to our happiness and even our health. Bitterness, or, “resentment,” are particularly dangerous, because they take us off our path of the present and trap us in the past.
Like a growing number of Christians, I’m worried that bad actors with nefarious and personal agendas, are twisting the Christian faith into something dark and foreboding — into something fraudulent.
We hear a great many people proclaiming what “good Christians” they are these days and this begs the question, “are they?” And we should also ask “are we?” We all want to be good Christians, so how do we do that exactly?
Holy Week is both a time of great sorrow, but also of great joy. As we approach Easter, it behooves Christians to give deep and meaningful thought to the incredible sacrifice Jesus made for us all.
Being weary and worn down is a pretty common complaint these days. Whereas technology was supposed to make things easier, it seems to have done just the opposite. Though perhaps its partly our own fault?
One of the most, if not the most beautiful thing about the Christian faith, is that we can always be forgiven. Of course we have to do some things to receive forgiveness, but our sins can be absolved all the same.
I worry that too often, we Christians go off track and forget that earthly “things” are not supposed to be our focus. Its easy to get caught up in the trappings of our physical world and occasionally lose sight of our true mission.