Can just anyone sacrifice? What's your excuse?

Watch as this man of faith decided to take one step further to prove what you can do when you put your mind to it.

Are you a highly sensitive person?

Mood swings, taking things too personally, feeling that nobody understands you, trouble keeping friends, cutting people out of your life — are only some of the characteristics of a highly sensitive person. What can you do?

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I’m offended

I just heard that someone was offended by something I said in a meeting. Up to this moment, I don’t know what caused the offense. I know what I said, but I have no idea how those words could have been taken in an offensive way.

I’m seeking out that person and will surely offer my sincerest apologies. I’m sure there’s a good reason behind that person’s feelings.

It made me think about how often we unknowingly offend others, and get offended by others without them having a clue about it. Here’s what Jesus had to say to His disciples about this:

It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! Luke 17.1

First lesson: Offenses can’t be avoided. Jesus didn’t say the word “impossible” often, so we’d better listen here. One of the reasons you can’t stop offenses is because people can offend you without meaning to. Before they know what they’ve done that offended you — if they ever do — you’ve already deleted their name from your address book.

My advice: Have a positive attitude and give people the benefit of the doubt. Chances are they never meant it in a bad way.

Second lesson: Don’t intentionally offend people. What Jesus said next, regarding what will happen to intentional offenders, doesn’t conjure up a very pleasant image…

Update, May 29th: After several attempts to contact the person I mentioned above, leaving messages, including an apology (for what I still don't know), the last thing that happened was that the person threatened my secretary when she last called and told her she never wants to hear from me again. I guess I'll only know why in heaven...

Jumping to conclusions

Jumping to conclusions - a sport only for fools.




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How to destroy your family

It's hard to separate emotions from family relationships. But those emotions may be the reason why husband and wife are always at each others throat, parents and children get into screaming matches, brothers and sisters fight like cats and dogs. Have anger, grudges, hatred, short temper, rage, and other emotions been destroying your family?

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Just take a shortcut!

What is it in the human brain that makes looking for a shortcut so appealing? Here's what you won't hear a lot these days: A shortcut often turns out to be the longest way.

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