My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Wisdom is being knocked down
If you stand in the truth, nothing can knock you down. If you don’t stand in the truth, then it is blessing to be knocked down. If you are to…
Presumptions and Vulnerability
We want people to be vulnerable with us, for vulnerability brings intimacy and safety. Though we long for this vulnerability, sometimes we actively discourage intimacy through our presumptions. Before a…
Holding onto our world
It is in our nature to hold on to our world view or to be conformed to the world’s viewpoint. “Worldly wisdom” becomes our refuge for it doesn’t call us…
Be slow to speak, quick to listen
“If one gives an answer before he hears,it is his folly and shame.” – Proverbs 18:13 We are often so quick to speak into another person’s life, yet slow to…
Let the blow come . . .
“Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it.” Psalm 141:5 Our sinful nature endears…
Good conflict
Good conflicts pursue truth and honesty, bad conflicts argue for victory and defend self-worth. Good conflicts pursue understanding and truth, bad conflicts accuse without listening or knowing the other person.
Stubbornness vs conviction
Stubbornness is blinding and unwilling to be corrected or to listen, restrictive, in-compassionate, and destructive, it does not understand its standing with with God. Conviction is open minded, willing to…
Wisdom is legalism?
Sometimes we call wisdom “legalism” simply because we don’t feel good at it and have issues with our identity and don’t understand our identity in Christ. Wisdom is freedom.
Assuming the worst
It is better to assume the best in people and later find out that you were wrong, then it is to assume the worst in people and later find out…
The Comfort of facing the devastation of sin
If we fail to make sin devastating in order to sooth someone’s ego, we fail to comfort the soul. For when we flatter and pamper, we give a sense of…
