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Atheists say God wrongly turned a deaf ear to Old Testament King Saul, because he repented and asked for help. They also say God did not answer their prayers, and they were needy too, so they stopped believing in God. But does God not hear or answer needy prayers? I believe he listens to and … Read more Atheists say God was too Hard on OT King Saul
Last week I introduced the perpetual calendar and wall calendar as two simple tools that helped a disorganized gal like me achieve some goals. I promised I’d share more this week about conquering chaos to achieve other goals. The perpetual calendar can help you deal with dreaded goals, because you can break huge goals into … Read more More Tricks to conquer a disorganized gal’s messes
From gardening, to remembering birthdays, God enabled me to find expert advice and succeed in implementing it, even though I have a “low structure,” spontaneous personality. Organizing and planning don’t come naturally for me. I needed to understand two things: the strengths and weaknesses of my personality and my need for experts. With their ideas … Read more Success after Success thanks to Organized Experts and God
Last week I talked about how “idealizing” people or God is actually rejecting (or hating) them, not loving them. “Idealizing” people opposes God’s heart, because God sees the entire person and does not claim a person is all good or all bad. Initially the idealist only sees the person’s good qualities and denies anything bad … Read more “False idealism” hurts people and displeases God
To idealize another person, even God, is to actually hate the real person, while making unreasonable demands and never accepting the person or forgiving him or her. People idealize a person or God by believing the “idealized person” (or God) owes them and thus the idealizers create an image of a person (or God) who … Read more Idealizing not Loving People: from “loving” to hating a person—even God
I am so glad I promised, in last week’s post, to add more details about thyroid health and to explain some tests that might help find an answer to unexplained (and unwanted) weight gain. I just read a male author’s article in a conservative magazine that discouraged many blood tests and even said blood tests … Read more Thyroid Help and Tests for Unexplained Weight Gain
** note, I will include important health info, not just hair care Having experienced thinning hair, I know this occurs for many reasons, from hormones (endocrine system), stress, nutritional imbalances, autoimmune disorders, and medications. Since I don’t have experience with medication related hair loss, I urge you to please work with a specialist for this. … Read more Thinning Hair and Endocrine Health
Bringing the Lord into our fears There are two ways of dealing with future problems that can harm us. First, some people fear possible future problems and speak “What if,” such as “What if I fail?” The second set of people say we should never think about the future and possible problems, because we have … Read more Fearing Future Problems
What to do when we do our best but others still outperform us Envy and self recrimination (berating ourselves) can strike our hearts when we work harder than others but they still do way better than we are doing. We might imagine it is not fair they achieve so much (or receive so much). Or … Read more Trying Harder but doing Less than Others
This week I’m adding part two to last week’s blog on recognizing legalism(Recognizing Legalism and its Hidden Dangers), so I can discuss the joy we find when we replace this dreadful drain with the abundant life God wants for us. Satan wants to steal our joy (John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and … Read more Replacing Legalism with Joy