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Join us as we explore how what we believe in determines our quality of life. As always please feel free to share the Good News with anyone you know that needs some encouragement.
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FaithWhat do you believe?
Hello and welcome to the Good News, This issue is all about our faith and how what we believe in determines who we are and how well we live.
We want to encourage you to stand up for what you believe in... God made me different from you and that’s a good thing.
Your history is not my history. I have different wounds, fears and memories than you do. My circumstances right now are not like yours. You are in one place in your life and I’m in another. And I don’t want what you want. My dreams and goals are different than yours.
We are different and yet very much the same all over the world. Join us as we explore what we believe in and as always feel free to share anything you like, it’s all FREE to everyone.
Lynn Trahan, Editor/Owner
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Minnows: Finding Purpose in the Sea of Life
By Amanda Hill
Ask a mother what the purpose is for her life. She’ll inevitably tell you it’s to raise healthy children—strong like Cypress instead of thorny mesquite trees. Ask a headstrong executive what the purpose of her life is, and you’re likely to hear that it’s about blazing new trails or empowering women to use their brains to enact lasting change in this world. Whether it’s a day laborer trying to make it until Friday or a teacherwhocraftslessonplans,wearehardwiredtowanttomakeadifference.
How are we possibly going to be remembered after we die? What’s the point of it all?
OftenIthinkaboutthefinitenatureoftimehereonEarth.Afterall,wearejustminnows in a vast sea, taking up one small area of space. In a mere three generations, we’llbeforgottenlikeoldrelicsinboxes,allthoseShutterflyalbumswe’vespentourweekendsworkingonwithvigorwillberottinginadankattic,justpeoplenooneremembers. Babies no one knows. Some grandmother’s grandmother named Ethel. “Who names a child Ethel?” they’ll say.
Continued here.
In the sea of life, it can feel like we are minnows, small and insignificant. Life is difficult when we compare ourselves to others or hold ourselves to a high standard of achievement.
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Faithfulness Is Our One and Only GoalAll he asks of us is faithfulness.
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Thank you for being here tonight on this very solemn and somber occasion. I begin with an admission and an apology. First, I recognize fully that I am a balding, youngish, middle-aged straight, white, male, Republican, politician... with all of the expectations and privileges that come with those labels. I am probably not who you expected to hear from today.
I’m here because, 49 Americans were brutally murdered. And it made me sad. And it made me angry. And it made me confused. I’m here because those 49 people were gay. I’m here because it shouldn’t matter. But I’m here because it does. I am not here to tell you that I know exactly what you are going through. I am not here to tell you that I feel your pain. I don’t pretend to know the depths of what you are feeling right now. But I do know what it feels like to be scared. And I do know what itfeelsliketobesad.AndIdoknowwhatitfeelsliketoberejected.And,moreimportantly, I know what it feels like to be loved.
I grew up in a small town and went to a small rural high school. There were some kids in my class that were different. Sometimes I wasn’t kind to them. I didn’t know it at the time, but I know now that they were gay. I will forever regret not treating them with the kindness, dignity and respect — the love — that they deserved. For that, I sincerely and humbly apologize.
Over the intervening years, my heart has changed. CLICK HERE to see the rest of the story.
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May you hear God's voice in your heart, know His touch in your lifeand feel His love for you each day.
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What you believe is all that matters. Can you come to me and know that I am? Do you believe what I tell you? You don’t act like you believe me. Being doubtful about what you believe makes you weary and worn out. You either believe me or you don’t, which is it? Stop wavering, it’s tiresome.
Life is not a guessing game. I don’t tell you something and then expect you to guess what to do. I tell you what to do and you need to do it. I leave 95 percent of your life up to you. I made the rules and they are guidelines, overall truths to guide you into a good life. I didn’t say you had to go to work today, I saidworkoryouwon’teat.Doesthatmeanyoucan’ttakeadayoff?No. That means work to make a living to feed yourself. I’m not into micromanagement. I tell you guidelines and expect you to follow them, but I gave you common sense, use it. I don’t play games with you. I gave you the rules and if you follow them I’ll bless you, if you don’t, I’ll punish you. That’s all there istoit.It’snotdifficult.Achildcanfigureitout.
Do this and I’ll bless you, if you do that, I’ll punish you. You don’t punish your child because you hate him. You punish him so he’ll learn not to make the same mistake again. Whatever he’s doing that you want him to stop doing is bad for him. I work the same way. I don’t punish you because I hate you, I punish you because you can’t keep doing that, it’s bad for you.
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They believe “He will help me” regardless of what the problem is.
They think “If I get cancer or some sort of awful disease, it's okay, because He will be right by my side. I will be alright.”
They know “if I do lose my job, He will take care of us. We can make it with His help.”
And if the worst possible case scenario happens... they know it'll be fine.
“Some way, some how He will make it all work out for our good. We'll be fine, He will never leave us no matter what happens.”
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This is why older people have a better life...They know things.
And they have experience to go with what they believe.
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