Heart to Heart

I wonder… if the shoe was on the other foot, would you stand where you are standing?

Facebook and social media are like a piece of dirt. You can use it as a dump site for your trash, or you can use it to build a home to welcome others and to bring comfort to those who pass by.

when we get highly focused on our own wants, we often neglect and even fail to see the needs of others. The “me” world is very small, and is often an endless pit which is not very satisfying. Whereas the We world has endless possibilities #4writestuff

Often, it is not as important what happened as is what happens next…

One of the great disillusionments in life is that so often those who “have your back” are of the character that you’d really better watch your back.

Depression is a lot like falling into a shark tank… you know you will get chewed up pretty bad, but you pray the blood doesn’t draw more sharks and that you can make it to the other side without being devoured…

Often, when God is tuning a heart, we must hold our voice so as to not create a distraction or dissonant chord. While our heart longs to be heard, until that heart’s discord is brought back into resonance, our song, our voice, our mournful tunes, rise on waves, and cling to the feet of Jesus as He carries us from the raging seas to peaceful sands. He gently picks up shell after shell and listens to the echo within, as He gathers that which He treasures, us, to Him. #4writestuff

There is such a huge difference between talking and having a conversation. The one uses our words whereas the other uses our hearts.
Positive feedback feels good. Constructive feedback gives an opportunity to learn, and only feels acceptable to those who value learning. I hate it when I mess up, but am grateful for the opportunity to learn.Live by action or REaction? Living by action, looks like being proactive – Living by reaction, looks like living in crisis mode – and a lot of things become a crisis that could have been avoided with proactive living.It is ok to read something on the internet that you disagree with and move on with your life without commenting.

When The Holy Spirit is poured out in your heart, it really has to GO somewhere – ministry, life change, heart change… if you put a lid on it and keep it hidden, just goes stale. #4writestuff

Facebook and social media are like a piece of dirt. You can use it as a dump site for your trash, or you can use it to build a home to welcome others and to bring comfort to those who pass by. #4writestuff

Often, it is not as important what happened as is what happens next… #4writestuffWe don’t see others as Jesus sees them… our job is not to judge, our job is to love them like Jesus…

Often when you prioritize highly a relationship in which you are a low priority, it just wears you out. There is a time when it is appropriate to re-evaluate and invest yourself more in relationships in which there is a healthy balance and less in those unhealthy one-way relationships. God provides those amazing, healthy friends in our lives whose presence helps us to better manage the damage which draining relationships cause so that our life is more than just an exhausting vortex. Realistically, most of us have a few of each type of relationship, but giving them the priority they deserve – high priority to healthy and low priority to the dysfunctional, allows us to move forward with a more positive focus instead of being trapped in the sickness.Comparison of blessings robs you of the joy of your blessings. Comparison of challenges or difficulties often makes your own seem quite small and insignificant. #4writestuff