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A thought by Rick Warren, (2012-10-23) from his book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life, The) (p. 37). Zondervan. Kindle Edition . It starts with forgiveness.   We ask Him for forgiveness for living our life by our self and messing it up and He forgives us and gives us a fresh start.   That is also what He wants us to do. He wants us to give those people around us who have messed up with us and maybe hurt us a fresh start when they ask us to forgive them.   He will give us strength to forgive them.   Now I know we don’t always want to do that.   We don’t think that is fair.   I mean they hurt me.   They don’t deserve a fresh start, they deserve justice but that is also true of us.   But God forgives us even though justice says He shouldn’t. Our problem is we want a fresh start but we don’t want them to have one.   We think we deserve it and they don’t but it doesn’t work that way.   The truth is justice says it must go both ways

A thought by Rick Warren, (2012-10-23) from his book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life ) (p. 50). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. That is so true from so many standpoints.   Right now my son and his family are living with Margaret and me.   I go out every morning to Starbucks and when I came home today my two granddaughters (Addison, 3 & Ashlyn, 6) were excited and saying, “apple, apple.”   We have a daily ritual of eating an apple together and when I was done today I said, “My work is done here.   They love apples.”   When my kids, Brett and Stefanie were young and at home they were excited when I would come home with donuts.   I wish I would have started the apple business with them instead of donuts.   I love donuts, probably more than apples and at that time of my life I wasn’t thinking long range but the here and now and that wasn’t healthy for any of us. Now Margaret and I did deal with the important issue which was their

A thought by Rick Warren, (2012-10-23) from his book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life, The) (p. 35). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. Rick posed this question at the end of his chapter, You Are Not an Accident.   In this chapter he deals with the fact that God created you the way you are with a purpose.   In other words you are not an accident.   I am also reading the Apostle John’s view of Jesus and what He said and did while He was here on earth.   In the beginning of Chapter 9 there is a story about a blind man.   And the disciples who were with Him asked Him a good question, “Who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind? ”   Have you ever asked the same thing about something in you that you don’t like?   Like that characteristic is a curse or something.   Society has set a standard that is not a standard of God.   Remember, He created you and you are not an accident. Jesus did answer the question about the blind

A thought by Rick Warren, (2012-10-23) from his book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven Life, The) (Kindle Location 203). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. I love going to Starbucks and it’s not because of the coffee.   It is for the people.   When I stepped into the first Starbucks opened in Las Vegas where I lived I noticed that they were selling a book by the head of Starbucks.   I read it and every other book about his reason for Starbucks.   I didn’t go to who thought they knew the purpose behind Starbucks.   I went to the guy. That is why I went to the one who created me to find out why i am here.   I started in Genesis and went all the way to the end.   You go to the creator, the founder to find out the purpose. Why did Apple create the iPhone?   You have to ask them.   Why did Edison create the light bulb?   You have to go to a book that is about him to find out why he did it?   Why was Saddleback Church in Orange County in Californi