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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. 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

A thought by Parrott, (2012-08-02) from his book, You're Stronger Than You Think: The Power to Do What You Feel You Can't (p. 16). Tyndale House Publishers. Kindle Edition. This can and has been a problem for me.   It is so easy to have a problem and overanalyze what to do.   Too many times I would think it to death. Sometimes analyzing needs to be done but sometimes we need to just do what our heart and mind is saying we are to do, to not overthink it. I remember the day that I knew Margaret was the one I was going to marry.   I didn’t need to solve all the problems.   I just needed to ask her and then go from there.   I’m glad I didn’t overanalyze it and do it.   There were a lot of things that would have said we shouldn’t do it.   One was, I was 27 and she was 17.   One was, her father was a Cincinnati Red’s fan and I was a LA Dodger’s fan.   Our first fight was over that.   I have come a long ways since those days.   But there were issues that would have said

A thought by George Barna,(2011-06-01) from his book, Futurecast: What Today's Trends Mean for Tomorrow's World (p. 42). Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. Kindle Edition. I can say that has been true of me.   I really love being a parent.   I also really love being a grandparent.   Right now my son and daughter in law and their two daughters are staying with us.   We have set up some very awesome rituals the short time they have been with us.   One of them is that Addison, the three year old, and I every morning eat a big juicy Fuji Apple.   Today we invited Ashlyn, the 6 year old to eat it with us.   Such a fantastic fun time we had.   If you’re not a parent/grandparent you don’t understand what an awesome experience that is. Margaret and the girls have their own ritual.   Margaret gets up early and goes off to work but when she comes home she rings the doorbell and both of the girls come running to answer it.   Such a celebration happens every day. We have s

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2012-03-13) from his book, What Matters Most: How We Got the Point but Missed the Person (Kindle Locations 2647-2648). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition. Actions do speak loader than words.   There are some people who just don’t know how to say the right thing.   I mean they really want to say that something that will encourage you in your tough time but they can’t but you know that they will be there whenever you need them. There are others who walk in and say what needs to be said and then they are gone.   They know what to say but then walk out. There was a story in the New Testament of a Jewish guy who was robbed, beaten and then left for dead along the side of the road.   A couple of very religious guys came by, maybe even said the right thing but then walked on the other side of the road and left him for dead.   But then a Samaritan who was a part of a race who the Jews had problems with came by and stopped, put some oil on his wounds

A thought by David Stoop from his book, You Are What You Think (Kindle Location 295). Kindle Edition . To one person something happens to them and they see it as a bad thing therefore it makes them mad or discouraged.   They make everybody around them miserable.   But the same thing can happen to another person and they see it from a total different standpoint.   That means their behavior makes everyone happy to be around them. How is your life going?   It depends upon your belief system.   Some believe that our world is falling apart because the Democrats are in power.   Others believe that everything is great because the Democrats are in power?   Which is right?   Both of them are right because of the person's belief system.   And because of our belief it affects our behavior. Our perspective on what is happening and why it is happening goes along way in how we view life and in turn our behavior.   Take for example that you believe that life isn’t fair and th

A thought by Les Parrott, (2012-08-02) from his book, You're Stronger Than You Think: The Power to Do What You Feel You Can't (p. 22). Tyndale House Publishers. Kindle Edition . I love legal pads.   When there is a problem to be solved I many times write down 10 solutions on a legal pad  and then go from there. It can be so easy to fill your mind with so much stuff though that you can’t solve the problem.   Have you found that so?    But Dr. Parrot is saying here that there is a need for us to clear our mind so that God’s wisdom can be shown. We spend so much time in the rational mind – write down ten solutions – and not enough in the intuitive mind where God’s wisdom comes through.   Sometimes we need to take that legal pad or an iPad and find a quiet place and just clear our mind and then just start writing what comes to us.    To just let God’s wisdom speak into our situation. Yes, He does use our rational mind.   He created it but He also created our intuitiv