Reflection

Picking up the Pieces

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I want to continue the conversation of Saturday's post.

The analogy I used for finally accepting my place in this journey was to "burn it down". A better one would have been to "let it collapse". I mean this to say, I had to separate the mess I had made of myself, and collect what was left of who I really was. I had to pick up those pieces.

The Power of Overlooking an Offense by Trevin Wax

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A person's insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. (Proverbs 19:11)

In her masterful biography of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet,Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,Doris Kearns Goodwin records an interesting story in the mid-185o's, when Lincoln was in the middle of his career in law. The story shines light on Lincoln's ability to overlook major personal offenses.

Snubbing the Future President

11 Reasons Why Working with Kids is not Second Rate Ministry by Brent Osterberg, guest for Trevin Wax

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Brent Osterberg is associate pastor at Calvary Bible Church in Fort Worth, TX. He's married to Keri and has three delightfully crazy children. He blogs at From Pew to Practice-pewtopractice.wordpress.com.

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My Courageous Confession by Julie Moore

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I've already confessed to y'all that I'm hugely nerdy. Despite my refusal to shop at Talbot's and my attraction to edgy, hipstery things like clunky specs and indie music, I'm just a big old Ned Flanders in a black dress. So it will come as no surprise to you to know that I have just watched the movie, Courageous. And I liked it.

If you're not familiar with this film,

June 11 Devotional: Oswald Chambers

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200px-OswaldChambers Come to Me . . . -Matthew 11:28

Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts. Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The questions that truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words- "Come to Me." Our Lord's words are not, "Do this, or don't do that," but- "Come to me." If I will simply come to Jesus, my real life will be brought into harmony with my real desires. I will actually cease from sin, and will find the song of the Lord beginning in my life.