I work in an office where all day I watch people respond to thousands of things. I have found that in the majority of the responses are those that don’t rock the boat. We are a people who hate conflict. For some, they will do anything to keep the peace.
What happens when this desire to [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Just Rock the Boat!
Posted in Daily Thoughts, tagged God, hope, Jesus, life, peace makers, personal, Rock the boat on September 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Love your neighbor as yourself
Posted in Daily Thoughts, tagged commandment, God, heart, love, Neighbor, world view on September 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I look at this commandment and see how often I place a period after “neighbor.” In my head I repeat and live by the commandment of, “love your neighbor.” I am realizing how much I miss the the whole of what God is asking of me to do. It sounds weird to think that God [...]
Resolution
Posted in Daily Thoughts, Grief, tagged broken, closure, God, Grief, grieving process, pain, resolution, sorrow on September 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Resolution
The last stage of the grieving process is the most coveted place to be. Resolution is the desired end within the whole process. This is probably the hardest stage to get to. Resolution is coming to the place of acceptance and closure to your wounds and grief. I say this is the coveted stage because [...]
Pure Grief
Posted in Daily Thoughts, Grief, tagged anger, God, Grief, pain, psalm, sorrow, wound on September 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Pure Grief
Psalm 31:9-10
“Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.”
David was a man who knew sorrow [...]
Anger
Posted in Daily Thoughts, Grief, tagged anger, conflict, God, Grief, personal, process, relationship, stages on September 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So far we have tackled two out of the five stages of grief. Within the first two stages of the grieving process, denial and bargaining, there is little need to find an outlet. Both denial and bargaining do not require a lot of emotion, therefore these two stages might be easier to overlook in your [...]
Denial
Posted in Daily Thoughts, Grief, tagged denial, God, Grief, healing, hurt, pain, relationship on September 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The first stage of the grieving process is denial. Dictionary.com defines denial as “an assertion that something said, believed, or alleged is false.” Psychologists define denial as “an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.”
Denial can be seen and heard in many different ways. For [...]
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