One of my deepest life convictions is that pain must not be wasted. Pain is the rich, fertile soil for the growth of wisdom. God wants us to reflect into our pain. I once led a weekend retreat focusing on how God can help us “mine” our difficult life experiences in order to arrive at personal beliefs about life. Recently I have come to believe that I can also learn not only from my pain, but from my own stupidity. Let me walk you through … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
Free To Be Me!
July 9, 2015 by 1 Comment
Sammy Davis sang “I gotta be me!” Frank Sinatra crooned “I did it my way.” In Hamlet Shakespeare wrote “This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Was he right? Contemporary culture tells you to become unbound from anyone who tells you how you should live, how you should think, or what standard you should conform to. Nothing should … [Read more...]
