Posts Tagged ‘Pain’
Faith in people will shatter into pieces while faith in God will put them back together.
Psalm 22:3-5 Have you ever tried to put something back together that’s been broken? Think about your favorite coffee mug… What would happen if you dropped it on the way to the coffee pot? More than likely, it’d break into a thousand little pieces. If you love your favorite coffee mug like I love mine,…
Read MoreMaturity is more than growth from seed to flower but rather the potter’s constant molding in the face of life’s ups and downs.
In a garden, the “potter” is in control. The potter makes sure that everything is just right for optimum growth. Things like soil makeup, watering, and sunlight… those are things that the potter is concerned about. In today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. quote, we find one important person doing one important thing. The potter is…
Read MorePain is the fuel for the lantern of wisdom.
Everything needs a source of fuel to work. Tiny Words. Big Life. has talked before about wisdom. It’s safe to say that everyone wants to have it. Life is just so much more full and meaningful when we’re wise. Wisdom is most often gained by experience. Sure, we can read about things and make some…
Read MoreA shadow casts longest at the end of the day as does one’s character at the start of a trial.
A trial? Is this a post about a John Grisham novel with a courtroom, lawyers, and a judge? You might be disappointed to learn the answer is “No.” – We’re talking about personal challenges… difficulties. We’ve all had them and we’ll have them some more. I think it’s safe to say that we really don’t…
Read MoreThere’s never been success without doing something right and there’s never been failure without trying to do something right.
Sometimes, being able to forget about a previous failure is the biggest roadblock to achieving success. The nagging guilt and shame of losing… of not being quite good enough, is enough to keep down even the most strong-willed people. Which brings me to today’s Tiny Words Bible verse. “Forgetting what is behind…” If you’re like…
Read MoreWisdom is rarely gained from a road that’s paved straight and smooth.
I think most of us would love to have wisdom. More than any other virtue, wisdom could very well turn out to be the most advantageous. Think about it… If we have wisdom, all the decisions we make would be based on insight from seeing the whole picture. We’d be able to give advice to…
Read MoreThe sharp pain of confronting a fear is always less than the constant pain of living with it.
Which is worse, pain or fear? Well, neither one is good. They’re not something you’d say, “Hey, give me a double dose of both of them.” In short, we don’t like them. In today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. post, we’re suggesting that fear is painful. Does that mean it makes you go “Ouch!” No, you…
Read MoreMaturity isn’t gained from pages on a calendar but rather the joy of achievement and the tears of painful experience.
Nobody enjoys pain. Well, actually, I’ve heard of some people that do, but I hope I never meet them. There is quite often a direct relationship between pain and lessons learned. In fact, as crazy as it is, that’s how we learn our most beneficial lessons. When we were young, our parents used discipline to…
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