Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Whether in the sweltering heat of summer or during winter’s bitter blast, I’d like to think that some carefully selected turn of a phrase, some pointed story even the choice of a single word I used reached over to your hand with a grip of fresh hope.
Little by little I’m learning just how enamoured I was of all those catch phrases that made me forget I was on a sinking ship.
That may sound like a tongue twister, but in reality it’s a mind-boggler, requiring a painful, exacting process rare to many...a process called thinking.
Making one’s own decisions develops healthy mental muscles. But I repeat, there will always be a few who crave to be told what to do. They are the ones who remain so indecisive their favourite colour is plaid.
The battle is raging. If ever we needed “a clear call” from the bugler, it is now. Are you responsible for passing on information? Tighten your lips! Hit the right note! Don’t garble that message!
Garbled messages aren’t unique to the military. They provide the perfect fuel for gossip sessions and just the right ingredient for slanderous slams. Garbled messages are dangerous; they can ruin our relationships and hurt our homes.
Initially, somebody won’t understand and you’ll not be able to explain. Yet you are convinced it’s best...it will glorify God...it can be supported by scriptural principles...and it’s right.
Radical adjustments make waves, not friends. Heads sometimes roll and hearts often break. The uninvolved public seldom understands or agrees, especially at the outset.
As difficult as it may be for you to believe this today, the Master knows what He’s doing. Your Saviour knows your breaking point. The bruising and crushing and melting process is designed to reshape you, not ruin you. Your value is increasing the longer He lingers over you.
Take one of those many things that keeps dragging you under and search for a creative way to solve the problem. And don’t quit until it’s done...and that smile of relief returns to your face.
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