it IS about you

IT IS ABOUT YOU...

...At least when it comes to the "Real You"!

--? Is it your responsibility to be heard by others ?









--I offer an emphatic, “NO!”

Our responsibility is to “TELL”, then to “BE & DO”... not for others, but to others with & through God.

We are commissioned to “Tell” the good news. We are likewise called to “BE Doers” of the Word. But the actual acceptance of the message & the messenger, the hearing part, is out of our hands.

When Paul said he became all things to all men, he was talking about his delivery, not their acceptance. He was talking about his responsibility to speak in a form that would “allow” for others to hear. The actual hearing part was out of his hands. The message is the same for every audience. Jesus spoke in parables so that some would be able to receive the truth. But not all could or would. Yet, although He had the power, He did not “make” them hear it. He was the first, “We report, you decide,” network newsman.

Do you--Wait for permission of others to “DO” what “YOU” need to do?
Do you--Need to be heard & understood before you can act?
Do you--Condition what you are to “BE” on the acceptance of others?

… Then you have made others into your God!

The disciples were announcers & doers, not diplomats. They presented the truth in the language of the intended listener. But they did not take responsibility for the “hearing”. The choice to be heard was not theirs to make. Neither is it yours.

--So the believer may ask: If it’s not about me... isn’t it then about others???

NO... It’s about God... and my acting in His will !!!!

Regardless of what others say, think, understand or even know...
I must decide, announce , be and then do what God requires of “ME”.

Encouragement: -When it comes to being the real you...No one else is involved... Just you and God. Stop asking for permission to be what God has made. Stop waiting for consensus. Stop needing to be heard. -- Start deciding what he wants. Announce it in love. Then Be it & Do it!

It’s all about YOU... to Decide, Announce, Be & Do… What He requires of YOU!

SW

Choices & Secrets

Choice is something you only lose when you give it to someone else.

Your enemy becomes your teacher when ever a secret dies.

useless to argue?

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into." Jonathan Swift

Amends -- God's timing

The steps have a specific order for a reason... don't get head of yourself.
Remember, an amends are not an apology. An amends is about God’s forgiveness and your healing. An amends is done “to” another “for” God. An amends should be given without expectation about the recipient’s reaction. It’s not about them. You make an amends, not because you hurt someone, but because you have hurt your relationship with God through your treatment of another. This is more about your disobedience, rather than their hurt.
It would be co-d to use an amends to “fix” someone else’s hurt or to manipulate their opinion of you.
So focus on the objective: You are giving your sin to God for forgiveness and healing.
Here is a recap of my ideas on the amends process:

How can you give your sin to God? How can I begin to heal?
--Acknowledge it. You cannot change what you cannot acknowledge, so this is the first step. It is primarily the process of breaking denial about your responsibility for your actions. It is the process of fully admitting responsibility.
--Name it. You can not fully acknowledge what you can not define, so this is the second step. It is primarily the process of putting into words the exact nature and results of your actions. It is the process of fully defining your responsibility.
--Own it. Now, you have already a admitted wrong and spelled out exactly what you have done. The third step to own it by expressing regret & repentance. This is the process of telling... God and someone else (in confession, another believer; in amends, the other involved party).
Give it away. Give the sin to God and accept his forgiveness. You have no right to give away what you do not own.

The first three steps are required to for you to attain ownership. Now by giving it to God, you are washed clean and the healing can begin.

SW

christmas depression

Q: what is the cause of christmas depression?????

A: low "elf" esteem.

SW

AIDS/HIV Awareness

i spent thurs evening at church praying for those suffering with aids/hiv...
our church was hosting a conference on the subject this week...

our pastor says we may not be able to change the world but we can change a life...

here's an article on the goings on...

http://www.ocregister.com

"what you resist... will persist."

what are you currently resisting in your relationship with God, wife, others...???
... so what has been persisting as a result...???

or reverse it...

what has been persisting in your relationships with God, wife, others...????
... so what then are you resisting & why...???

SW