Posts Tagged ‘ peace ’

The Problem With Relationships: Making Peace With Who You Are

Jul 15th, 2012 | By
The Problem With Relationships: Making Peace With Who You Are

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. – Ann Landers Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. – Carrie Fisher The reason we don’t understand other people is often because we don’t really understand ourselves. Everyone can and should improve themselves in many ways, but God has allowed some things within all us that just are. Finding peace with God in those unchangeables is essential to having healthy relationships with others. Look around you. Think about people you know at work, at school,
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Preparing That Brings Rest

Apr 14th, 2012 | By
Preparing That Brings Rest

My experience working with men and women who are seeking to prepare themselves and their families for coming disasters has made one thing quite clear…preparing can be an anxious business.  When you or I decide to plan and to prepare for coming disaster, we open ourselves up to unsettling thoughts.  But the purpose of our preparation is peace.  We are seeking to act now so that when things go badly, we will not have to fear.  A little stress now as we prepare can go a long way to providing rest then. But does that
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Keeping Your Composure In A Crisis

Feb 3rd, 2012 | By
Keeping Your Composure In A Crisis

There are only a few things that the body needs in order to survive.  Your body needs water, food, shelter/clothing, and defense.  Other than that, everything else is luxury.  But in a survival scenario, wouldn’t you want more than that? Survival depends upon more than just your ability to gather food or collect clean water.  Your survival, and that of your family and friends, also depends on your frame of mind.  One might argue that morale is the most crucial survival element of them all.  Without the will to survive, you will not gather resources
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