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May 11
Do not Forsake your Mother’s teaching…
January 8, 1985 I officially became a Cable according to the State of Ohio.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching; indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, and ornaments about your neck.”
On January 8 of 1985 I was redeemed. Two people took me out of a poor situation and took me into their hearts and home and adopted me. My birth mother drank through my pregnancy. My true mother would nurse me through every childhood ache and illness. My birth father was quiet, emotionally removed, and likely an alcoholic. My true father would teach me to play ball as my true grandpa had done and he would lay in my bed one summer night until my brother and I fell asleep. Continue reading →
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May 11
Comparison…
“For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.”
(Psalm 73:3-5)
I came across Psalm 73 this morning and was reminded of the pitfall of comparison that I often fall into. Prior to the recent battle that has entered my life I felt entitled to many things. And I’m finding as I emerge on the other side of the dark forest that my entitlement is often bred in the deceptive trap of comparison. In a material world of possessions and people, it is difficult to keep my eyes on the ultimate and the immaterial (2 Cor 4:18; Heb 11:1). It creeps in so subtly as I peruse Facebook and catch a glimpse of someone else’s ‘glorious’ life. Continue reading →
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Apr 11
Self-Pity: A way that seems right…
I want to write on some passages that have been the power of God for me in the midst of trial in the past weeks. As I’ve walked through this many battles with my flesh have risen. Contrary to what I had assumed, trial actually increases my desire to give into my flesh. In His wisdom, this is part of God’s design for suffering: like a furnace it burns and reveals impurities in the temptations that come in its midst (James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 4:12-13) and he has armed us to endure it (2 Peter 4:1-2; 1 Cor 10:13-14).