Category: attitude

God holds you up

December 28, 2006 | 3 comments

I’m not a poet, but occasionally, when praying for a patient and emailing thoughts the words and phrases that appear on my screen pleasantly surprise me. While praying for a patient who feared she didn’t have enough understanding to heal

Meekness

December 20, 2006 | No comments yet

Meekness is not weakness, but strength, agrees Pastor Ben Alud from Glory Ministries. Read what he has to say in his e-article on “Meekness:” “Definition of Meekness: To be gentle or kind, mild mannered, to have a quietness of spirit.

Gift of listening

December 19, 2006 | No comments yet

From “The Gift of Listening,” by Anne Murchison: A good listener listens with spiritual ears open, hearing and understanding the spirit beneath the words. A good listener listens with the heart and mind still and the mouth shut. A good

Complaint or praise?

December 14, 2006 | 2 comments

  A young man decided to become a monk in a religious order that allowed monks to speak only two words every two years. After his first two years of training, the young monk was invited by his superior to

Ego

December 13, 2006 | No comments yet

Egobotomy. Have you ever heard the word before? Not me. In fact, it isn’t listed in my dictionary. But my hair cutter used it very creatively today in describing how she prayed to God for release from self-will. “Not my