Almost a week had gone by, and I still hadn’t received reply texts from several of my friends. I sent one friend a silly photo. I asked another a question. And I was trying to make arrangements with the other friend. Yet, none of them replied back. I struggled with not being offended by this compound shunning. I had to capture every negative thought. I knew my friends, and they usually always communicate back with me in a day or two when they get a chance. However, it had been six days and I began to worry. Did I do something wrong? Were they busy? Did I somehow offend them? And I wrestled ... Read the Post
Forced Resolve
As I was walking toward the building, I prayed for a freak natural disaster to occur, like a tornado or maybe an earthquake. When nothing happened and each step took me closer to the entrance, I prayed desperately that a madman would start shooting out of one of the classroom windows; though, of course, not harming anyone. No madman appeared, so I prayed to God and asked that He send a whale to swallow me whole. I wanted to be like Jonah hiding in a water-logged belly rather than obediently walking up the steps of the English building. I was twenty-five about to teach my first college ... Read the Post
Hero or a Dud
I knew two women with boyfriends who didn’t want to commit. God asked both of these women to end their relationships. One woman ended the five year relationship fully anticipating that her boyfriend would see the error of his ways and become the hero she wanted; instead, she was shocked when he agreed and six months later proposed to another woman and quickly started a family. The second woman ended her five year relationship with her boyfriend fully anticipating that he would agree and she would lose him forever. Her heart was broken, but she knew she deserved a hero not a dud. When she ... Read the Post
Amazing Grace
I was driving in my car listening to “Grace Like Rain,” by Todd Agnew, which has some of the lyrics of John Newton’s song “Amazing Grace” in it. And I wondered how Newton would react to the fact that parts of his song were being pulsed through radio waves in the sky, blasting through speakers of a self-moving contraption over 350 years later! Did he know that the hour or so he took to sit down and write the song would influence so many lives? Could he have fathomed that the small effort of obedience he dedicated to God would make such a difference? God says that the good work He has ... Read the Post
The Judging Trap
God convicted me about judging others. A judging spirit is one of the most incognito sins out there. It feels natural to give your opinion about others. Sometimes it even feels like we have the right to speak our mind, but we don’t. The only person that ever lived who has the right to judge is Jesus Christ. God began to reveal my judgmental attitude, and I ardently began to stop myself. However, I still continued to judge those who have hurt me. It made the pain they caused more bearable to see that they had flaws and sins of their own. However, God quickly convicted me on that. He made it ... Read the Post
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