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Stealing God’s Job: Defying Reality

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Just like most people, I do not simply break a rule here and there;  no, like every other human being, I continually break the most fundamental law of the universe without any conscious effort by refusing to accept reality.  Instead of realizing my place in the universe, as one of God’s creations, I put on masks and false personalities in a vain attempt to deny my very nature.  In pride, I act like a queen at the  centre  my own little world. Even worse, I steal God’s job by trying to save myself by my own efforts. continue reading

The Vacuum Cleaner Syndrome

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A h, parents A ren’t we great? A lways running around serving, A cting like a combination of Martha and Mary. A+ parents  who are in control, right? . Think again. When any one of us, whether  a mother or not, refuses to give up control, we shut out the power of the Holy Spirit. In fact, we end up acting just like vacuum cleaners when it is God’s job to purify our family in His power, mercy and grace. He desires that we simply become conduits of His Love. It is by Christ’s suffering that mothers and their families are healed, not by the mother acting like a sacrificial lamb or a scapegoat like in the Old Testament. But  He   was  wounded for our transgressions, He  was  bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace  was  upon  Him , And by  His  stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)       continue reading