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Monday, January 3, 2022
"You Make Me Very, Very Angry" - By Andrew Guillotte
" You make me very, very angry." Marvin the Martian was always one of my favorite cartoon characters. Lately, I can really identify with that statement. Stress from work, stress from the wife, stress from bills, stress from COVID, stress from, well....life in general. I don't handle stress well. So what do I do ? Well, the most logical thing to do. I get angry. Anger ? Yeah, I do anger VERY well.
So instead of looking stress right in the eye, I have turned it into anger towards the one person that I know is in my corner, my wife. She catches most of my lashing out. We are going through a phase in our lives and my anger issues are definitely not helping. But what can I do about it? Talking to my Silas and listening to podcasts are just not doing enough for me. I need something more... I asked some friends for advice and someone suggested The Anger Workbook by Les Carter and Frank Minirth. It looks like about 13 chapters. So, here's my idea: I am thinking about doing a chapter a week and meeting once a week to talk about it. The plan is to have it at my house on Thursday nights about 6:30 PM, yet his is not set in stone. I'm flexible. This is the first time I have done anything like this, but I believe this is what God is telling me to do. Samson has taught me I cannot do this alone; I need men to hold me accountable, to know when to comfort and when to confront. Let me know if you are interested in going through this workbook and maybe we both can learn something...
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Merry Christmas Jackson Mississippi Samson Society!
Merry Christmas Jackson Mississippi Samson Society!
Friday, December 24, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
Sunday, December 19, 2021
"Love" By Max Morton
This season of Advent I am meditating on LOVE. In John 15:9 Jesus invites us to "...remain (abide) in my love." Jesus is asking me to make my abode, my home in his love. I've moved around so much in my life that home is not easily defined. When I think about what makes home home I think it is a place where I am known, accepted and I belong. I can relax and be myself with no fear of judgment, expectation or performance. Home is a place where I don't wear a mask. I am free to be my true self.
All this applies to making myself at home in his love. Perfect love casts out fear because
fear has to do with punishment (1 John 4:18). When I am loved I am not judged and I don't
need to be punished. When I make myself at home in his love I am free to be my true self
(no mask) without the fear of being punished by judgment. At home I am fully known,
accepted and I belong. I have a right to be here.
Home is a place of shared history, inside jokes and lots of hugs and laughter. Being at home
in his love fills me with JOY, calms my anxiety with Love's PEACE, and promises the HOPE
of better days ahead.
This advent season I am learning to be at home in his love. I picture an open door with a
cozy fire inside and a doormat that says "WELCOME HOME."
HOPE, PEACE and JOY all found in one place--at home in his LOVE
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