There is a point to our discerning, you know. And it’s not necessarily what you think. Yes, we’re trying to avoid being deceived. But not doing something isn’t a very good goal. We need to have an actual aim, something we’re striving toward. And the goal of discernment is maturity. What About Being Right?...
Category: Discernment
Deceived: The Opposite of Discernment (Day 4)
The point of this month-long conversation about discernment is not, surprisingly, to torture you. Or bore you. It’s not to make you twitchy or even put you to sleep. It’s because being deceived is the opposite of discernment. Deception is a serious thing, and because of how God made us, it’s a particularly high...
Day 3: Sunday Discernment
Did you know that Sunday is the most important day for biblical discernment? And, in my experience, it’s the day we use it least. It’s turn-back-the-clock Sunday this morning (and I woke up early—ugh!). So I laid in bed thinking about this post. It’s Sunday, I thought, what should I talk about? Then it...
Day 2: Why We Need Discernment
Okay, ladies. Here’s the thing. We need discernment. And somewhere deep down in our hearts, in the same place where we know we should eat less chocolate and stop binge-watching when we finish this episode (okay, maybe after the next episode), we know it. We know we should be using our brains. We don’t...
30 Days of Biblical Discernment
Okay, you guys. This is it. On something of a whim, I’m committing myself to posting every day in November. 30 Days of biblical discernment. Now, real life being what it is, I may not get something up every day. Forgive me now, okay? I was going to title this post November and Biblical...