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?...
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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...
Dangerous Mindsets
For the last week, I’ve been thinking about how I think. And how you (probably) think. And how easily we slip into dangerous mindsets – ways of thinking that hold us back and keep us from being all that we were created to be. Diving to Town I was following a slow driver into...
Anxiety
I think we all have that one thing that haunts us – a habit, a sin, a something that seems to undo us just by showing up in our day. Mine is anxiety. I’ve struggled with anxiety for years. Decades, even. For most of my life, it’s hovered in the shadows until, without warning,...