God will only fill empty hands.
God will only fill empty hands.
Category Archives: Daily Inspiration
Fear Based Obedience
It is not long before fear based obedience becomes self loathing rebellion.
Be gift driven, not guilt driven.
“The problem isn’t with the beliefs themselves but with how we use them to get ground under our feet, how we use them to feel right and to make someone else feel wrong, how we use them to avoid feeling the uneasiness of not knowing what’s going on.” -Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You
“Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears, but from getting to know them well.” – Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You
A Tragedy of Life
“The tragedy of experiencing ourselves as apart from everyone else is that this delusion becomes a prison.” -Albert Einstein
A Short Poem on Creativity
I think everyone should create;
Sing, dance, draw, write
Paint, build, weave, invent
You’re the only one who can shine your light.
Religion
“Religion is what happens when the spirit has left the building.” -Bono
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit makes God’s power real to us and alive in us, turning doctrines into relationship.
Suddenly, sin becomes less about obeying the law and more about grieving a Person. Ultimately, the largeness of the Presence of the Father is what allows us to overcome our sinful impulses.
Wisdom from Albert Einstein
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us “the universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
-Albert Einstein
Being Compassionate with Yourself
Being compassionate enough to accommodate our own fears takes courage.
When fear arrives, just to sit with it, if only for a moment, is the ultimate act of kindness to ourselves.