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Racing To Get There -
Missing The View

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It was one of Daddy's great vacation adventures! I announced
to the family that we were going to climb Panther Mountain
that day. The idea was greeted with underwhelming enthusiasm,
but off we went, hiking up the gentle uphill trail that would get
us to our goal: the rock fortress I had been told was at the top.
As we trudged up the trail, my wife kept pointing out nice things
along the way, "Oh, look at the chipmunk! Look at that tree growing
out of the rock! Oh, don't you love the sound of the wind blowing
through the pines?" I would smile and politely acknowledge her
little observations, all the while keeping my mind firmly focused
on the real reason for this activity - getting to the top of the mountain.
You can imagine how unthrilled I was when my wife suddenly said,
"Well, the kids are getting tired, and this has been a really neat hike.
Let's head back." Head back? We were only half way to our goal?
If we went back now, this would all have been a waste of time!

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Focusing On the Falls
Ephesians 4:29

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I don't have much time for TV. But when I do, I don't usually watch gymnastics. But some time ago they showed a sports feature about gymnastics on my plane flight. As usual, I had too much to do to get the headset that carries the audio, but I did occasionally glance up at the video part. It was a gymnastics meet between the U.S. and Russia. You can probably guess who I was rooting for. Now, I couldn't hear any commentary, but I saw some impressive performances by these young athletes. I also saw an occasional replay. But every time they did a replay, all they showed was the gymnast's mistakes, anything that she was marked down for, and they kept replaying it. They had executed some great moves, but no, we don't go over those - only their mistakes.

It's not only athletes who have their shortcomings replayed. A lot of us are experts on going over and over the mistakes people make; the weaknesses they have. Which is definitely not what God had in mind for how we would use these mouths of ours in the lives of those around us.

In fact, he describes that in our word for today from the Word of God, Ephesians 4:29. "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." In other words, talk about the things that will build that person up; stow the things that will tear them down.

Now think about how you talk to the people that you're around a lot - your coworkers, your friends, your parents, maybe your husband or wife, your children, or the people at church. Could it be that you have a tendency to train your camera on what they do wrong, or their weaknesses, their shortcomings, the problem areas? And do you keep bringing up where they missed it - like those sportscasters replaying the gymnasts' mistakes?

This is a classic problem between parents and children, for example. Let's say your son or daughter brings home four Bs and one D. What do we spend most of our time on? The four Bs? Oh, no, we do most of our talking about the one D. Too often, we do that with every area of their life. Minimizing - overlooking what they're doing right - and focusing on what needs improvement. And we're trying to build them up by showing them their failings and what they need to work on, right? But I wonder if we keep doing that, aren't we actually tearing them down?

People can slowly but surely be destroyed by someone's critical spirit. Could that be happening to someone in your world? Remember that the people around you are starved for praise. Yes, part of loving someone is to gently help them see their blind spots and to help them get stronger where they're weak; to help them improve. There is a place for constructive criticism, but you win the right to do that when you spend more time talking about their strengths and what they do right.

Replay capability is a powerful thing. If you keep replaying their mistakes where they haven't measured up, well, you'll diminish those around you. If you replay their good points, you're going to build up those around you, which is what God says we're supposed to do. Help the people who you are around a lot see the worth and the value that God sees in them by the way you keep pointing it out to them.

Maybe you've focused on their falls too much. It's time to start replaying the good moves made by the people you care about!

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Dear Howdy,

It's a good issue, as always. The Lord has given you a great ability
to combine the elements of Truth, Trivia and Humor in an enticing,
readable blend.

I particularly enjoyed the joke about the lady in the hospital.

Jerry
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Dear Howdy,

Two boys in Boston were playing basketball when one of them was
attacked by a rabid Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy ripped
a board off a nearby fence, wedged it into the dog's
collar and twisted it, breaking the dog's neck.

A newspaper reporter from the Boston Herald witnessed the incident and
rushed over to interview the boy.. The reporter began entering data into his
laptop, beginning with the headline:

"Brave Young Celtics Fan Saves Friend From Jaws Of Vicious Animal."

"But I'm not a Celtics fan, "the little hero interjected. "Sorry, replied
the reporter. "But since we're in Boston, Mass, I just assumed you were."

Hitting the delete key, the reporter began his story again:
"John Kerry Fan rescues Friend From Horrific Dog Attack."

"But I'm not a Kerry fan either," the boy responds. The reporter says,
"I assumed everybody in this state was either for the Celtics or Kerry or
Kennedy. "What team or person do you like? "

"I'm a Houston Rockets fan and I really like George W. Bush" the boy says.
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again,
"Arrogant Little Conservative _____ Kills Beloved Family Pet.."

You might want to clean up the language a bit, but I think it's funny. And,
sadly, true.

JB
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But these are written so that you may
believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the
Son of God, and that by believing in
Him you will have life. Jn 20:31

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call on Him while He is near. Let the
wicked forsake his way and the evil
man his thoughts. Let him turn to the
Lord, and He will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for He will freely
pardon. "For My thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways
My ways," declares the Lord. "As the
heavens are higher than the earth, so
are My ways higher than your ways
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow come down
from heaven, and do not return to it
without watering the earth and making
it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed
for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is My word that goes out from My
mouth: It will not return to Me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire and
achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
You will go out in joy and be led forth
in peace; the mountains and hills will
burst into song before you, and all the
trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush will grow the
pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle
will grow. This will be for the Lord's
renown, for an everlasting sign, which
will not be destroyed." Is 55

O Lord, you have searched me and you
know me. You know when I sit and when
I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying
down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know
it completely, O Lord. You hem me in -
behind and before; you have laid your
hand upon me. Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where
can I flee from your presence? If I go up
to the heavens, you are there; if I make
my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide
me and the light become night around
me," even the darkness will not be dark
to you; the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you. For you
created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother's womb. I praise
you because I am fearfully and wonderfully
made; your works are wonderful, I know
that full well. My frame was not hidden
from you when I was made in the secret
place. When I was woven together in the
depths of the earth, your eyes saw my
unformed body. All the days ordained
for me were written in your book before
one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts,
O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would
outnumber the grains of sand. When
I awake, I am still with you. Search me,
O God, and know my heart; test me
and know my anxious thoughts. See
if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Ps 139

But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up,
that I may show My power in you, and that My
Name may be declared in all the earth. Ex 9:16


When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small:
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
- - Isaac Watts


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