Thanks Susie H. for your words of encouragement and suggestion of Paul Brand's book "Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants." Joni Tada Erickson's book on pain is excellent. And C.S. Lewis's "The Problem of Pain" is an old classic.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WHAT ARE YOUR DESIRES FOR YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH FOR 2011? NOT RESOLUTIONS (THEY ARE USUALLY INEFFECTIVE). BUT, DESIRES. WHEN I THINK OF THIS CHALLENGE, I'M REMINDED OF THE VALUE OF SCRIPTURE. WHAT DOES GOD DESIRE FOR ME? ONE PASSAGE THAT APPLIES IS 2 PETER CHAPTER 1.
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
FROM MY NEW WHEEL CHAIR POSITION I'M SEEING MORE CLEARLY THE VALUE OF SELFLESS mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
KRISTIN (OUR DAUGHTER) AND HER FAMILY HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO THE HIGHEST EXTENT THIS GODLY QUALITY...GIVING UP THEIR BEDROOM FOR AN OLD INJURED JOCK AND HIS WIFE WHO HAS BEEN SICK FOR 3 WEEKS (FINALLY DIAGNOSED YESTERDAY AS AN INTESTINAL INFECTION), PLAYING TAXI DRIVER, NURSE MAID, MESS CLEANER-UPPER AND MORE..
THAT IS MY DEISRE: GROWTH IN SELFLESS LOVE.
WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH DESIRE FOR 2011?
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