Lord, You are my source of security. Therefore, I consider my actions and follow Your rules. I keep Your commands eagerly and without delay.” Ps.119:57,59,60 “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God; So, I will remain true to the Lord and the way He has given me to walk.” Acts14:22…
Category: Joy
Quick Test: How Am I Relationally Maturing?
Today I will do a simple test to see how my relational maturity (RM) is progressing. I will check some of my emotions and responses: When I began my relational maturity, I was daily agitated to some degree about a lot of things. So, What am I noticing now? 1. I have noticed that I…
Jesus Sends His Disciples Into a Storm ..3
Part 3 of 3 I enjoy some of the intriguing scriptures that I read. I spend time meditating on them, trying to place them in my thought patterns and processes, and make the truths a part of my ways. We are looking at Mark7:45-55 In parts 1 and 2 we raised some questions about this…
Jesus Sends His Disciples Into a Storm ..2
Part 2 of 3 I enjoy some of the intriguing scriptures that I read. I spend time meditating on them, trying to place them in my thought patterns and processes, and make the truths a part of my ways. In order to more fully understand a scripture, I need to at least have a glimpse…
Practicing my Keys! (joy bonds)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to practice harmonizing my keys with yours. We then practice playing together in harmony! Making joyful music together!! Since Joy is…
Practicing my Keys! (keeping time)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to practice harmonizing my keys with yours. We then practice playing together in harmony! To do this we must keep time….
Practicing my Keys! (building Joy pathways)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to practice harmonizing my keys with yours. However, when I am anxious and overwhelmed I begin to shut down and I…
Practicing my Keys! (my love base)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to practice harmonizing my keys with yours. We then practice playing together in harmony! Making beautiful music together!! I Love to…
Practicing my Keys! (being a mature parent)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to assist you in learning to play music, often from the basic “stepping up, stepping down, then a skip”. It is…
Practicing my Keys! (my flaws, your flaws)
If I am going to play beautiful music I need to practice. If I am going to play beautiful music in harmony with you, I have to practice my keys and then I need to practice harmonizing my keys with yours. I know that I don’t hit all the right keys and as I listen…
Keys To My Relational Maturity 13 Return to Joy!
How have I matured relationally? This has been a long and often scary and painful journey for me. It has not been quick and easy. I am sharing with you 13 key individual steps that freed me to be able to mature from a relational infant and child into a relationally mature parent and elder….
Keys To My Relational Maturity! 12 (dealing with overwhelm)
How have I matured relationally? This has been a long and often scary and painful journey for me. It has not been quick and easy. I am sharing with you 13 key individual steps that freed me to be able to mature from a relational infant and child into a relationally mature parent and elder….
It’s not What I know, It’s Who I Know!
I’m looking for a good life and some joy in living! “I am come that you might have life and that your joy may be full.”John 10:10b The key to life and joy is that Jesus has come and we are able to connect with Him. The emphasis isn’t on joy or life. The emphasis…
Peaceful Pain
Is pain a good thing? …… Or ……. Is pain a bad thing? Should I try to avoid pain at all costs? As a relational child I will try to avoid pain through alcohol, drugs, BEEPS …… I may even run away. I equate pain as being the opposite of pleasure. I see pain as…
Cuddling Up With Jesus!
“I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me. I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety.” Ps. 16:7-9 I often come to the…
Digging For Riches!
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how fathomless His ways!” Rom.11:33 One of they ways that I know that I have a vibrant, living relationship with God is that I eagerly await the hours of the day when I can talk with Jesus,…
Relationships That Last!
How long are relationships supposed to last? I form one permanent bond with Jesus which brings me life. This living bond goes through this earthly life and on into the next. I am now for ever alive! For those of us who are alive we are to attach to all of our brothers and sisters…
I Am a Relationally Mature Parent!
Am I A Relationally Mature Parent?? Quick Test What does Relational Maturity look like? When I am a relationally mature “parent” what do my own family and those around me see and feel?? They will see consistency ….. They will see and feel calmness in the midst of chaos ….. They will see healthy relational…
Timing is Everything!
Timing is everything! A simple statement that we have all heard. If I throw a line with a hook into the river where the salmon are rushing upstream to spawn and the fish is passing by my special spot with its mouth open and my line and hook enter that one inch opening of the…
Is It Too Late? Do I Really Matter?
Are my chances all gone? There is so much water gone under the bridge. Does God really care? Am I of any use to God? Will I be the same or different a year from now? Do I want to be more relationally mature and better connected to God and to my scattered family and…