When I was in counseling for a deep depression I experienced some years ago, my counselor had me repeat a phrase that seems so obvious, yet it is amazing how its truth was so elusive to me at the time. That phrase was this – “God is God, and I am not.”
…As often happens to me when I learn of the death of someone near my own age, my mind drifts to the uncertainty of life and the brief time I have left on this earth. I am 69. My three score and ten years is nearly up, and my own mortality is staring me in the face. Time is becoming more precious with each passing hour.
There is a place where we as men go that we consider completely private. We believe that no one can see into this inner sanctum called our mind so sometimes we play with sin there…
Quite a few years ago when I worked at a radio station in Portland, I was interviewing a well-known Christian public figure about the Gay Rights Agenda. He said that he was glad the laws against homosexuality were removed because it was none of the State’s business what people did in the privacy of their bedrooms…
You have probably never heard of Arnold Potter (1804-1872). He was a Schismatic Latter Day Saint leader who claimed that the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became “Potter Christ” Son of the living God…
Fifty days after God resurrected His Son, Jesus Christ, from the dead, having died on the cross to pay for the sins of all people, God did another amazing thing – He sent His Holy Spirit to His Church…
Now when the Lord convicted me of my sin in this, I looked at my family and observed a lot of damage due to my lack of leadership. Maybe that is the case for you, as well. Do not let that discourage you from stepping back into your leadership role as head of your family. But there are a couple of things you need to do first…
In God’s eyes you do not “lose your man card” for putting your wife first, you lose your “man card” for putting yourself first!
I knew a man who stopped taking responsibility for his wife and family because, he said, “she resists my leadership, and I am tired of it. If she wants to lead this family, then fine, I give up!”
