Posts Tagged ‘discernment’
Choose A Leader
This November our nation will choose a President to lead for four years. The process of our elections has become somewhat laughable and is often very predictable. It’s hard as a citizen to discern the values of the candidates and who they really are. It seems that if they are a good actor, then…
Read MoreCool Under Pressure
There are very few people who one day they are help captive in a dungeon and then things changed and they were second in command of the whole country. That is what happened to Joseph. He was imprisoned because of false accusations, but he kept his faith in God. On this particular he was sent…
Read MoreLoaded Words
Have you ever had someone ask you a question that you’re not sure you want to answer because it’s not what the other person wanted to hear? For example, “Do these jeans make me look fat?” Do these eyeglasses make me look younger or order? As hard as it may be for me to hear,…
Read MoreDiscern
The word “Discern” has to do with perception and being able to recognize things from a different angle or perspective. I think it’s connected to wisdom and knowledge. With knowledge I can glean lots of information about multiple subjects. I think wisdom is the application of knowledge. Discernment is the layered relationship between wisdom and…
Read MoreUnderstand
I remember hearing the phrase: “seek first to understand and then you can be understood”. It’s sometimes hard to understand where a person is coming from when certain statements come from their mouth. There are other times when it’s clear what their agenda is and its “game on”. Understanding is sometimes a difficult concept. I…
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