Uncertainty, unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, unsureness, changeability – 2020. It’s one thing to have expectations gone unmet. It’s another thing to be so uncertain that expectations can’t even be set. Those are the days we are in. And yet, there is an advantage these days afford. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Arlan Miller helps us see those advantages.
We learn flexibility. A lot is out of our control.
We learn childlikeness. God is our Father.
We learn dependence. God is our supplier.
We learn to be responsible in those things we know.
We learn to shift our trust from those things uncertain to the one who is – God.
The Thanksgiving holiday affords us the opportunity to engage in one of the healthiest human behaviors – the giving of thanks. Mark McMinn in The Science of Virtue substantiates the observation that thankful people are in some ways mentally, emotionally, and relationally healthier than their unthankful counterparts. Let’s consider this
Life is full of unpleasantness. With the unpleasantness we can’t change, we will need to endure through it. The skill of enduring this unpleasantness is patience. It is no wonder that patience is exhorted in Scripture. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Kathy Knochel highlights this fruit of the Spirit
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