The “disease model” of mental health asserts that good feelings come effortlessly to “normal” people, so bad feelings are evidence of a disease…Here is an alternative: Happiness is a skill that must be learned… Refuse to see happiness as an entitlement. Loretta G. Breuning, “The Therapy-Industrial Complex,” THE EPOCH TIMES, 8/25-8/31/2021 Work For Your Joy…
I’m lost. Going from so busy to no busy is harder than I thought, Jan wrote. I’m struggling to find any rhythm or routine these COVID-19 days. Don’t Waste These COVID-19 Days I feel Jan’s pain. Two weeks ago we were sent home-kids with their Chromebooks and teachers with their lesson plans- for God knows…
Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other. Nehemiah 4:17b It was incidental and mentioned merely in passing. It wasn’t the point. But on the heals of that weekend, smarting from that blast from a friend and that hideous snarl from my mouth, the pastor’s almost…
The real test of the saint is…doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. -Oswald Chambers Mom, do these [dishes] count for my work today? Does this [Monopoly money] count for my math? Does this [vacuuming] count for exercise? Does this [Fruit…