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Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Unshackled Elephant - Reflections from Chapter 3
When an elephant is young, a heavy chain is wrapped around his right hind leg. After endless attempts toward freedom, the young one surrenders "to the idea that he can't go anywhere..."
We are like that elephant.
God has given us so much, but many have bought into the lie. "We have been conditioned to believe what is false, to stop when things feel hard, and to miss out on God's incredible purpose" for us . . . to do hard things.
"Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults." I Corinthians 14:20
We are like that elephant.
God has given us so much, but many have bought into the lie. "We have been conditioned to believe what is false, to stop when things feel hard, and to miss out on God's incredible purpose" for us . . . to do hard things.
"Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults." I Corinthians 14:20
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Uprising Against A Cultural Mind-set
January 28, 2010
Alex, Jake and I just finished reading the first two chapters of "Do Hard Things." To be honest, it was a bit difficult to begin. First, I needed to cancel my Friday morning meeting. Next, the task of putting Matt, Sam and Caleb to bed almost sent me to Neverland. Pulling Jake away from his latest novel required a few minutes of patience. Finally, comments from BarlowGirl and Chuck Norris provided one more pit stop.
Then, we read.
My greatest disappointment from reading this initial section was that I did not have this kind of thinking as a teenager. God was and is still working on me.
My great encouragement from reading this section was in the fact that Alex and Brett Harris were not promoting a rebellion "against institutions or even against people." Rather, it is against a simple, yet dangerous mind-set that cripples the potential and purpose of teens everywhere. Alex is 14. Jake is 12...soon 13.
God, help me to lead and encourage my teens to make the most of these years.
Nathan (II Timothy 1:7)
Loved by God
Married to the most beautiful woman in the universe
Commited to raising five men after God's own heart
Alex, Jake and I just finished reading the first two chapters of "Do Hard Things." To be honest, it was a bit difficult to begin. First, I needed to cancel my Friday morning meeting. Next, the task of putting Matt, Sam and Caleb to bed almost sent me to Neverland. Pulling Jake away from his latest novel required a few minutes of patience. Finally, comments from BarlowGirl and Chuck Norris provided one more pit stop.
Then, we read.
My greatest disappointment from reading this initial section was that I did not have this kind of thinking as a teenager. God was and is still working on me.
My great encouragement from reading this section was in the fact that Alex and Brett Harris were not promoting a rebellion "against institutions or even against people." Rather, it is against a simple, yet dangerous mind-set that cripples the potential and purpose of teens everywhere. Alex is 14. Jake is 12...soon 13.
God, help me to lead and encourage my teens to make the most of these years.
Nathan (II Timothy 1:7)
Loved by God
Married to the most beautiful woman in the universe
Commited to raising five men after God's own heart
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