This is an inspiration and encouragement for sure. I need to love and serve my family more, it is a privilege to do so.
Jan
10
2012
10
2012
When someone hurts you or cuts you down to your face or in front of others how do you deal with it? I see there being 3 options:
Option 1 is to ignore it and move on.
Option 2 is to deal with it and talk directly to the person who hurt you.
Option 3 is to rip that person a new one by talking about him/her to others so that you can vent your hurts and feelings out loud, but not really deal with the situation.
Sadly, have seen more people take option 3 than option 1 or 2. It is hard to take option 1, so I don’t see many people taking that, including myself. Option 2 is also hard as it is vulnerable and faces the situation head on so I don’t see many people taking that option either. Sadly option 3, although it is the cowardly way to go many people take it cause it makes them feel better and gives them room to vent.
I see option 3 as being cowardly, sinful, wimpy and in no way loving to anyone. If you have a problem with someone (and I am speaking to myself here too) talk to them about it. I get so furious when I see someone being nice to a persons face and then cutting them down as soon as they leave the room. Who has the problem here? I believe it is the coward who doesn’t have the courage or integrity to tell the person they have problems with exactly how they feel.
If you have a problem with someone just tell them, and if you are to scared to tell them then just forgive them, walk away from the situation and love them. I am a follower of Jesus. All throughout Jesus life I see him directly dealing with the people who he had problems with. Do you know why? Because He loved them and because it was the loving thing to do. He wasn’t into gossip, He was into redemption. When we talk about people behind their backs it doesn’t lead to redemption, it leads to pride and bitterness. There is no healing or love that comes out of pride and bitterness, just ugliness and hate.
My challenge to you and to me is to seek healing and redemption in your relationships by talking. Not by talking about the person who hurt you, but by talking to the person who hurt you. I can almost guarantee you that healing will happen, and if not then I will give you a dollar.
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Jan
05
2012
05
2012
A picture of my big/little sister and I when we were kids back in Ireland. Hey sis, I love ya mucho and am praying for you lots and lots, as are many other people. Thanks for all the love for my sister everyone. Check out her story here and show some Facebook love here.
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Tags: cancer, facebook, family, healing, sisterJan
04
2012
04
2012
For those of you who have been following my sister Julie Prentice story with her cancer here is an update.Today they removed her picc line because the interferon (chemo) has damaged her liver so badly. She will need regular liver tests now (2wce a week). What we need now is healing as she is off treatment. They have removed all the cancer in her arm, but are unsure if it is still in her lymph nodes.
I think this is the first time it has really hit me that she is going through this. Talking to my sister on the phone today and hearing her broken spirit and listening to her tears broke me. I don’t want to lose her, she is an amazing woman, a great sister, a caring and loving wife and mom and a friend to all. Please stand with our family in this through your prayers. We need a massive solid from Jesus in this.
She is very broken over this, please pray for her and show her some Facebook love.
Thanks so much (Please share this, like this and RT)
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Jan
02
2012
02
2012
Good afternoon friends. I hope you had a great holiday season and that your new years was epic. It is exciting to get into a new year. The thought of starting new, whether that be on a new project, a new goal or new inspiration it is all cause for excitement as we see and aspire to positive change.
One of the main things I am excited about is getting version 2.0 of the Prayer & Action guide out by Steps of Justice, a non-profit I helped start. In the last year and a half we have sold and given away over 4600 guides to churches all over the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and NZ. The guide is a way that helps people engage with these overwhelming issues of injustice that we hear about every day. Issues of extreme poverty (1.25 billion living on less than $1.25/day), issues of slavery (30 million slaves live in our world today), or issues of preventative disease (every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria). The Prayer & Action guide give practical ways that you and I can be involved in being the change in some of these issues.
As we put out version 2.0 in the next couple of months we are needing something from you. That something is a photo. Our current issue has an amazing cover photo taken by our good friend Vanessa Hadford. We love this photo, and it will remain in the guide, but we are looking at a bit of a redesign and want to use a different cover photo. This is where you come in.
If you have a photo that you have taken or know of a friend who is a photographer and has some epic and moving pictures we would love you to submit them. We are looking for a photo that is strong. One that tells a story. One that moves you to compassion, anger and action. A photo they depicts how messed up and unjust our world is, but one that also shows there is hope.
The person whose photo the we pick will get the following:
1. 10 copies of the Prayer & Action guide
2. Credit for taking the photo
3. Links to their Flickr, Facebook and Twitter stream.
Please have your photos submitted no later than Monday January 16 at 5:pm west coast time. .
You can submit your photos to Phil at phil@stepsofjustice.org
