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Right Direction

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We all have this sort of sixth sense within us when making decisions.  Women tend to be more attuned to it.  In a fast paced society, very few of us take the time to make decisions. . .let me correct myself here.  Very few of us take the time to make the RIGHT decisions.  We have become a knee-jerk society full of impulses deemed as happiness.  It is conditioned happiness!  Just because it makes us happy does not make it right.  Wouldn't it be nice to have a more abundant flow of happiness based on right decisions?  Here are four questions to aide you in making the RIGHT decisions: Is it the truth?  The heart has a way of telling us whether it is true or not.  My priest once told me if I had problems hearing my heart it was best to ask before I went to bed.  Then, when I wake with no outside noise or societal influence; I could hear the answer.  It usually comes to us when our whole self is the quietest.  I tend t...

Love & Respect

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We have all grown up knowing of unconditional love.   It is often used with very close and intimate relationships.   Many a times we are told to love unconditionally as God loves us; but what of unconditional respect.   This being a fairly new notion in today’s society, one may say respect has to be earned.   If that is the case, aren’t the scales a little uneven? Ephesians 5:33 says, “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”   God has said we MUST love our women and we MUST respect our men.   God doesn’t say we love our women unconditionally and men must earn their respect nor does he say we must love our men.   While most men want love, they thrive on respect.   Without one, the other is in jeopardy creating a vicious cycle which may be very hard to stop once it evolves. This is a hard lesson to learn for some women.   This is a hard lesson to learn for some men.  ...