The only way to be able to do such as thing is to exercise forgiveness and forbearance. While the two subjects are closely related, they are not the same. If you understand forgiveness, for the most part you will understand forbearance. One thing is for sure, neither forgiveness nor forbearance are easy tasks.
Here’s the lesson on leadership that I gave Lily on the way home. I made her repeat it several times as we rode together, and I thought you might appreciate it as well:
You want to leave your church and you want to do it the right way? In Part One of How To Leave Your Church, we looked at how our own hearts can fool us on this issue, why it’s better to be a David than a Saul or Absalom, and why talking to your pastor before leaving is a good testimony to other believers. Here are the last four points:
Leaving your church isn’t wrong in of itself; it’s just the manner in which people do it that can wreck havoc. So if you feel like you absolutely have to leave your church, here’s how to do it.
Missed the first post? Check it out here: Three Stages of Everything and How to Succeed In Them - Part One Last time we looked at the first two stages of everything: the romantic “I’ve been swept off my feet” stage of an idea, and then the subsequent I-didn’t-realize-this-was-going-to-be-this-hard “gut it out” stage. We’re going [...]
There are three stages of everything we try to do in life, and while we may bounce back and forth from one stage to another – no one ever stays in one stage the entire time. Accomplishing a goal usually takes a good understanding of where you are in the process. Find out what these three stages are and how to succeed in them. There are three stages to just about anything we try to do in life, and while we may bounce back and forth from one stage to another – no one ever stays in one stage the entire time.
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