http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog Finding our Relationship with God Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:24:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Valentine's Day coming up next week, how do you define love? Some describe it as a feeling. Others claim it’s an attachment between people. Still others view it as a physical act between those who are intimate. To their defense, ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2010/02/06/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/ In the Southern United States, there is a vine called the kudzu vine. It wasn’t native to the area but it became the "vine that ate the South". It's a good illustration of how unforgivenness can take over our lives. The similarity lies in that it ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2010/02/03/covered-up/ All too many people get caught up in how to do their Christianity. You go to any church around, you will see people in the church who are more worried about how they should act, how they should dress, am I doing the motion to this ritual right, ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2010/02/02/chasing-the-wrong-things/ I recently checked my yahoo e-mail and as I went onto the main site, there was a piece that talks about how kids curb marital satisfaction. I thought to myself, has our society gotten so selfish that it despises it's own young? The truth is that ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/04/09/living-in-a-selfish-world/ Have you ever been at the end of your rope facing such overwhelming odds or trials that you didn't think you would overcome them? Just like a muscle is built up unless it is broken down through exercise, so is our faith. I have talked with ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/03/24/falling-down/ How do you look at love? I think too many of us look at love as something we give to other and expect something in return. When the person we gave our love to doesn’t respond back in the way that we want, we get resentful ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/03/24/love-on-loan/ I hate to admit it but I really get mad when things don’t go my way. That is when most of us begin praying. We ask God that if he will only do _______ (Fill in the blank) then we will be _______ (Insert whatever religious, ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/03/23/illegal-use-of-force/ Everyone worships some thing or things in their lives. What do you worship? Where does your time, money and attention go? That is probably what you worship. Many claim that they worship God but is that really true when we look ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/03/01/what-do-you-worship/ Who are the people you feel closest to? What makes these people unique in your life? In many ways, we are shaped by those people that are around us both for our betterment and our detriment. Coming through the ordeals I have had ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/02/25/the-need-for-community/ How often do we find ourselves saying I would love more if only fill in the blank? Most of us view love so conditionally. It's a if you rub my back then I will rub yours kind of a scenario. But that's not the ... http://leftofselfcenter.com/blog/2009/02/19/love-is-a-choice/