Doubt is not the same as unbelief.
If you’ve ever been told to “let go of your doubts,” or “just trust God.” If you’ve ever been told your faith was weak, or been rebuked for your doubt—as if doubt was the same as unbelief—then, read on.
This post will help you.
You know it’s important to know your strengths. And that’s where the self-help books will have you focus. This makes sense when your goal is to gain position, authority, influence.
But not if your goal is to be like Christ.
The Bible presents a counter-intuitive, even risky, view of strength and weakness. It’s that, paradoxically, it’s more important for your ultimate good to know your weakness, than your strength, to know, just how far that weakness goes.
Do you know it?
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We are who others make us.
That’s not absolutely true. But much of the good (and bad) we experience in life is due to the influence, support, and at times, correction of others.
Reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, reminded me that “no one…ever makes it alone” (115). This made me want to thank the family, friends, pastors, teachers, and bosses who have had a positive hand in the making of me, average as I am.
Average Us 