Hardened is a word that has many meanings depending on its use. If you’re involved in the construction or engineering field, hardened can refer to metals that have been made harder.
In the medical field, hardened can mean someone who, through experience, is no longer sensitive to the unpleasantness of healthcare. In each of those, being hardened is a good thing. However, there are many aspects of our life where being hardened isn’t a good thing.
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Posted in Chrisitian Philosophy, Christian Living
Tagged 2 Chronicles, Christian living, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, James, Job, Matthew, Psalm, Romans, Teachings of Paul
Getting married is one of the oldest rites of passage in human history. For believers, we see the first mention of what will become defined as the Judeaeo-Christian tradition of marriage in the first chapter of Genesis.
With great authority, Genesis states: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth (Genesis 1:26-28).
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, Genesis, Proverbs
“I want it now!” is often a phrase many of us with children have heard often. If you don’t have children, you’ve probably listened to the conversation between parent and child, too. Everyone knows that children can be impatient at times. Whether it is a toy, a stop at a restaurant, or to go outside, children are often anxious and unwilling to compromise on their demands. For a parent or any other caretaker, this becomes a lesson in patience and determination. We often see that what a child wants and what they need can often be two different things.
As Christians, at some time in our relationship with the Lord, we’ve been impatient. It happens to every Christian, both young and old. “Lord, I want… now!” may not be the exact words we say, but if we are honest, we know it is what we have felt.
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