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Of Pain And GainBill CrowderPosted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com  Thanks to the Sources at: rbc[dot]org -and- odb[dot]org  Follow Pastor Tony at:
During
summer training camp, the coaches on one football team wore T-shirts
intended to urge their players to exert maximum effort. The
shirts bore the motto, “Each day you must
choose: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
Discipline is tough—and something we may try to avoid. But in sports and in life, short-term pain is often the only path to long-term gain. In the heat of battle it is too late to prepare. Either
you are ready for the challenges of life or you will be haunted
by the “what ifs,” “if onlys,” and “I should’ves” that accompany the
failure to be prepared. That’s the pain of regret.
One source defines regret as “an intelligent and
emotional dislike for personal past acts and behaviors.” It’s
painful to look back at our choices through the lens of regret and feel
the weight of our failures. This
was the case for the psalmist. After a personal episode of sin and
failure, he wrote, “Many sorrows shall
be to the wicked; but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall
surround him” (Ps. 32:10). In
the clarity of hindsight, he saw the wisdom of a life that strives
to honor the Lord—a life that does not need to be marked by regret.
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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. —Psalm 32:10 |
In You, O Lord,
we take delight,
Our every need You can supply; We long to do what’s true and right, So, Lord, on You we will rely. — D. De Haan Present
choices determine future rewards.
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| Bible
in a Year: 1 Samuel 30-31; Luke 13:23-35 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
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En el amor no hay temor, sino que el amor perfecto echa fuera el temor. El que teme espera el castigo, así que no ha sido perfeccionado en el amor. (1 Juan 4:17b-18) Amor, una palabra que está en la boca de muchos y en el corazón de pocos. Vivimos en un mundo frío y violento, tanto en los hechos como en las palabras, donde el amor parece haberse enfriado. Este ambiente sombrío genera miedo, depresión y desencanto con la vida. Pero cuando alzamos nuestros ojos para ver el verdadero amor, no ese amor que muestran las películas, sino el amor que vence al miedo y supera a la muerte, toda la opresión de este mundo no es suficiente para abatirnos. El amor derramado por Dios a través de su hijo Jesús es capaz de vencer el miedo y el castigo. Debemos alimentarnos de este amor y esparcirlo. Este amor no puede ser prohibido por la ley y nadie es capaz de arrebatarlo. ¡Debemos perfeccionarnos en este amor! Sí, es necesario, pues este es un amor práctico. De la misma forma en que somos alimentados...
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