Facing Your Soul with Confidence

 If it were possible to face your soul, what would you see? Carl Jung, the Swiss psychologist, observed, "People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their soul." Jesus stressed the importance of the soul by asking, "What good is it for a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?"

Jesus warned against becoming so preoccupied with things that the soul is neglected or abused. Think of the soul as being the conduit through which God communicates with us. To love God with all your heart and soul, strength and mind conjoins you to him so completely that you become one with him in spirit.

John Steinbeck wrote in The Grapes of Wrath, "A fella ain't got a soul of his own, but only a piece of a bigger one." If your soul has been abused or neglected, it can be restored. Committing to loving God with all your soul insures its restoration. So praise God for that opportunity.                        

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This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your soul.”

~Jeremiah 6:16 New Living Translation

                  

Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

~Psalm 103:1 New International Version

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Conflict at a Crossroads

Every person will eventually come to a crossroads in life. For some, it reflects a conflict over whether to stay in a career or activate the freedom to pursue something different. However this choice may mean facing the insecurity of the unknown.

When divorce identifies a crossroads, either the husband or wife may want to save the marriage while the other is determined to end it. Divorce should reflect a struggle within each person who made a commitment to God, their families and friends, to make the marriage last in sickness and in health, for better or worse, richer or poorer, till death do they part.

Most people desire freedom from conflict, for conflict characterizes failure in some aspects of a relationship. Conflict communicates change is needed when it begins to dominate the healthy functioning of life. Conflicts can be resolved when two people choose with God’s guidance to do all within their power to ensure that healthy change takes place. May God give you strength and wisdom to do so. 

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This is what the Lord says: 
"Stand at the crossroads and look; 
ask for the ancient paths, 
ask where the good way is,and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said: 'We will not walk in it.'"
~Jeremiah 6:16 New International Version

If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just, and fair. You will know what you should do. You will become wise, and your knowledge will give you pleasure. Your insight and understanding will protect you and prevent you from doing the wrong thing.

~Proverbs 2:9-12a Good News Bible