Thursday, October 22, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
When Bad is Good
“The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.” Will Rogers
One of the earliest of my husband's seventeen books is titled, "What Happens to Good People When Bad Things Happen?" and I know that this title holds a question that we can still ask today. The answer of course, "they become better people."
The Bible tells us that the "rain falls on the just and the unjust" so why are some doubtful people so quick to blame God when something bad happens to them and when things are going great they refuse to thank God and give Him the credit? It may be that it's just human nature and so much easier to find someone to hold responsible for unpleasantries or worse yet, terrible disasters- because we just have to find a reason or an explanation for things going bad.
What do we do when bad things happen to us? We should pray more and we should seek wise counsel while realizing that we are only passing "through"our valley, not being dumped there. We should only share with trusted confidants knowing that not everyone has our best interests at heart. Proceeding with caution and faith while going through rough situations can make-or-break a day, a week, a month, a year, or a lifetime.
What do we do when bad things happen to us? We should pray more and we should seek wise counsel while realizing that we are only passing "through"our valley, not being dumped there. We should only share with trusted confidants knowing that not everyone has our best interests at heart. Proceeding with caution and faith while going through rough situations can make-or-break a day, a week, a month, a year, or a lifetime.
Re-framing is a very common practice for psychologists. It's basically taking a situation and looking at it a different way or trying to see the good in something bad. I try to re-frame in my daily life. I am also known as a "connector" so it's probably easier for me to see the whys and try to figure out how a challenging situation connects me to the future and helps me grow as a person. Visualizing a positive outcome to a negative situation is called "faith" and it's really what has helped me through life. Of course, it all starts with prayer and trust that God has got it all handled even when I don't! I know I've said it before but if you have believed the statement, "God never gives you more than you can handle" I want to tell you again that it's not true! He does give you more than you can handle but "God will not give you more than HE can handle." Trust, Faith, Prayer, Assurance, and Hope are all words to ponder, practice, and hold on to. This orientation in life can help turn your "bad" into "good."
Last weekend I was at a fabulous women's event. "Imagine" was held at Newport Church in Newport Beach, California and I was so impressed and blessed with one of the strong, reoccurring messages of the day, "Happily Ever After." They even sold great-looking shirts with the slogan printed on them. Happily Ever After is God's plan for our future. We all guess at what our future holds and sometimes it can be scary. If we put our trust in the one who created us and keep on "praying like it all depends on God, and working like it all depends on us" we will live happier and healthier lives. And we can be assured that others around us will benefit from our attitude and we will finish well.
Last weekend I was at a fabulous women's event. "Imagine" was held at Newport Church in Newport Beach, California and I was so impressed and blessed with one of the strong, reoccurring messages of the day, "Happily Ever After." They even sold great-looking shirts with the slogan printed on them. Happily Ever After is God's plan for our future. We all guess at what our future holds and sometimes it can be scary. If we put our trust in the one who created us and keep on "praying like it all depends on God, and working like it all depends on us" we will live happier and healthier lives. And we can be assured that others around us will benefit from our attitude and we will finish well.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." Proverbs 3:5,6
Our last call was with Dr. Paul Murray and he discusses his book, "Broken, Picking Up The Pieces After The Fall."
If you need help with anything you can contact me at: Donna@SchullerMinistries.org
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
How To Be REALLY Happy
Since the name of my website and my ministry is Healthy Family Happy Life I do a lot of thinking and writing about the subject of happiness. Here’s a couple of thoughts from one of my favorite writers:
“The end (goal) of life is not human happiness; it is human growth. . Growth in character and achievement. Happiness is a by-product of that growth. The universe therefore had to be a semi-hard universe—it had to be sufficiently hard to sharpen our souls upon. Were their no disease, there would be no research to find remedies and thus no growth. No earthquakes then no improvements on buildings being built and no growth. No weeds in our gardens then no need to figure out how to get rid of them…no growth.
We have to be unfinished masters of an unfinished world. The world is imperfect so we can make the effort to perfect it. In finishing the unfinished we help finish ourselves.” (and pages later): “the goal of the individual as perfection of character and life is not to get to Heaven but to try to bring heaven to earth.” (later in the book) “The goal of human society, then, is the Kingdom of God on Earth. There are thus two goals which are really one-namely the perfected individual in a perfected society. ”
E. Stanley Jones “Growing Spiritually"
If you want to find some mid-month encouragement and/or learn how to grow spiritually then one thing you can do is to join my husband and I for THE CALL on the 15th of every month at 6pm Pacific time. Dial 530-881-1300 and key-in 642848# We have a special surprise this month, September 15th, but join us any month. Or you an go and listen to our previous CALLS on our podcast at RobertSchullerMinistries.podomatic.com
*Check back in soon for my series on manners, etiquette, and civility. My friend and author, Julie Ann Ulcikas has been home taking care of her kids or traveling all summer but we are almost ready to post the exciting and helpful series of blogs!
“The end (goal) of life is not human happiness; it is human growth. . Growth in character and achievement. Happiness is a by-product of that growth. The universe therefore had to be a semi-hard universe—it had to be sufficiently hard to sharpen our souls upon. Were their no disease, there would be no research to find remedies and thus no growth. No earthquakes then no improvements on buildings being built and no growth. No weeds in our gardens then no need to figure out how to get rid of them…no growth.
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| This was posted on a wall inside the Manila Times newspaper. |
We have to be unfinished masters of an unfinished world. The world is imperfect so we can make the effort to perfect it. In finishing the unfinished we help finish ourselves.” (and pages later): “the goal of the individual as perfection of character and life is not to get to Heaven but to try to bring heaven to earth.” (later in the book) “The goal of human society, then, is the Kingdom of God on Earth. There are thus two goals which are really one-namely the perfected individual in a perfected society. ”
E. Stanley Jones “Growing Spiritually"
If you want to find some mid-month encouragement and/or learn how to grow spiritually then one thing you can do is to join my husband and I for THE CALL on the 15th of every month at 6pm Pacific time. Dial 530-881-1300 and key-in 642848# We have a special surprise this month, September 15th, but join us any month. Or you an go and listen to our previous CALLS on our podcast at RobertSchullerMinistries.podomatic.com
*Check back in soon for my series on manners, etiquette, and civility. My friend and author, Julie Ann Ulcikas has been home taking care of her kids or traveling all summer but we are almost ready to post the exciting and helpful series of blogs!
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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