The “Old Man” aka the father was probably raised to keep his feelings in his pocket because he didn’t need them so that when he grew up, he decided to only allow his angry feelings to come out. Once in awhile you see the sweet side of him, like making the most of the ruined dinner by taking his family to the Chinese restaurant and then on Christmas morning giving his firstborn the gift that he most wanted.
In It’s a Wonderful Life, there are things that are out of George’s control but because he felt such responsibility for anything that went wrong, he put a very heavy burden on his shoulders which put him in a state of feeling out of control and his mind racing only causing more anxiety for himself. The more anxiety, the more breathing fast and heart rate speeds up, and then he becomes lightheaded, not being able to think straight anymore so he takes his frustration out on those he loves the most. He was then in a hopeless state of mind thinking everyone would be better off without him, that if he had never been born, none of this would’ve happened.
My point is, all this stuff that comes unexpectedly in your life may not be wanted; however, it is all used to make us stronger, to help us grow into what God would have us to be. So, we need to embrace the unpleasantness and learn from it. Do what you can do where God puts you. Get brave, step out of your comfort zone. He has a great plan and purpose for you for this season.
There he was, asleep on my front yard. I stared at him to see if he was alive or not. He sure looked alive, cuddled up and breathing deep. He had look on his face that gave me shivers. He might have looked innocent to some, pausing to take a nap, but he chose to pick a spot to rest, up close and personal, right next to my porch, too close for my comfort. He had to go, and I needed to make sure he was going to stay asleep while I swiftly took him out.
I believe that we all can learn to wait, to slow down, to learn from the circumstances and the people around us. Many things in life don’t go our way or how we had planned, but if we pause to lean in and learn what God would have us to, we will gain even more patience than we thought we ever had, and realize He had the best plan all along than we could have ever imagined. Sometimes we just got to go through the muddy, sticky, hard, Murphy Monday, five gallon bucketful kind of day. Because in the end, we can look back and see it was all for a purpose to make us who we are today. And, thankfully God is with us through it.
This is a very slippery slope, Pam. Please think before you speak.There is a huge difference between hate speech and making threats to someone’s life.
I am pretty confident God took him immediately so he did not taste the sting of death. The tears came at the horrific scene. Part of my and my daughter’s daily routine bonding time, of watching Charlie had just ended right before my eyes.
Are you who God made you to be or who someone else wants you to be?
Where should our allegiance lie? Should it be with a certain candidate or country? Let’s dive into this topic as we look for the answer.
I am so over people in this country thinking that because you have a different opinion than them, that you must automatically be their enemy. WHY?!?! I have had many differing opinions of people or issues and this doesn’t make me hateful or racist or having some sort of phobia. My opinion, even if different than yours, simple makes me a person with my own mind, my own free will, with my own set of morals of how I live (for me personally this comes from the Word of God that is never-changing; It is the same yesterday, today, and forever).
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