While trying to get back in shape with some good habits, once again I grabbed a book that I started reading a while ago. It has been a very refreshing reading, as tend to be the case with books authored by Paul D. Tripp and/or Timothy S. Lane (you can add David Powlison here, as well)
Allow me to share some remarkable quotes:
Human beings are “meaning makers.” We look for the meaning and purpose in every event, activity, and relationship in our lives.
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Meaning making is something we do unconsciously but incessantly. We never stop trying to figure life out. We ask questions. We make assumptions, draw conclusions, make connections, interpret data, and make distinctions.
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Whether we suffer, strive, achieve, or relax, we ask ourselves consciously or subconsciously, What is the point? What does it all mean? And here is the important part: the answers we give ourselves, the meanings we give to our thoughts, circumstances, relationships, and actions, move us in specific directions.
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…when most people dream of change taking place, we think the change needs to take place outside ourselves. We think, How much better life would be if a certain situation or a relationship were different! Meanwhile, God says that what needs change most is us! He does not just work to fix situations and relationships; he is intent on rescuing us from ourselves. We are the focus of his loving, lifelong work of change.
The book is titled “How People Change“. You can grab a copy at Amazon, and dedicate a few minutes a day to enjoy it.
See you around,
