PTM WEEKLY UPDATE -- JUNE 30, 2008
In the July PTM Partner Letter -- Don't just do something -- stand there!
We like to think of ourselves as active participants in life, able to make our way in the world, in full control of our destiny. Our North American society paints the perfect person as a can-do individual who is filled with buoyant optimism and brimming with energy. This is, says our culture, a society in which you can make just about anything happen if you “set your mind to it.”
When it comes to dealing with the physical issues of life, there's a lot of truth in our culture’s traditional, conventional axiom, "Don't just stand there -- do something!" However, there are times when no planning or hard work on our part (or anyone's) can solve the crisis we may face.
We do not have complete control of any facet of our lives. That wisdom is generally not learned in our younger years --when we are healthy, when it seems like we are immortal, immune from pain, disease or accident. But as the years take their toll, and as we circle around the block of life again and again, we start to realize that no matter what we do, we can’t control everything. We can’t control our health. We can’t control the economy. We can’t control what our spouse will or will not do. We train our children, but we find that they will make their own decisions about life --we can’t control them. We find out that there are times when there is nothing we can do.
Read the rest of this message from Greg Albrecht in the July PTM Partner Letter by clicking here. If you live in the U.S. or Canada, call us at 800-309-4466 to have the PTM Partner Letter delivered to your home every month -- giving you hope, encouragement and biblical insight, as well as offering PTM's newest resources.
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