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The Altar - Whatever it Takes - #6085
Maybe you've almost put your life on hold until you find that man or woman to marry. Don't waste a precious day of your life waiting for what you don't have. Live this day - single or married - with all your heart! And don't let your waiting start to turn you hard and cynical and bitter or negative. Those kinds of responses insult the God who said He will meet your needs.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-altar-whatever-it-takes-6085
Navigating Without Going Aground - #6081
It takes a real man, a real woman, a moral hero to say about an issue, "God hasn't changed His mind, and He's calling the shots. The lighthouse isn't moving, and I am navigating - not by my feelings, not by your feelings - but by the unchanging light from heaven called the Bible. Any other course means that sooner or later, we're going down!"
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/navigating-without-going-agrou...
How to Carry the People You Need to Carry - #6063
Long-haul carriers learn the strange secret of what I call compassionate distance; offering yourself lovingly and wholeheartedly to a hurting person when you're with them, but leaving them completely in God's hands then, and especially when you're not with them. You're not supposed to carry them all the time. And they'll never learn to walk on their own if you get a "messiah complex" and act as if you're their Savior. That's co-dependency, not burden-bearing.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/how-to-carry-the-people-you-ne...
The Hour Before the Sunrise - #6056
God uses the long dark night to accomplish some important spiritual changes. He wants us to have those times when no human answers, no human consolation, no human heroes; no human efforts can change things. He's bringing you to the end of what you can do; the end of anything you can even think of doing. Because that's the beginning of the things only God can do. First, He has to get us out of the way.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-hour-before-the-sunrise-6056
Avoiding Shark Attacks - #6035
Please, whatever your reasons for isolating yourself, get back to your family, get back to God's fellowship, get back to the church, get back to those you were serving the Lord with. You just can't afford to be swimming out there all by yourself. The sharks of hell love it when they can get you alone. Don't give them that opportunity to strike.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/avoiding-shark-attacks-6035
The Good Thing About Bad Storms - #6017
The hurricanes of God seem devastating sometimes, but He sends them to accomplish things that might not happen any other way - the cleansing that your life needs. The new priorities your life needs. He's removing what's blocked the sun so something beautiful can grow there.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-good-thing-about-bad-storm...
Letting Go of Your Little Ones - #6015
A surrendered parent is a parent at peace; a parent who knows that this treasure God has entrusted to them has this day been placed again in God's all-powerful hands. A God who knows the plans He has for that boy, for that girl - plans for good and not for evil, to give them a future and a hope. No matter how big your little ones get, remember Whose they really are.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/letting-go-of-your-little-ones...
Missing the Votes that Really Count - #6011
If you want to see what a person is really like, see what their family thinks of them. They know you without the image, without the mask, without the nice speeches. There is no greater honor than to have your family consider you a hero.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/missing-the-votes-that-really-...
A Child In Your Inbox - #6003
It might be a good day to check your inbox. There might be a boy in your inbox or a girl in your inbox, desperately needing your priority attention. And you know, no matter what else you have to do, you just don't have anything more important to do than give them the attention that they need.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-child-in-your-inbox-6003
The Can't Chant - #5974
As you're facing something right now that you "can't do," would you say it until you believe it: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." It's not about what you can do. It's about what Christ can do!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-can-t-chant-5974