John Powell
John Powell
lonely loneliness pace
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
ifs-and limits enjoyment
What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?
feelings categories my-thoughts
To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me.
bridges growth process
Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned.
our-lives
Our lives are shaped by those who love us
self contentment true-self
Comparison is the death of true self-contentment.
greatness sky bird
God is to us like the sky to a small bird, which cannot see its outer limits and cannot reach its distant horizons, but can only lose itself in the greatness and immensity of the blueness.
attitude painful pleasant
Attitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful.
different saint principles
Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life principles.
let-it-go affliction might
By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.
dream prayer asking
I have to be honest in asking myself: Do I really want to know and do God's will? Or is it rather that I want God to do my will? Do I go to God with the assurance that I want only to know and do his will? Or do I rather first make my own plans and then insist that God make my dreams come true?
brain rockets myth
There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.
men initiative accepting
God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative.
wisdom pain soul
There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer Aspirin; take God three times a day and you won't feel any pain.