INSANITY
Insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting different results.
It applies to people as well. Weaning yourself away from the ones that bring you down...then letting them slip back into your psyche and expecting them to behave differently-is insanity. Of course there's always the exception...if they've received a good deal of soul searching counseling, a big dose of humility or better yet-a full scale lobotomy. Slim pick ins though- because people are their own pitfalls.
Personally, I always leave the door open because I believe in miracles and spiritual awakenings and that moment of clarity when the dark is lifted and the light of truth shines through with an intensity that moves mountains of self centered satisfaction into the past-while placing good old fashioned honest humility front and center.
Darryl Strawberry is one of those miracle stories that you can hardly believe, unless you know the whole story. I heard him tell a national talk show host..."The light went on"...and it was no longer about him...and it was suddenly and quite unexpectedly-about everyone else. His words immediately caught my undivided attention...even though-believe it or not-I didn't know who this guy was. But in a few short minutes-I did know he was someone special-someone who had taken the wreckage from his past and transformed it into a powerful testimony that would help others. I felt deeply touched...as the former baseball star, described his personal spiritual revelation and the real life, riveting changes that resulted in a complete life transformation.
I googled the man's name and quickly learned how very infamous he had been. The fame and fortune, the drugs and the adultery, the power and the personal conquests-left him empty-broke and in deep despair...Then the light bulb clicked and the luminous light of wisdom and knowledge-illuminated his life. That simple-that fast. Darryl Strawberry, once revered for his skills as a big league baseball player-lost everything to lust and greed, then gained back the world by giving himself completely to God.
Now that may seem a little insane to a lot of people...but to me, that's the kind of mind boggling clarity that keeps me optimistic in the face of fears and follies that seem to strut so easily into our lives, robbing us of the hope that we can change, that other people can change and the world can change- for the better.
Darryl Strawberry is just one more example of how quickly and powerfully God can reverse the insane behavior of men...and proof-that absolutely nothing is impossible with God!
It applies to people as well. Weaning yourself away from the ones that bring you down...then letting them slip back into your psyche and expecting them to behave differently-is insanity. Of course there's always the exception...if they've received a good deal of soul searching counseling, a big dose of humility or better yet-a full scale lobotomy. Slim pick ins though- because people are their own pitfalls.
Personally, I always leave the door open because I believe in miracles and spiritual awakenings and that moment of clarity when the dark is lifted and the light of truth shines through with an intensity that moves mountains of self centered satisfaction into the past-while placing good old fashioned honest humility front and center.
Darryl Strawberry is one of those miracle stories that you can hardly believe, unless you know the whole story. I heard him tell a national talk show host..."The light went on"...and it was no longer about him...and it was suddenly and quite unexpectedly-about everyone else. His words immediately caught my undivided attention...even though-believe it or not-I didn't know who this guy was. But in a few short minutes-I did know he was someone special-someone who had taken the wreckage from his past and transformed it into a powerful testimony that would help others. I felt deeply touched...as the former baseball star, described his personal spiritual revelation and the real life, riveting changes that resulted in a complete life transformation.
I googled the man's name and quickly learned how very infamous he had been. The fame and fortune, the drugs and the adultery, the power and the personal conquests-left him empty-broke and in deep despair...Then the light bulb clicked and the luminous light of wisdom and knowledge-illuminated his life. That simple-that fast. Darryl Strawberry, once revered for his skills as a big league baseball player-lost everything to lust and greed, then gained back the world by giving himself completely to God.
Now that may seem a little insane to a lot of people...but to me, that's the kind of mind boggling clarity that keeps me optimistic in the face of fears and follies that seem to strut so easily into our lives, robbing us of the hope that we can change, that other people can change and the world can change- for the better.
Darryl Strawberry is just one more example of how quickly and powerfully God can reverse the insane behavior of men...and proof-that absolutely nothing is impossible with God!
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