The lessons you don't learn in church...

[Scott Hetkowski]

Church is a great place to spend time with the Lord, right? Right! But there are just some things that aren't taught there, for example:

Never Give Up

If you learn one thing in life, that one thing just may be that everything you do is easy to give up on. It requires guts to finish quite a few of life's tasks and to stand tall through situations that life presents to us. A lot of people simply give up for they don't have the will to complete a certain task or the above said task requires too much work. No matter where life takes you, you should always remember one thing, and that is, to never give up on anything, no matter what anyone says or does. Something may take it's toll on you, but you can certainly find it in yourself to keep your head up and put 110% into everything you do. It's the decision to do so that seperates the strong from the weak. Remember that nothing is impossible when you refuse to give up, and as Steve Prefontaine said, "To give anything less than your personal best is to sacrifice the gift."

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[Dad Ernie]

Remember that nothing is impossible when you refuse to give up,

God has a way of confounding the "wisdom of the wise", such as in this case:

Genesis 11:6-7 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

My own experience tells me the following is true:

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

and as Steve Prefontaine said, "To give anything less than your personal best is to sacrifice the gift."

And so I must be utterly reliant upon the provisions of God and I obtain them by:

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Please forgive me if I am wrong, but what was posted appeared to me to be so much secular psycho-social babble.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[Scott Hetkowski]

Weird, you were very wrong. It was actually an attempt to help people. The website it is from is a christian website, so I'm not sure where you got secular from, but that offends me and I'm pretty appalled that people criticize my work so easily when I simply try to help others... this is the reason for jerks in the world, too much criticizing and not enough help.

[Ovedya]

Weird, you were very wrong. It was actually an attempt to help people. The website it is from is a christian website, so I'm not sure where you got secular from, but that offends me and I'm pretty appalled that people criticize my work so easily when I simply try to help others... this is the reason for jerks in the world, too much criticizing and not enough help.

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Hi Scott,

Actually, brother, I sort of had the same response when I read the title of your post and the content.

My opinion is that there are no lessons that cannot be learned within the church and from the Bible. As I was telling my 12 year old daughter just last night, everything you ever wanted to know in life is contained in those 66 books. Every crossroads you come to in life can be answered by reading the Bible. The more that you know the Bible, the better your chances of overcoming those rough spots in your life.

I tend to be a person that appreciateas human wisdom. But I realize that most of it is designed to tickle the ear, so I try not to pay too much attention. Human wisom just pales in comparison to that of the Bible. In fact, a lot of human wisdom is just a kind of rip off from the Bible.

In any case, I don't think that Dad Ernie meant to offend you. I think that he's just saying that we should be really careful of the source of wisdom, and be a little more discerning.