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I have had this thought on my mind all day. I hope that it comes out the way that it is intended.
On the way home from the high school this morning, I heard an advertisement that caught my attention. I don't know if it was because of the dialogue I was having on the the way to the high school or if it was just something I have been thinking about, so here it goes.
The advisement was for a book. "Change the Questions, Change Your Life". I have not read the book. I have not even googled it. I just listened to the add. Evidently the book is about 7 questions you need to change in order to change your life. That started me thinking. I started thinking about the questions I ask, the questions that have been asked of me, questions in general.
Here is what I got. What kind of questions could change our lives? Is it the questions we ask or the manner in which we ask them? Do we ask these questions in anticipation an answer or with expectation of an answer? I started asking and wondering how I could change my questions? I started wondering where it is that I ask questions.
I generally ask questions in prayer, at work, and of those around me at home. This gave me reason to pause. Let's start with prayer. I think they are all interrelated and can be viewed from similar perspectives.
When I pray, what am I asking for? Do I ask that things change, that people change, that my life be different? or do I ask that I might have strength to endure, that my heart will change, that my mind will be opened that I might know how to make my life different?
Do I go to the Lord in anticipation of an answer or do I already have the expected answer I want and wait for Him to give it to me? Do I have a specific blessing in mind when I pray?
Do I pray for others to be blessed or do I ask how I might be able to bless the lives of others? Do I ask for things to go away or do I ask for help to accept and understand that which is troubling me?
Do I go to the Lord with a resolution or do I wait for him to tell me what his plan is? Do I just ask for the burden to be lighted or do I ask how I can build more muscle to carry it?
Now I am full of questions. I don't know that I have all the answers. I know that I need to think about the way I ask and what I ask for. I need to make change. The things I ask for can also apply to the things I do or expected to be done for me. When I complete a task, maybe I should not be looking for the gratification from other, but the satisfaction of know that I did my best and completed the task. That in and of itself is a reward. I should not approach a problem with the hope of being gratified when it is complete, but just for the sake of solving the problem.
These questions and more can apply to a aspects of our lives, not just pray, how to we approach our employer, our fellow co-workers, our spouses, our children, our parents, ...etc.
Think about the questions you ask. What would/should you change? It is has to be a change of heart.
On the way home from the high school this morning, I heard an advertisement that caught my attention. I don't know if it was because of the dialogue I was having on the the way to the high school or if it was just something I have been thinking about, so here it goes.
The advisement was for a book. "Change the Questions, Change Your Life". I have not read the book. I have not even googled it. I just listened to the add. Evidently the book is about 7 questions you need to change in order to change your life. That started me thinking. I started thinking about the questions I ask, the questions that have been asked of me, questions in general.
Here is what I got. What kind of questions could change our lives? Is it the questions we ask or the manner in which we ask them? Do we ask these questions in anticipation an answer or with expectation of an answer? I started asking and wondering how I could change my questions? I started wondering where it is that I ask questions.
I generally ask questions in prayer, at work, and of those around me at home. This gave me reason to pause. Let's start with prayer. I think they are all interrelated and can be viewed from similar perspectives.
When I pray, what am I asking for? Do I ask that things change, that people change, that my life be different? or do I ask that I might have strength to endure, that my heart will change, that my mind will be opened that I might know how to make my life different?
Do I go to the Lord in anticipation of an answer or do I already have the expected answer I want and wait for Him to give it to me? Do I have a specific blessing in mind when I pray?
Do I pray for others to be blessed or do I ask how I might be able to bless the lives of others? Do I ask for things to go away or do I ask for help to accept and understand that which is troubling me?
Do I go to the Lord with a resolution or do I wait for him to tell me what his plan is? Do I just ask for the burden to be lighted or do I ask how I can build more muscle to carry it?
Now I am full of questions. I don't know that I have all the answers. I know that I need to think about the way I ask and what I ask for. I need to make change. The things I ask for can also apply to the things I do or expected to be done for me. When I complete a task, maybe I should not be looking for the gratification from other, but the satisfaction of know that I did my best and completed the task. That in and of itself is a reward. I should not approach a problem with the hope of being gratified when it is complete, but just for the sake of solving the problem.
These questions and more can apply to a aspects of our lives, not just pray, how to we approach our employer, our fellow co-workers, our spouses, our children, our parents, ...etc.
Think about the questions you ask. What would/should you change? It is has to be a change of heart.
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