Tag: Self-absorption

Fruits of the Holy Spirit are your guide in career planning

Awesome Career Advice from the Holy Spirit

Daily Influences to Manage, Great People Examples to Follow, Parables and Miracles, Virtuous Actions

How did you choose your career? For most people it’s a product of luck and circumstance. We have an opportunity early in our working lives and that becomes something we build into a career.  This presentation by Bishop Barron is something I wish I had seen earlier in life. Instead I was guided in career choices by things like the Myers-Briggs assessment. We need to change our perspective on career discussions. The egotism in career advice should be alarming. Instead of what can I accomplish? Instead of what will make me most happy? We should be asking in what way can I be most loving! In what way can I be most generous! The fruit of the Holy Spirit described in Galatians 5 is the most compelling career advice I have ever heard. And I say this after spending several decades in Human Resources.  

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Jesus Burns Away Sin. Do not expect to be welcomed if you speak God's Word.

Expect to Be Attacked when Speaking God’s Word!

Daily Influences to Manage, Life Paths, Social Media, Virtuous Actions

In a world gone wrong, those who speak the truth will be opposed. The more authentically religious you are, the more you are going to be opposed. . 

We like to think of Jesus as a unifying figure. The reality is that Jesus is a source of division before he is a source of unity. Hatred, cruelty, self-absorption, grudges, and all manner of sin must be burnt away.  If others are not willing to put such things away to follow Jesus, they will oppose you.  Like Jeremiah being lowered into the cistern, do not expect to be treated well. We know where following Christ will lead us.

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