Posts by Debbie
Dependency
Today I read out of Titus 1 in the Message, “For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, and deceiving talk. Those who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst. They’ve got to be shut up. They’re disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all…
Read MoreThe Roadless Traveled, Peck is discussing the myths of romantic love. In the last section he talked of romantic love being that feeling that we have when we are attracted to someone that never lasts. Today he talks of the myths of the fairy tail “and they lived happily for ever after.” without any problems…
Read MoreEncouragement from God
But don’t let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers– why, you took in the sacred Scripture with your mother’s milk! There’s nothing like the writtine Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Chist Jesus. Every part for Scripture…
Read MoreLove Defined
It is Wednesday morning and I am feeling good. I have walked with my daughter, listened to a couple of podcasts, I am up and dressed and the sun is shinning. I am listening to a new radio station for me, Shine FM 95.3. I have a busy day ahead but I want to start…
Read MoreDiscipline that leads to Maturity
In the section of Discipline in THE ROADLESS TRAVELED, Peck leaves with some thoughts. Is it ever possible to become free from emotional pain in this life? The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive. If your goal is to…
Read MoreRenunciation and Rebirth
M. Scott Peck, MD states in The Roadless Traveled that “It is in the giving up of self that human being can find the most ecstatic and lasting solid, durable joy of life. He talks of “Bracketing”. Bracketing is essentially the act of balancing the need for stability and assertion of the self with the…
Read MoreThe Healthiness of Depression
The feeling associated with giving up something loved – or at least something that is part of ourselves and familiar – is depression. Scott Peck in The Roadless Traveled says that to spur growth a proportionate amount of “the old self” must be given up. Giving up or loss of the old self is an…
Read MoreA Balanced Life
One of the most challanging things in life is “balancing” our life. This is the subject of today’s reflections in The Roadless Traveled by Peck. Scott says discipline itself must be disciplined which he calls balancing. Balancing is the discipline that give us flexibility. It is necessary that the higher centers of our Brain (judgement) be…
Read MoreWithholding Truth
Withholding Truth from M. Scott Peck, M.D. ‘s THE ROADLESS TRAVELED, is our subject today. Lying can be divided into two types: white lies and black lies. A black like is a statement we make that we know is false. A white lie is a statement we make that is not in itself false but…
Read MoreOpenness to Challenge
What does a life of total dedication to the truth mean? Asks Peck in his book THE ROADLESS TRAVELED. It is a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination. The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action. We are beginning to realize that the source of danger…
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