{"id":46,"date":"2009-09-24T14:17:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=46"},"modified":"2009-10-05T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T19:20:48","slug":"i%e2%80%99m-sick-and-tired-i%e2%80%99m-not-going-to-take-it-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/i%e2%80%99m-sick-and-tired-i%e2%80%99m-not-going-to-take-it-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Sick and Tired. I\u2019m Not Going to Take it Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sadness_by_rockthenations\"Is it me, or are people hurting more than ever before?\u00a0 I\u2019m not just talking about the economy and the changes going on in society.\u00a0 These are simply symptoms of a greater problem.\u00a0 People are hurting and in deep pain.<\/strong> And it seems as though we\u2019re content to ignore it.<\/p>\n

Almost never a day goes by that I don\u2019t have a heartbreaking conversation with some smart, good, intelligent person who\u2019s carrying around a collection of disappointments that\u2019s robbing them of the very life that Jesus created them for.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but I am sick and tired.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to take it anymore.\u00a0 So here\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do and I challenge you to do the same thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I\u2019m going to look people in the eye when I meet them.<\/strong> I\u2019m going to lean forward, extend my hand and engage them.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to let them know they are a valuable, important human being; not just another in a long line of faces I\u2019ll forget as soon as they leave my presence.<\/li>\n
  2. I\u2019m going to smile<\/strong>.\u00a0 Yeah, I am.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to smile.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to carry around a sour face that points to a deep wound that I haven\u2019t dealt with.\u00a0 I\u2019m forgiven.\u00a0 Period.\u00a0 I\u2019m free.\u00a0 I\u2019m loved as I am and not as I ought to be.\u00a0 And I\u2019m ok with that.\u00a0 So I am not carrying around any deep wounds, or anger, or bitterness for someone who\u2019s done me wrong.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been betrayed, lied about, done dirty, just like you have.\u00a0 But join the human race.\u00a0 I\u2019m just over it.\u00a0 Life is too short to waste it nursing a grudge.<\/li>\n
  3. I\u2019m going to ask important questions;<\/strong> not just the silly ones we ask each other – \u201cHow are you doing? What\u2019s going on?\u00a0 How are the kids?\u00a0 What\u2019s the weather?\u201d – but \u201cHow are you doing? What\u2019s going on in your life today? What are you excited about?\u00a0 What gets you up in the morning? What fills you with joy and creates energy? Are you on the road to your life\u2019s calling?\u201d Something better than the tripe that we trade and call deep conversation.<\/li>\n
  4. I\u2019m going to take action.<\/strong> When someone bares a pain to me and I can do something about it, I\u2019m going to do something then and there.\u00a0 Schedule it, call it, use my connections, and get them help.<\/li>\n
  5. I\u2019m going to affirm people. <\/strong> I\u2019m going to tell them what I think of them.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to describe them in terms of how they are and could be.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to chide, be upset, mad, and maudlin. I\u2019m going to say what needs to be said when it needs to be said.<\/li>\n
  6. I\u2019m going to inspire other people by loving them where they are.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. I\u2019m going to write handwritten notes,<\/strong> send them out, and let people have something tangible that reflects my affection and belief in them.<\/li>\n
  8. I\u2019m going to make phone calls. <\/strong> I\u2019m going to stop saying, \u201cI hate talking on the phone\u201d and talk on the phone.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to call people who haven\u2019t called me and I\u2019m going to be the first one to act.<\/li>\n
  9. I\u2019m going to point people to Christ;<\/strong> not with sermons or a warning, but with my life and my words.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to extend acceptance, love, and grace to people, period, no matter what they do or how embarrassing they may become.<\/li>\n
  10. I am going to practice W.W.O.N.D.A.<\/strong> with God\u2019s help.\u00a0 That\u2019s\u2019 win-win-or-no-deal-always.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bottom line, I\u2019m just sick and tired of seeing people hurt when it\u2019s unnecessary.\u00a0 I\u2019m sick and tired of religiosity getting in the way of grace.\u00a0 I\u2019m sick and tired of people being bound up by the shame and guilt and bitterness of the past.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to do everything I can to lead people out of that dark place into the sunlight of God\u2019s love, His forgiveness, and the joy that every day offers. What are you going to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is it me, or are people hurting more than ever before?\u00a0 I\u2019m not just talking about the economy and the changes going on in society.\u00a0 These are simply symptoms of a greater problem.\u00a0 People are hurting and in deep pain. And it seems as though we\u2019re content to ignore it. Almost never a day goes … Continue reading “I\u2019m Sick and Tired. I\u2019m Not Going to Take it Anymore”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}