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Dealing with Resistance


What a timely topic "Dealing With Resistance" fellow blogger Danielle Helzer whom I very proudly follow had written.  Her piece is about how she is courageously being the change that she seeks and the resistance that challenging the status quo brings.  I would encourage you to check out her student's blog.


I love the Cry of her Heart!  To see her students grow and become all that she knows they can be.  To bravely tackle and implement a new unit that has inspired and engaged her 9th grade students.  

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by two of her students and was very impressed with the depth of the thought and questions they asked of me.  

They used the questions that they had developed I could feel their excitement and passion.  They pushed me to really think about why being an involved community member is important to me and where that desire grew from.

I think about "Pilgrim's Progress" written by John Bunyan which was a favorite book to read to our boys.  Facing despair and resistance from within and without runs through the entire book.  He was tempered through fire and resistance and came out strong!

A great book of wisdom.  James also tells us:


"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 

 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  

 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.









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  1. DanielleFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:10 PM

    Heather--
    Thanks for the encouragement...I really needed those verses from James. And John Bunyan?! I just taught about him a few weeks ago....if you haven't seen the piece Mak and Tresann wrote about you, check it out here: http://localanonymousextraordinaries.blogspot.com/2012/02/heather-gill.html

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